Vol. 24, No. 3, February 1966. Cover art by Virgil Finlay. STORIES: Under Old Earth [The Instrumentality of Mankind] by Cordwainer Smith; Courting Time by Tom Purdom; The Echo of Wrath by Thomas M. Disch; Where the Changed Ones Go [Blue Fire] by Robert Silverberg; Eye of an Octopus [Known Space] by Larry Niven; In the Imagicon by George H. Smith; Mulligan, Come Home! by Allen Kim Lang; The Age of the Pussyfoot (serial, part 3 of 3) by Frederik Pohl. FEATURES: The Business of Science (editorial essay) by Frederik Pohl; For Your Information: The Wreck of La Lutine (science essay) by Willy Ley; Galaxy Bookshelf by Algis Budrys. INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS BY: Virgil Finlay, Jack Gaughan, Wood.

Galaxy, February 1966 (Vol. 24, No. 3)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

LARRY NIVEN

ROBERT SILVERBERG

Thomas M. Disch

cordwainer-smith

Science Fiction

Galaxy Publishing

The Best of Cordwainer Smith

STATED FIRST PRINTING. Sept. 1975 Ballantine Books MASS MARKET PAPERBACK, Cordwainer Smith (Norstrilia). Cordwainer Smith was one of the original visionaries to think of humanity in terms of thousands of years in the future, spread out across the universe. This brilliant collection, often cited as the first of its kind, explores fundamental questions about ourselves and our treatment of the universe (and other beings) around us and ultimately what it means to be human. - Amazon

Ballantine Books

viii ? The Instrumentality of Mankind (timeline) ? (1975) ? essay by John J. Pierce (aka Timeline from The Instrumentality of Mankind) [as by J. J. Pierce ] xi ? Cordwainer Smith: The Shaper of Myths ? (1975) ? essay by John J. Pierce [as by J. J. Pierce ] 1 ? Scanners Live in Vain ? [The Instrumentality of Mankind] ? (1950) ? shortstory by Cordwainer Smith 40 ? The Lady Who Sailed the Soul ? [The Instrumentality of Mankind] ? (1960) ? novelette by Cordwainer Smith 67 ? The Game of Rat and Dragon ? [The Instrumentality of Mankind] ? (1955) ? shortstory by Cordwainer Smith 84 ? The Burning of the Brain ? [The Instrumentality of Mankind] ? (1958) ? shortstory by Cordwainer Smith 95 ? The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal ? [The Instrumentality of Mankind] ? (1964) ? shortstory by Cordwainer Smith 114 ? Golden the Ship Was - Oh! Oh! Oh! ? [The Instrumentality of Mankind] ? (1959) ? shortstory by Cordwainer Smith 124 ? The Dead Lady of Clown Town ? [The Instrumentality of Mankind] ? (1964) ? novella by Cordwainer Smith 210 ? Under Old Earth ? [The Instrumentality of Mankind] ? (1966) ? novelette by Cordwainer Smith 257 ? Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons ? [The Instrumentality of Mankind] ? (1961) ? novelette by Cordwainer Smith 283 ? Alpha Ralpha Boulevard ? [The Instrumentality of Mankind] ? (1961) ? novelette by Cordwainer Smith 315 ? The Ballad of Lost C'Mell ? [The Instrumentality of Mankind] ? (1962) ? novelette by Cordwainer Smith 338 ? A Planet Named Shayol ? [The Instrumentality of Mankind] ? (1961) ? novelette by Cordwainer Smith

Del Rey

Quest of The Three Worlds

It is the era of the rediscovery of man and Casher O'Neill holds in his hand the conscience of the planet Mizzer. Armed with an all-world travel pass, initially his quest is for freedom - to rid the Twelve Niles of the dictator who has usurped his rightful place - but it changes as time goes on.

Quest of the Three Worlds

The Instrumentality of Mankind

This is the only novel Cordwainer Smith ever wrote during his distinguished career. It tells the story of a boy form the planet Old North Australia (where rich, simple farmers grow the immortality drug Stroon), how he bought Old Earth, and how his visit to Earth changed both him and Earth itself.
"Vividly drawn and wonderfully suggestive...confirms that Cordwainer Smith was one of science fiction's most original writers." -- "Science Fiction: The Best 100 Novels"
"Better than any writer we've yet seen, Smith represents the sense of awe and wonder that is the heart of science fiction." -- Scott Edelman, "Science Fiction Age"

Norstrilia

This is a volume in the NESFA's Choice series. The objective of this series is to publish the classic works of neglected sf authors, and to keep these works in print.

Gray Morrow

Ballantine/Del Rey

A collection of 14 short science fiction stories by the author of "Norstrilia" and "The Rediscovery of Man". Each tale is set in an extraordinary universe of scanners, planoforming ships and animal-derived Underpeople.

Literature & Fiction

United States

"No one ever wrote like Smith, with his special blend of intense myth-making and rich invention!"—Publishers Weekly Cordwainer Smith was one of the original visionaries to think of humanity in terms of thousands of years in the future, spread out across the universe. This brilliant collection, often cited as the first of its kind, explores fundamental questions about ourselves and our treatment of the universe (and other beings) around us and ultimately what it means to be human. In “Scanners Live in Vain” we meet Martel, a human altered to be part machine—a scanner—to be able withstand the trauma space travel has on the body. Despite the stigma placed on him and his kind, he is able to regrasp his humanity to save another. In “The Dead Lady of Clown Town” we get to know the underpeople—animals genetically altered to exist in human form, to better serve their human owners—and meet D’Joan, a dog-woman who will make readers question who is more human: the animals who simply want to be recognized as having the same right to life, or the people who created them to be inferior. In “The Ballad of Lost C’mell” the notion of love being the most important equalizer there is—as first raised in “The Dead Lady of Clown Town”—is put into action when an underperson, C’mell, falls in love with Lord Jestocost. Who is to say her love for him is not as valid as any true-born human? She might be of cat descent, but she is all woman! And in “A Planet Named Shayol” it is an underperson of bull descent, and beings so mutilated and deformed from their original human condition to be now considered demons of a hellish land, who retain and display the most humanity when Mankind commits the most inhumane action of all.

Great collection of stories by one of the giants of the genre. Very Good.

You Will Never Be the Same (Medallion SF, S1894)

Berkley Books

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Galaxy, February 1966 (Vol. 24, No. 3)

The Best of Cordwainer Smith

The Best of Cordwainer Smith

Quest of the Three Worlds

The Instrumentality of Mankind

Norstrilia

Norstrilia

The Instrumentality of Mankind

The Best of Cordwainer Smith

You Will Never Be the Same (Medallion SF, S1894)