The Best of Cordwainer Smith, Cordwainer Smith
The Best of Cordwainer Smith, Cordwainer Smith
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The Best of Cordwainer Smith

Author: Cordwainer Smith, J. J. Pierce

Narrator: Sean Runnette

Unabridged: 15 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/29/2016

Synopsis

With an introduction by J. J. Pierce, this volume features the twelve most important stories by Cordwainer Smith, a unique writer who has fused wonder and poetry into imaginative tales that transcend both science and fiction.Scanners Live in VainAdam Stone has found a way for men to cross deep space alive—a discovery that might kill him.The Lady Who Sailed the SoulHelen America voyages to the stars—and into a timeless legend of romance.Alpha Ralpha BoulevardThey thought it was a road to a dream that lasts forever—but dreams are made to be broken.The Ballad of Lost C’MellNever has there been a girl quite like C’mell. She’s not even human—but she’s all woman.And eight more stunning stories by a man who dreamed the future

About Cordwainer Smith

Cordwainer Smith (1913–1966) was the pseudonym of Dr. Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger. He grew up in China, Japan, France, and Germany and had learned six languages by his late teens. He worked with his father as an advisor to Chiang Kai-shek and served as an intelligence officer in China and Korea. He wrote an authoritative book on psychological warfare and became a member of the Foreign Policy Association and a professor of Asiatic Politics at John Hopkins University.

About Sean Runnette

Sean Runnette, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, has also directed and produced more than two hundred audiobooks, including several Audie Award winners. He is a member of the American Repertory Theater company and has toured the United States and internationally with ART and Mabou Mines. His television and film appearances include Two If by Sea, Cop Land, Sex and the City, Law & Order, the award-winning film Easter, and numerous commercials.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Baba on September 25, 2022

SF Masterworks #10, The Rediscovery of Man is a truncated version of the collected (short story) works of Cordwainer Smith, (Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger use of this pen name remained a secret throughout his life!). These 12 stories feature his trademark strange very far-future Lords of the Instrum......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on September 24, 2021

When I first encountered Smith early in my SF reading endeavors I didn't fully appreciate the beauty and unique imagination that went into his work. But thanks to a recent interview that Alastair Reynolds gave where he mentions Smith's influence on his reading tastes as a lad I decided he was worth......more

Goodreads review by Stuart on May 09, 2022

The Rediscovery of Man: The Strangest Future Mythology You’ll Ever Read The universe that Cordwainer Smith created has captured the imagination of many SF fans and authors thanks to the short stories that have been collected in The Instrumentality of Mankind (1974), The Best of Cordwainer Smith (1975......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on August 26, 2015

I'm gonna hit my bongo drum, Sun-man. Anyone up for a laminated mouse brain? I love it. So many great ideas packed into these short stories, I feel as giddy as if I sent my frozen cat people back two million years in the past to fight off the tragic planet of men, men, and nothing but men. Really, pe......more

Goodreads review by Craig on November 27, 2013

Cordwainer Smith, pen name of Dr. Paul Linebarger, was at least fifty years ahead of his time. He was writing great, lyrical, thoughtful, modern stories before it was the cool thing to do. He isn't too well known currently because he was never successful at novel-length, but I guarantee that this bo......more

Quotes

“[A] magnificently original and imaginative writer.” Kingsley Amis, author of Lucky Jim, praise for the author

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