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Cordwainer Smith

Born

in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The United States

July 11, 1913

Died

August 06, 1966

Website

http://www.cordwainersmith.com/

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Politics

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Pseudonym of:
Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

Linebarger also employed the literary pseudonyms "Carmichael Smith" (for his political thriller Atomsk), "Anthony Bearden" (for his poetry) and "Felix C. Forrest" (for the novels Ria and Carola).

Linebarger was also a noted East Asia scholar and expert in psychological warfare.
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Cordwainer Smith’s books

Average rating: 4.13 · 29,857 ratings · 2,166 reviews · 232 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Rediscovery of Man 4.13 avg rating — 3,574 ratings — published 1975 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Norstrilia 3.98 avg rating — 2,879 ratings — published 1975 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Instrumentality of Mankind by Cordwainer Smith, Michael Herring (Illustrator) 4.11 avg rating — 1,583 ratings — published 1979 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith by Cordwainer Smith, James A. Mann (Editor), John J. Pierce (Introduction) 4.36 avg rating — 1,067 ratings — published 1993 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scanners Live in Vain really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 681 ratings — published 1950 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Game of Rat and Dragon 4.03 avg rating — 530 ratings — published 1955 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quest of the Three Worlds 3.76 avg rating — 365 ratings — published 1965 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Planet Buyer by Cordwainer Smith, Peter Bramley (Illustrator) 3.80 avg rating — 255 ratings — published 1964 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ballad of Lost C'mell 3.78 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 1962 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We the Underpeople 4.15 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 1968 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Cordwainer Smith

Instrumentality of Mankind (7 books)
by

Cordwainer Smith

4.09 avg rating — 10,025 ratings

L'Instrumentalité (4 books)
by

Cordwainer Smith,

Tre Lewis,

Simone Hilling (Traduction),

Pierre-Paul Durastanti (Translator)

4.02 avg rating — 4,605 ratings

Los señores de la Instrumentalidad (4 books)
by

Cordwainer Smith

3.96 avg rating — 3,532 ratings

The Rediscovery of Man (2 books)
by

Cordwainer Smith

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings

Quotes by Cordwainer Smith (?)

“We shall take a star out of the skies and shall set thousands of worlds on fire...”
― Cordwainer Smith, The Rediscovery of Man

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“There is no time for fear. It's much too interesting.”
― Cordwainer Smith, The Rediscovery of Man

tags: science-fiction

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“Joan commented, upon sentence, "My body is your property, but my love is not. My love is my own, and I shall love you fiercely while you kill me.”
― Cordwainer Smith, The Rediscovery of Man

tags: d-joan, love, underpeople

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Polls

January 2024: From the 1960s

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein

30 votes, 37.5%

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.

16 votes, 20.0%

All Flesh is Grass by Clifford D. Simak

16 votes, 20.0%

Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner

12 votes, 15.0%

Norstrilia by Cordwainer Smith

6 votes, 7.5%

80 total votes

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