On my rereading list to reboot my imagination
5 stars
Still fascinating after all these years.
342 pages
English language
Published Feb. 24, 1975 by Nelson Doubleday.
The best of Cordwainer Smith
4 stars
(6 reviews)
The Best of Cordwainer Smith is a collection of science fiction short stories by American author Cordwainer Smith, edited by J. J. Pierce. It was first published in hardback by Nelson Doubleday in July 1975 and in paperback by Ballantine Books in September of the same year as a volume in its Classic Library of Science Fiction. The Ballantine edition was reprinted in October 1977 and July 1985. Phoenix Pick issued a new edition in trade paperback and ebook in April, 2017. A British paperback edition under the alternative title The Rediscovery of Man was published by Gollancz in June 1988, and reissued in 1999, 2003, and 2010; Gollancz also brought out hardcover and ebook versions in September 1988 and November 2012, respectively. The book has also been translated into German.
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3 stars
3.5 stars perhaps. Manages to be original half a century later, even with all that time to be copied by others. It is (for me) the best sort of sci-fi in that it deals with what it means to be human knowing that the answer is not one that comes from science.
Subjects
- Science fiction, American.