The Best of Cordwainer Smith [i.e. P. M. A. Linebarger]

Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, Cordwainer Smith

Ballantine, 1975 - Science fiction, American - 377 pages

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Review: The Best of Cordwainer Smith (Instrumentality of Mankind)

User Review  - Terry - Goodreads

Bold concepts, poetic language and some of the best story titles ever conceived. There is no-one quite like Cordwainer Smith. Read "Scanners live in vain" or "The Ballad of Lost C'Mell": the stories and the haunting prose will stick with you.

Review: The Best of Cordwainer Smith (Instrumentality of Mankind)

User Review  - Rebecca Edwards - Goodreads

Whoa, I file this under giving-sci-fi-a-bad-name. At first I just found it not my cup of tea. I don't go in for short stories or mythical far future stuff to begin with. And Smith is so obsessed with ...

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Best of Cordwainer Smith [i.e. P. M. A. Linebarger]
• Authors: Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, Cordwainer Smith
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Ballantine, 1975
• ISBN: 0345272021, 9780345272027
• Length: 377 pages