You Will Never be the Same - Cordwainer Smith (Paul Linebarger)
You Will Never Be The Same - Cordwainer Smith (Paul Linebarger 1913-66) [2014-04-02 516 SF]
comments by CR:
"We were drunk with happiness in those early years. Everyone 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 old troubles." from "Alpha Ralpha Boulevard" by Cordwainer Smith.
This book "You Will Never be the Same" (1963) by Cordwainer Smith has, in my estimation, the singular distinction of being the only collection of science fiction stories whose title accurately describes the effect it will have on the reader. As the book states on the back cover: "Read them and YOU WILL NEVER BE THE SAME." Smith's vision on the future, introduced in these stories and further developed in others, is a mesmerizing prologue to a fully realized alternate future call the Instrumentality of Mankind.
Smith's first published science-fiction book consists of nine stories all previously published in magazines 1948-1961. All stories are part of The Instrumentality of Mankind future.
No, No, Not Rogov! (1959) - short story - first published IF Magazine February 1959
A secret experiment in Stalin's Russia drives scientist insane with the visions of the far, far future.
The Lady Who Sailed the Soul (1960) - novelette by Cordwainer Smith and Genevieve Linebarger [as by Cordwainer Smith] - Galaxy Magazine, April 1960.
The story of planoforming sailors - Go-Captains - Helen American and Mr. Grey-no-more - a love story of a kind.
Scanners Live in Vain - (1950) - Fantasy Book, January 1950
Scanners - ships from the Up-and-Out - the Great Pain of Space - Year One of Space - Instrumentality - a Scanner breaks ranks.
The Game of Rat and Dragon (1955) - short story - Galaxy Magazine, April 1955
Pinlighting - planoform - Chiefs of the Instrumentality - Up-and-Out - Captain Wow - Father Moontree - Go-Captain - how the Dragons are defeated.
The Burning of the Brain (1958) - short story - IF Magazine, October 1958
The story of Go Captain of the Wu-Feinstein and his insane wife Delores Oh - Stop Captains - Planoforming - Pinlighting
Golden the Ship Was - Oh! Oh! Oh! - (1959) • short story by Cordwainer Smith and Genevieve Linebarger - Amazing, April 1959
War with the Raumsog came about twenty years after the great Cat Scandal - Lords of the Instrumentality - Golden Ship - Go-Captains - Prince Loveaduck - Old North Australian - santaclara drug
Alpha Ralpha Boulevard - (1961) • novelette - Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1961
The Rediscovery of Man - Lord Jestocost - Old Common Tongue - Downdeep-downdeep - C'meel - Cat people - Abba dingo
Mark Elf (1957) - short story - Saturn, May 1957
An indestructible machine and a girl from the distant past resolve the riddle of the Sixth German Reich- Manshonyaggers - Kaskaskia Effect
Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in one of the treasures of science fiction.
TITLE: You Will Never be the Same
AUTHOR: Cordwainer Smith (Paul Linebarger) 1913-1966
TYPE: paperback Collection
PUBLISHER: Berkley S1894
COVER PRICE: $.75
ISBN: 0-425-01894-6
PAGES:176
PUB DATE: Sep 1970
EDITION: 1st Berkley, previously published in pb 1963 by Regency
COPYRIGHT: 1963 by author
COVER ARTIST:
ISFDB: Yes
RATING:
INDEX: 0228 - You Will Never be the Same - 08 - CS - IFB
CONTENTS:
No, No, Not Rogov! • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1959) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith
28 • The Lady Who Sailed the Soul • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1960) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
55 • Scanners Live in Vain • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1950) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith
93 • The Game of Rat and Dragon • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1955) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith
110 • The Burning of the Brain • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1958) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith
120 • Golden the Ship Was - Oh! Oh! Oh! • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1959) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith
130 • Alpha Ralpha Boulevard • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1961) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
162 • Mark Elf • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1957) • shortstory 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
CULPABILITY: All images posted are from publications owned by RC/\Weazel. RC/\Weazel performed image scanning, editing and the compiling of bibliographic data.
ISFDB: Internet Speculative Fiction Data Base.
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.
