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Cordwainer Smith | 400 pages | 29 Mar 2010 | Orion Publishing Co | 9780575094246 | English | London, United Kingdom The Rediscovery of Man, by

I can't tell you what this book is like. Sure, I can say it has pages of acclaimed stories—every short story that Cordwainer Smith ever wrote. I can say that the devoted people at the New England Science Fiction Association outdid themselves in creating the most accurate texts possible. They also did this with the companion volume Norstriliathe only full-length science fiction novel that Cordwainer Smith wrote. But still So I'm going to let my father himself introduce his own book, by quoting The Rediscovery of Man beginnings of some of the stories. If that makes you want to The Rediscovery of Man more, you can get The Rediscovery of Man quickly from a variety of places online No, No, Not Rogov! War No. Please note: There is a British paperback with the identical title The Rediscovery of Man which is available at the British Amazon, but it is a reprint The Rediscovery of Man the old Ballentine paperback Best of Cordwainer Smithand it only contains a dozen stories. That golden shape on the golden steps shook and fluttered like a bird gone mad—like a bird imbued with an intellect and a soul, and, nevertheless, driven mad by ecstasies and terrors beyond human understanding—ecstasies drawn momentarily down into reality by the consummation of superlative art. A thousand worlds watched. Had the ancient calendar continued, this would have been AD 13, After defeat, after disappointment, after ruin and reconstruction, mankind had leapt among the stars. Martel was angry. He did not even adjust his blood away from anger. He stamped across the room by judgment, not by sight. When he saw the table hit the floor, and could tell by the expression on Luci's face that the table must have made a loud crash, he looked down to see if his leg were broken. It was not. Scanner to the core, he had to scan himself. The action was reflex and automatic. The Rediscovery of Man inventory included his legs, abdomen, Chestbox of instruments, hands, arms, face, and back with the mirror. Only then did Martel go back to being angry. He talked with his voice, even though he knew that his wife hated its blare and preferred to have him write. I have to cranch. It's my worry, isn't it? There were the Douglas-Oyang planets, which circled their sun in a single cluster, riding around and around the same orbit unlike any other planets known. There were the gentlemen-suicides back on Earth, who gambled their lives—even more horribly, gambled sometimes for things worse than their lives—against different kinds of geophysics which The Rediscovery of Man men had never experienced. There were The Rediscovery of Man who fell in love with such men, however stark and dreadful their personal fates might be. There was the Instrumentality, with its unceasing labor to keep man man. And there were the citizens who walked in the boulevards before the Rediscovery of Man. The citizens were happy. They had to be happy. The Rediscovery of Man they were found sad, they were calmed and drugged and changed until they were happy again. This story concerns three of them: the gambler who took the name Sun-boy, who dared to go down to the Gebiet, who confronted himself before he died; the girl Santuna, who was fulfilled in a thousand ways before she died; and the Lord Sto Odin, a most ancient of days, who knew it all and never dreamed of preventing any of it. The Rediscovery of Man runs through this story. The soft sweet music of the Earth government and the Instrumentality, bland as honey and sickening in the end. The wild illegal pulsations of the Gebiet, where most men were forbidden to enter. Worst of all, the crazy fugues and improper melodies of the Bezirk, closed to men for fifty-seven centuries—opened by accident, found, trespassed in! And with it our story begins. 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. I myself was the first man to put a postage stamp on a letter, after fourteen thousand years. I took Virginia to hear the first piano recital. We watched at the eye-machine when cholera was released in Tasmania, and saw the Tasmanians dancing in the streets, now that they did not have to be protected any more. Everywhere, The Rediscovery of Man became exciting. Everywhere, men and women worked with a wild will to build a more imperfect world. You can often find used copies of the Rediscovery of Man at alibris. For other countries with eBay, see The Rediscovery of Man right sidebar. Of course, you can buy it directly from the publisher, NESFAbut they do state on their website that you need to allow several weeks for delivery. They are a volunteer organization. I used to buy from them wholesale and sell directly from this website, and my experience was that it often did take a good while to get orders. If you click through on the links I provide to Amazon and other vendors, and if you make a purchase, in most cases I receive compensation. Click on the t-shirts to see all our Cordwainer Smith t-shirt designs:. Search this site Bookmark this page! Pierce, Editor's Introduction by James A. From "No, No, Not Rogov" That golden The Rediscovery of Man on the golden steps shook and fluttered like a bird