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The Rediscovery of Man

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According to the book's introduction "Scanners Live in Vain" is printed, for the first time, from the original manuscript, restoring its chapterization and some text omitted from the magazine version. The other stories are taken from their anthology versions rather than the original magazine texts.
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The stories are collected in more or less chronological order, according to J. J. Pierce's admittedly speculative timeline of the Instrumentality. The timeline does not include "Down to a Sunless Sea", which has no internal clues as to its placement within Smith's chronology.
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Stories marked with an asterisk were published posthumously. Some, if not all, were completed by Smith's widow Genevieve Linebarger from his unfinished manuscripts.
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Within the context of the future history, the Rediscovery of Mankind refers to the Instrumentality's re-introduction of chance and unhappiness into the sterile
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All of the stories in this collection are included in two paperback collections,
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The "Casher O'Neill" stories, and one related story, collected in novel form as
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The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith
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E-texts available as part of Baen books' "Webscription" service:
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by Cordwainer Smith, reviewed by Ted Gioia (Conceptual Fiction)
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that they had created for humanity. Other than Smith's novel,
414:"The (re)discovery of Cordwainer Smith, the shaper of myths" 106: 98: 88: 78: 68: 60: 50: 141:. It was edited by James A. Mann and published by 218:"The Colonel Came Back from the Nothing-at-All"* 361:(originally published as "The Nancy Routine") 31:The cover of the first edition. Cover art by 8: 19: 585:Short story collections by Cordwainer Smith 243:The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal 148:Most of the stories take place in Smith's 25: 18: 405: 173:List of Instrumentality of Man stories 16:1993 Cordwainer Smith compilation book 7: 14: 565:"From Gustible's Planet" contents 356:"Western Science Is So Wonderful" 248:"Golden the Ship Was-Oh! Oh! Oh!" 552:"When the People Fell" contents 273:Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons 201:"The Lady Who Sailed The Soul" 1: 547:"We the Underpeople" contents 191:"The Queen of the Afternoon"* 580:1993 short story collections 39:for Smith's 1965 collection 253:The Dead Lady of Clown Town 181:"War No. 81-Q" (version 2) 152:set in the universe of the 606: 444:Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 228:"The Burning of the Brain" 223:The Game of Rat and Dragon 183:(not previously collected) 154:Instrumentality of Mankind 463:Gioia, Ted (2013-03-26). 302:Quest of the Three Worlds 287:The Ballad of Lost C'Mell 231:"From Gustible's Planet" 24: 365:"The Fife of Bodidharma" 322:"Down to a Sunless Sea"* 317:"Three to a Given Star" 20:The Rediscovery of Man 558:The Rediscovery of Man 489:"SF Crossing the Gulf" 280:Alpha Ralpha Boulevard 234:"Himself in Anachron" 311:"On the Storm Planet" 294:A Planet Named Shayol 213:Think Blue, Count Two 196:Scanners Live in Vain 377:When the People Fell 314:"On the Sand Planet" 206:When the People Fell 178:"No, No, Not Rogov!" 