The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith Cordwainer Smith
Publisher: New England Science Fiction Association, Incorporated

I picked up Cordwainer Smith's The Rediscovery of Man and Norstrilia last month, additions to my space opera reading list. I recommend this story wholeheartedly. Ellison was not happy, but eventually some sort of settlement was made. A collection of Cordwainer Smith short stories would be a good choice as well. The Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award is intended to showcase once important but largely forgotten science fiction/fantasy writers, who've often slipped out of print. Cordwainer Smith.” What the fuss is about now: What the fuss is about now: Kilgore Trout: Science fiction writer, or satirist making heavy use of science-fictional tropes? What the fuss was about then: “Cordwainer Smith.” Isn't that a great pulp-adventurey sort of name? In my post a while back about bad Infoquake reviews, I mentioned how I've given William Gibson's Neuromancer and Frank Herbert's Dune to a few friends as a way to introduce them to quality science fiction, only to hear later that these friends .. On Friday, having just And until Friday, I'd never read a word of his fiction. I read it in The Norton Book of Science Fiction, but you can also find it in Cordwainer Smith's complete short fiction collection, The Rediscovery of Man. The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith. This is what John Clute of Interzone had to say about him: "First, genuflect, genuflect: The Rediscovery of Man collects between one set of covers all the short fictions of the unmatchable, unthinkable Cordwainer Smith. One of those archaeologist / gunfighter sort of names. If you want to comment on it or react against it, write a short story. BEHOLD THE MAN Michael Moorcock BLOOD MUSIC Greg THE COMPLETE RODERICK John Sladek THE REDISCOVERY OF MAN Cordwainer Smith Tags: Gateway, Masterworks, sci fi classics, SF Masterworks. I would recommend Norstrilia, his only novel, though his short stories (usually published as The Rediscovery of Man) are also excellent. Cordwainer Smith's story, "Himself in Anachron" was published in a collection, The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith.