Best of Corwainer Smith (Paul Linebarger) - hard bound edition

TITLE: Best of Corwainer Smith

AUTHOR: Cordwainer Smith (Paul Linebarger) 1913-1966

TYPE: hardbound Collection

PUBLISHER: Nelson Doubleday/SFBC [Science Fiction Book Club]

COVER PRICE: none, sold only through Book Club

ISBN:

PAGES: 342

PUB DATE: July 1975

EDITION: 1st publication, therefore SFBC is true 1st edition

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ISFDB: Yes

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·NOTATION:

oBook club edition with no statement of edition or printing on the copyright page. First edition according to Currey. The paperback edition would not appear for two months from Ballantine.

oNo stated date of publication. Date given here taken from the July 1975 announcement flyer of The Science Fiction Book Club.

oThe "Nelson Doubleday" imprint indicates an original publication exclusive to book club members.

o"Book Club Edition" printed at the bottom of the front inside flap of the dustjacket.

o"1180" printed at the bottom of the back inside flap pf the dustjacket.

oGutter code "24 R" on page 341 indicates a printing in early June, 1975. A later printing had gutter code "H 17" (April, 1977) CR note: my copy had gutter code of 24R on page 337.

oCover and title page credit: "Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by J. J. Pierce".

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INDEX: 0231 - Best of Corwainer Smith hb - 11 CS - IFB

 

 

CONTENTS:

·[vii] • The Instrumentality of Mankind (timeline) • essay by John J. Pierce (aka Timeline from The Instrumentality of Mankind) [as by J. J. Pierce ]

·1 • Cordwainer Smith: The Shaper of Myths • essay by John J. Pierce [as by J. J. Pierce ]

·9 • Scanners Live in Vain • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1950) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith

·43 • 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

·83 • The Burning of the Brain • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1958) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith

·93 • Golden the Ship Was - Oh! Oh! Oh! • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1959) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith

·101 • The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1964) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith

·117 • The Dead Lady of Clown Town • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1964) • novella by Cordwainer Smith

·193 • Under Old Earth • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1966) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith

·235 • Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1961) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith

·259 • Alpha Ralpha Boulevard • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1961) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith

·287 • The Ballad of Lost C'Mell • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1962) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith

·307 • A Planet Named Shayol • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1961) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith

QUOTE….“ We were drunk with happiness in those early years. Everybody was, especially the young people. These were the first years of the Rediscovery of Man, when the Instrumentality dug deep in the treasury, reconstructing the old cultures, the old languages, and even the old troubles. The nightmare of perfection had taken our forefathers to the edge of suicide. Now under the leadership of the Lord Jestocost and the Lady Alice More, the ancient civilizations were rising like great land masses out of the sea of the past”….from Alpha Ralpha Boulevard by Cordwainer Smith

 

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RATING: On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being great and 1 don’t read.

NO ENTRY: indicates specific information not available from book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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