gone mad—like a bird imbued with The Rediscovery of Man intellect and a soul, and, nevertheless, driven mad by ecstasies and terrors beyond human understanding— ecstasies drawn momentarily down into reality by the consummation The Rediscovery of Man superlative art. From "" Martel was angry. From "" We were drunk with The Rediscovery of Man in those early years. The Blog. His Books. The Rediscovery of Man, by Cordwainer Smith. , by Cordwainer Smith. Atomsk, by Carmichael Smith. Ria, by Felix C. Carola, by Felix C. Psychological Warfare, by Paul M. Letters from Paul, by Paul M. Letters from Paul: One Letter. Books about His Science Fiction. Concordance to Cordwainer Smith, by Anthony Lewis. Where You Can Get Books. Cordwainer Smith at Amazon. Cordwainer Smith at Alibris. Cordwainer Smith at AbeBooks. Cordwainer Smith on eBay. Cordwainer Smith, the Author. 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Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other The Rediscovery of Man. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. James A. Mann Editor. John J. Pierce Introduction. The third story in this volume takes place 16, years in the future. When you realize that the 33 stories are ordered chronologically, you begin to grasp the scale of Cordwainer Smith's creation. Regimes, technologies, planets, moralities, religions, histories all rise and fall through his millennia. These are futuristic tales told as myth, as legend, as a history of a The Rediscovery of Man The third story in this volume takes place 16, years in the future. These are futuristic tales told as myth, as legend, as a history of a distant and decayed The Rediscovery of Man. Written in an unadorned The Rediscovery of Man reminiscent The Rediscovery of Man James Tiptree Jr. In Smith's tales, space travel takes a horrendous toll on those who pilot the ships through the void. After reaching perfection, the lack of strife stifles humanity to a point of decay and stagnation; the Instrumentality of The Rediscovery of Man arises in order to stir things up. Many The Rediscovery of Man describe moral dilemmas involving the humanity of the Underpeople, beings evolved from animals into humanlike forms. Serious SF fans should The Rediscovery of Man pass up the chance to experience Cordwainer Smith's complex, distinctive vision of the far The Rediscovery of Man. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. More Details Original Title. Instrumentality of Mankind. Other Editions 4. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Rediscovery of Manplease sign up. Be the The Rediscovery of Man to ask a question about The Rediscovery of Man. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Feb 06, George rated it it was amazing Shelves: sci-fi. Who would have thought that someone who lived an interesting life, wrote interesting things Hmm Anyways Cordwainer Smith created a fascinating world with an immense future and past history, but unlike Stapledon who told his history through cold hearted academic style, he told it through its myth, legends and fairy tales, sometimes "corrected" for the The Rediscovery of Man history. In this he had made it seem far more real and palatable The Rediscovery of Man Stapledons world thank god for that it's a page book. Critic Who would have thought that someone who lived an interesting life, wrote interesting things Critics in his days had trouble with his work, for it wasn't hard SF, wasn't military SF, almost sociological SF, kinda pulp and bit of satire, modernism, surrealism and post modernism. But for us it is Cordwainer Smith. Jun 04, Terence rated it liked it Shelves: sf-fantasy. Written September : I am at an impasse. I have an enormous pile of fiction on the To-Read pile but I can't figure out which one to go with - Mieville? In the interim, while this existential struggle goes on, I have been rereading this collection of short stories from Cordwainer Smith aka Paul Linebarger. It's hard to characterize Smith. Like Gene Wolfehe's an author who I either really like or I really don't. The Shadow of the Written September : I am at an impasse. View all 5 comments. Jul 11, Stephen rated The Rediscovery of Man it was amazing Shelves: science-fiction, short-fictioncordwainer-vance-zelazny-and-esquecollected-works-of. I have not read all of the stories in this collection, The Rediscovery of Man my rating is based on the stories reviewed The Rediscovery of Man I will update periodically as I read additional stories : Scanners Live In Vain - Classic short story set in the universe of the Instrumentality of Mankind and arguably smith's beat story. Set around A. This problem was resolved by having passengers travel stored in cold sleep, 5. This problem was resolved by having passengers travel stored in cold sleep, The Rediscovery of Man the crew of the spaceship is composed of Habermans: convicts and criminals who have undergone medical mutilation to have the brain severed from all sensory input except the eyes. This procedure allows them to travel in space but also completely alienates them from society. The Habermans are supervised in space by Scanners, who have voluntarily agreed to undergo the same medical mutilation and are respected by all of society for their sacrifice and their role in uniting mankind through space travel. The