Stardreamer

by Cordwainer Smith

Short stories including Think Blue Count Two, Under Old Earth, The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal, The Good Friends, etc.

Genres: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Short Stories, Space Opera

Paperback

First published August 1, 1971

About the author

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.

Reviews

[Bradley · Rating 4 out of 5]

These short stories are probably the most surreal and simultaneously grounded stories in the collections. I especially enjoyed Under Old Earth, but probably not for normal reasons. Bongo drums connected to an unlimited energy source from strange distant planets... seriously? I feel like this was a 60's B Movie sci-fi, and yet it worked and it worked. Of course it was part of the greater fictional body of his worldbuilding, and that, more than anything impressed me the most. Self-consistency, even in the face of such huge strangeness. Well, hell, should I remember a Planet named Shaol? Just wow.

[Timothy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Think Blue, Count Two (1963)
Under Old Earth (1966)
The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal (1964)
The Good Friends (1963)
The Fife of Bodidharma (1959)
When the People Fell (1959)
Angerhelm (1959)
Western Science Is So Wonderful (1958)

[Alien]

Ich habe die deutsche Ausgabe gelesen: "Sternenträumer" erschienen im Insel Verlag

[Forked Radish]

"The Fife of Bodidharma" (6/59): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: It explains everything.

[Lawrence · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Peter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great stories