381:We, the Underpeople 308:"On the Gem Planet" 236:(first publication) 21: 371:"The Good Friends" 37:originally painted 590:NESFA Press books 258:"Under Old Earth" 118: 117: 99:Publication place 597: 532: 531: 529: 528: 522:www.gutenberg.ca 514: 508: 507: 505: 504: 485: 479: 478: 476: 475: 460: 454: 453: 451: 450: 435: 429: 428: 426: 425: 410: 391:The Planet Buyer 139:Cordwainer Smith 90:Publication date 55:Cordwainer Smith 29: 22: 605: 604: 600: 599: 598: 596: 595: 594: 570: 569: 540: 535: 526: 524: 516: 515: 511: 502: 500: 487: 486: 482: 473: 471: 462: 461: 457: 448: 446: 437: 436: 432: 423: 421: 412: 411: 407: 403: 395:The Underpeople 350: 175: 135:science fiction 91: 73:Science fiction 46: 17: 12: 11: 5: 603: 601: 593: 592: 587: 582: 572: 571: 568: 567: 562: 554: 549: 539: 538:External links 536: 534: 533: 509: 480: 455: 438:Higgins, Jim. 430: 404: 402: 399: 373: 372: 369: 366: 363: 357: 354: 353:"War No. 81-Q" 349: 346: 328:A. E. van Vogt 324: 323: 320: 319: 318: 315: 312: 309: 297: 290: 283: 276: 269: 259: 256: 249: 246: 239: 232: 229: 226: 219: 216: 209: 202: 199: 192: 189: 186: 179: 174: 171: 150:future history 116: 115: 110: 104: 103: 100: 96: 95: 92: 89: 86: 85: 80: 76: 75: 70: 66: 65: 62: 58: 57: 52: 48: 47: 30: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 602: 591: 588: 586: 583: 581: 578: 577: 575: 566: 563: 561: 559: 555: 553: 550: 548: 545: 544: 543: 537: 523: 519: 513: 510: 498: 494: 490: 484: 481: 470: 466: 459: 456: 445: 441: 434: 431: 419: 415: 409: 406: 400: 398: 396: 392: 388: 387: 382: 378: 370: 367: 364: 362: 358: 355: 352: 351: 348:Other stories 347: 345: 341: 338: 335: 331: 329: 321: 316: 313: 310: 307: 306: 304: 303: 298: 295: 291: 288: 284: 281: 277: 274: 270: 268: 264: 260: 257: 254: 250: 247: 244: 240: 237: 233: 230: 227: 224: 220: 217: 214: 210: 207: 203: 200: 197: 193: 190: 187: 184: 180: 177: 176: 172: 170: 168: 167: 162: 157: 155: 151: 146: 144: 140: 136: 132: 131:0-915368-56-0 128: 124: 123: 114: 113:0-915368-56-0 111: 109: 105: 102:United States 101: 97: 93: 87: 84: 81: 77: 74: 71: 67: 63: 59: 56: 53: 49: 44: 43: 38: 34: 28: 23: 557: 541: 525:. Retrieved 521: 512: 501:. Retrieved 499:. 2017-09-05 493:Locus Online 492: 483: 472:. Retrieved 469:The Atlantic 468: 458: 447:. Retrieved 443: 433: 422:. Retrieved 420:. 2018-09-29 417: 408: 394: 390: 384: 380: 376: 374: 360: 342: 339: 336: 332: 325: 300: 266: 235: 182: 164: 158: 147: 121: 120: 119: 40: 33:Jack Gaughan 418:FactorDaily 393:(1964) and 379:(2007) and 368:"Angerhelm" 143:NESFA Press 83:NESFA Press 42:Space Lords 574:Categories 527:2021-04-05 503:2021-04-05 474:2021-04-05 449:2021-04-05 424:2021-04-05 401:References 386:Norstrilia 188:"Mark Elf" 166:Norstrilia 497:SF Signal 263:Drunkboat 79:Publisher 397:(1968). 359:"Nancy" 61:Language 137:author 64:English 161:utopia 129:  51:Author 69:Genre 127:ISBN 108:ISBN 94:1993 576:: 520:. 495:. 491:. 467:. 442:. 416:. 330:. 305:: 265:" 145:. 35:, 530:. 506:. 477:. 452:. 427:. 296:" 292:" 289:" 285:" 282:" 278:" 275:" 271:" 261:" 255:" 251:" 245:" 241:" 238:* 225:" 221:" 215:" 211:" 208:" 204:" 198:" 194:" 185:* 125:( 45:.

Index


Jack Gaughan
originally painted
Space Lords
Cordwainer Smith
Science fiction
NESFA Press
ISBN
0-915368-56-0
ISBN
0-915368-56-0
science fiction
Cordwainer Smith
NESFA Press
future history
Instrumentality of Mankind
utopia
Norstrilia
Scanners Live in Vain
When the People Fell
Think Blue, Count Two
The Game of Rat and Dragon
The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal
The Dead Lady of Clown Town
Drunkboat
Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons
Alpha Ralpha Boulevard
The Ballad of Lost C'Mell
A Planet Named Shayol
Quest of the Three Worlds

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