Scanners lives are difficult and very lonely and their only joy comes from "cranching" — brief intervals where they use a device that The Rediscovery of Man restores normal brain connectivity. The story itself involves the apparent discovery of a new method of space travel that will eliminate the need for scanners and habermans and make space travel available to everyone and the reaction of the Confraternity of Scanners to that discovery. A well-written and hugely original science fiction short story. Ballad of Lost C'Mell -Another classic "Instrumentality" story, this one centered on a Lord of the Instrumentality and a member of the Underpeople animals that have been evolved to have human-like intelligence and appearance who devise a plan to improve the rights of the Underpeople. Oct 02, Michael Battaglia rated it it was amazing. What are the chances that a professor with a PhD in political science and an expertise in the Far East would be able The Rediscovery of Man write even one excellent science-fiction tale? There's probably a good chance that he might be able to crank out one or two decent ones in his spare time, but what if he was able to churn out over thirty of them in the course of his relatively short career, not only making each one noticeably different but also putting together a rather detailed future history on the sly, the s What are the chances that a professor with a PhD in political science and an expertise in the Far East would be able to write even one excellent science-fiction tale? There's probably a good chance that he might be able to crank out one or two decent ones in his spare time, but what if he was able to churn out over thirty of them in the course of his relatively short career, not only making each one noticeably different but also putting together a rather detailed future history on the sly, the scope and texture of which was only apparent when you read a whole bunch of them at once? That probably only describes one person, and that person has a fake name of Cordwainer Smith. He's one of those authors that is pretty close to being essential and while The Rediscovery of Man not a household name like Heinlein or Asimov, it's probably fair to say that you won't completely understand SF without having at least a passing knowledge of his stories. But what makes them so essential? A lot of it comes down to the construction of The Rediscovery of Man, not just the stories themselves but the framework The Rediscovery of Man rest in. Unique to a lot of authors working at the time, all of his stories exist in the same universe, just at different points in a timeline that extends tens of thousands of years into the The Rediscovery of Man, to the point where humanity has been dispersed over the stars. At some point, the Instrumentality rises and starts to bring everyone back together again hence the "Rediscovery of Man" title and you get to see all the wackiness that occurs when everyone gets separated by large distances and centuries imagine a family reunion with very little common ground, or to The Rediscovery of Man it easier, just imagine a family reunion. Meanwhile the Instrumentality, run by people who can The Rediscovery of Man for centuries, attempts to keep everything in order and more often than not succeeds, either by being craftier or just one step ahead of everyone. But a lot of times they seem to do things just to see how it plays out. The closest setting I can compare it to is Iain Banks' Culture series, which has the same spirit and feel of a boundless future where some rather unpleasant things are capable of occurring even if the underlying politics might be slightly different but even after the first few stories it becomes clear that Smith's stories are their own animal entirely. To me what gives them a different The Rediscovery of Man is the mythological structure that many of them take something that is probably the influence of Linebarger's Asian studiescoupling that with the overall scope gives them a flavor that seems completely out of place for the times. A number of them are presented as histories, with character names from one story appearing as an aside in a later story to give the impression that it's all part of the same fabric, as well as implying a general progression of events due to actions seen in earlier tales. Smith apparently The Rediscovery of Man a lot of thought into this and the best stories are the ones obsessed with the progress of time and culture, showing how a people might get from one point to another, even if he has to carry those elements from The Rediscovery of Man story to the next most notable with the animal based underpeople, who are treated as second class citizens early on and gradually get more freedom as the stories go on. But what's fascinating about his approach to the history is what he doesn't say, showing us the results of actions through oblique asides and letting us fill in the blanks. We aren't presented with The Rediscovery of Man strict timeline of what happened although those exist but are allowed to sort of look in the spaces he's coloring in and figure out where the lines are. It's a remarkably change from other future histories like Heinlein's or Poul Anderson's, or even big thinkers like Stapledon where we can figure out from the course of things