You Will Never be the Same - Cordwainer Smith (Paul Linebarger)
You Will Never Be The Same - Cordwainer Smith (Paul Linebarger 1913-66) [2014-04-02 516 SF]
comments by CR:
"We were drunk with happiness in those early years. Everyone 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 old troubles." from "Alpha Ralpha Boulevard" by Cordwainer Smith.
This book "You Will Never be the Same" (1963) by Cordwainer Smith has, in my estimation, the singular distinction of being the only collection of science fiction stories whose title accurately describes the effect it will have on the reader. As the book states on the back cover: "Read them and YOU WILL NEVER BE THE SAME." Smith's vision on the future, introduced in these stories and further developed in others, is a mesmerizing prologue to a fully realized alternate future call the Instrumentality of Mankind.
Smith's first published science-fiction book consists of nine stories all previously published in magazines 1948-1961. All stories are part of The Instrumentality of Mankind future.
No, No, Not Rogov! (1959) - short story - first published IF Magazine February 1959
A secret experiment in Stalin's Russia drives scientist insane with the visions of the far, far future.
The Lady Who Sailed the Soul (1960) - novelette by Cordwainer Smith and Genevieve Linebarger [as by Cordwainer Smith] - Galaxy Magazine, April 1960.
The story of planoforming sailors - Go-Captains - Helen American and Mr. Grey-no-more - a love story of a kind.
Scanners Live in Vain - (1950) - Fantasy Book, January 1950
Scanners - ships from the Up-and-Out - the Great Pain of Space - Year One of Space - Instrumentality - a Scanner breaks ranks.
The Game of Rat and Dragon (1955) - short story - Galaxy Magazine, April 1955
Pinlighting - planoform - Chiefs of the Instrumentality - Up-and-Out - Captain Wow - Father Moontree - Go-Captain - how the Dragons are defeated.
The Burning of the Brain (1958) - short story - IF Magazine, October 1958
The story of Go Captain of the Wu-Feinstein and his insane wife Delores Oh - Stop Captains - Planoforming - Pinlighting
Golden the Ship Was - Oh! Oh! Oh! - (1959) • short story by Cordwainer Smith and Genevieve Linebarger - Amazing, April 1959
War with the Raumsog came about twenty years after the great Cat Scandal - Lords of the Instrumentality - Golden Ship - Go-Captains - Prince Loveaduck - Old North Australian - santaclara drug
Alpha Ralpha Boulevard - (1961) • novelette - Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1961
The Rediscovery of Man - Lord Jestocost - Old Common Tongue - Downdeep-downdeep - C'meel - Cat people - Abba dingo
Mark Elf (1957) - short story - Saturn, May 1957
An indestructible machine and a girl from the distant past resolve the riddle of the Sixth German Reich- Manshonyaggers - Kaskaskia Effect
Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in one of the treasures of science fiction.
TITLE: You Will Never be the Same
AUTHOR: Cordwainer Smith (Paul Linebarger) 1913-1966
TYPE: paperback Collection
PUBLISHER: Berkley S1894
COVER PRICE: $.75
ISBN: 0-425-01894-6
PAGES:176
PUB DATE: Sep 1970
EDITION: 1st Berkley, previously published in pb 1963 by Regency
COPYRIGHT: 1963 by author
COVER ARTIST:
ISFDB: Yes
RATING:
INDEX: 0228 - You Will Never be the Same - 08 - CS - IFB
CONTENTS:
No, No, Not Rogov! • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1959) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith
28 • The Lady Who Sailed the Soul • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1960) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
55 • Scanners Live in Vain • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1950) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith
93 • The Game of Rat and Dragon • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1955) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith
110 • The Burning of the Brain • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1958) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith
120 • Golden the Ship Was - Oh! Oh! Oh! • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1959) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith
130 • Alpha Ralpha Boulevard • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1961) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
162 • Mark Elf • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1957) • shortstory 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
CULPABILITY: All images posted are from publications owned by RC/\Weazel. RC/\Weazel performed image scanning, editing and the compiling of bibliographic data.
ISFDB: Internet Speculative Fiction Data Base.
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.