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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: 4.12 · 30,004 ratings · 2,180 reviews · 233 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Rediscovery of Man 4.13 avg rating — 3,587 ratings — published 1975 — 30 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 — 2,899 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) 4.12 avg rating — 1,585 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 — 1,072 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 3.99 avg rating — 690 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 — 540 ratings — published 1955 — 22 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 — 369 ratings — published 1965 — 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
	The Planet Buyer by Cordwainer Smith, Peter Bramley (Illustrator) 3.80 avg rating — 256 ratings — published 1964 — 12 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 — 233 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 — 211 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

4.08 avg rating — 10,071 ratings

L'Instrumentalité (4 books)
by

Cordwainer Smith,

Tre Lewis,

Simone Hilling (Traduction),

Pierre-Paul Durastanti (Translator)

4.02 avg rating — 4,629 ratings

Los señores de la Instrumentalidad (4 books)
by

Cordwainer Smith

3.95 avg rating — 3,561 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

23 likes

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

tags: science-fiction

7 likes

“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

6 likes

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Polls

December 2025: Short Books - Poll #3
Each December, we choose three books of less than 300 pages for our monthly reading. This month we have 10 nominees. Each member gets to vote for 3 of the 10 books. Consequently, there will be 3 identical polls where you should vote for your 1st choice, 2nd choice and 3rd choice (don't pick the same book twice!). The winners will be the three with the most total votes from the three polls.

Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys

8 votes, 30.8%

The Planet Buyer by Cordwainer Smith

5 votes, 19.2%

Past Master by R.A. Lafferty

4 votes, 15.4%

And Chaos Died by Joanna Russ

3 votes, 11.5%

Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti by Genevieve Valentine

3 votes, 11.5%

Cirque by Terry Carr

2 votes, 7.7%

The Devil Is Dead by R.A. Lafferty

1 vote, 3.8%

The People of the Wind by Poul Anderson

0 votes, 0.0%

Redshift Rendezvous by John E. Stith

0 votes, 0.0%

The Reign of Wizardry by Jack Williamson

0 votes, 0.0%

26 total votes

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