when people left Earth and when colonies were established. Here it's both clear and jumbled at the same time. But by far the most impressive aspect of these stories is how deeply strange they are. The most famous story here "Scanners Live in Vain" was infamous rejected by several editors among them John Campbell, who reportedly said it was too extreme and you can almost see why as it depicts a future where space travel is so physically painful that the pilots have to have their sensory perceptions severed from their The Rediscovery of Man in order to function and are only able to feel like regular people in certain schedule moments. It pretty much sets the tone for what you're going to experience in later stories. What's amazing is how Smith can take a seemingly tossed off idea and use it as a background element amongst other background elements planoforming, the underpeople, mental powers, the entire weird planet of Nostrilia, intelligent surveillance cameras hidden inside idiotsmixing and matching and bringing those elements forward as he sees fit, giving you a cohesive experience over the course of a bunch of stories that were never meant to be read all in a row. Smith's writing has a playful poetic quality that works well for the mythological slant the stories take and gives the best stories an eerie and claustrophobic feel, whether you're watching people fight terrifying invisible space dragons "The Game of Rat and Dragon" or invaders "Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons" with the best use of cats you'll see outside the Internet, or he's breaking your heart with a love with between time and species "The Ballad of Lost C'Mellor he's just being psychedelically weird before it was cool "Drunkboat"or he's messing with gender norms the bizarrely extreme "The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal". It makes "Scanners Live in Vain" seem like one of those small books with the chewy covers that babies like in comparison. Later stories delve into the mythological elements further the four "Quest of the Three Worlds" stories while also sneaking in a persistent Christian element, which suggested that he was going to start tackling the place of older religions in this new future The Rediscovery of Man people were rediscovering everything with hints that the Instrumentality was trying to keep it somewhat suppressed. Unfortunately, he died before he ever got to pursue those ideas further in his future milieu if he was ever going to. But his balance of cynical brutality and hopeful optimism in a future that suggested we'd always still be around, if not always happy about it, along with the sometimes experimental subject matter and structures The Rediscovery of Man a decent amount of SF that would come along later and even if those weren't directly influenced, a lot of writers can certainly point to him as a spiritual antecedent. He's not the kind of writer that they go and make bombastic sexy movies out of his stories but it's difficult to say you'll be able to understand SF or at least the branch that deals with the possibilities of humanity's future without having some passing acquaintanceship with him and frankly it's probably safe to say that he's so quintessentially what you want SF to be about that if you don't like him, then it may not be the genre for you. View 1 comment. The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith by Cordwainer Smith

It was edited by James A. Most of the stories take place The Rediscovery of Man Smith's future history set in the universe of the Instrumentality of Mankind ; the collection is arranged in the chronological order in which the stories take place in the fictional timeline. The collection also contains short stories which The Rediscovery of Man not take place in this universe. Within the context of The Rediscovery of Man future history, the Rediscovery of Mankind refers to the Instrumentality's re-introduction of chance and unhappiness into the sterile utopia that they had created for humanity. Other than Smith's novel, Norstriliawhich takes place in the same future history, the book collects all of Smith's known science fiction writing. 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. Stories The Rediscovery of Man with an asterisk were published posthumously. Some, if not all, were completed by Smith's widow Genevieve Linebarger from his unfinished manuscripts. The stories are collected in more or less chronological order, according to J. Pierce's admittedly speculative timeline The Rediscovery of Man 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. All of the stories in this collection are included in two paperback collections, When the People Fell and We, the Underpeople The latter also includes the revised text of the novel Norstriliapreviously split into two volumes with some abridgement and restructuring as The Planet Buyer and The Underpeople From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article The Rediscovery of Man additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. The cover of the first edition. Hidden categories: Articles needing additional references from January All articles needing additional references. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version.

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