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Cordwainer Smith


Born
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The United States
July 11, 1913

Died
August 06, 1966

Website

Genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Politics


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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Average rating: 4.13 · 29,507 ratings · 2,101 reviews · 227 distinct works � Similar authors
The Rediscovery of Man
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4.13 avg rating — 3,531 ratings — published 1975 — 30 editions
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Norstrilia
3.99 avg rating — 2,821 ratings — published 1975 — 45 editions
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The Instrumentality of Mankind
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4.12 avg rating — 1,570 ratings — published 1979 — 9 editions
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The Rediscovery of Man: The...
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4.34 avg rating — 1,215 ratings — published 1993 — 12 editions
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Scanners Live in Vain
3.99 avg rating — 673 ratings — published 1950 — 18 editions
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The Game of Rat and Dragon
4.04 avg rating — 517 ratings — published 1955 — 21 editions
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Quest of the Three Worlds
3.76 avg rating — 358 ratings — published 1965 — 5 editions
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The Planet Buyer
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3.81 avg rating — 254 ratings — published 1964 — 18 editions
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We the Underpeople
4.15 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 1968 — 3 editions
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The Ballad of Lost C'mell
3.79 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 1962 — 2 editions
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Series by Cordwainer Smith

The Instrumentality of Mankind The Rediscovery of Man Norstrilia The Planet Buyer The Underpeople Quest of the Three Worlds We the Underpeople
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The Instrumentality of Mankind A Planet Named Shayol Norstrilia Les Seigneurs de l'instrume...
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4.03 avg rating — 4,531 ratings

Piensa azul, cuenta hasta dos La Dama muerta de Clown Town Norstrilia Quest of the Three Worlds
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3.96 avg rating — 3,453 ratings

Znovuobjevení člověka I. Znovuobjevení člověka II.
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“We shall take a star out of the skies and shall set thousands of worlds on fire...”
― Cordwainer Smith, The Rediscovery of Man
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“There is no time for fear. It's much too interesting.”
― Cordwainer Smith, The Rediscovery of Man
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“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
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