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

November/December 2012 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. I went to a book party for Liberty Con, a science fiction convention, last night and met a bunch of science fiction writers and their fans who really seemed to be having a blast. The timeline is a guide for the coming short stories. But without neglecting world building or the science itself. What is surprising is that I really did not have a full appreciation for his work until I read the compilation of his stories in "The Rediscovery of Man". I was wondering if anyone could recommend some really character driven science-fiction books. They all lead into, but are not dependant on, This man has created a complete world! 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 .. A collection of Cordwainer Smith short stories would be a good choice as well. I would recommend Norstrilia, his only novel, though his short stories (usually published as The Rediscovery of Man) are also excellent. The Rediscovery of Man by Cordwainer Smith. So I guess something along the lines of . Perhaps the first writer of what would eventually be called as “new weird”, Smith became known for writing vivid and unusual science fiction. September/October 2012 Taken together they collect the entirety of Smith's short fiction (95% of which are Lords of the Instrumentality stories), and his only SF novel Norstrilia. The Rediscovery of Man by Cordwainer Smith First of all Cordwainer Smith is a pseudonym Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger used for his science fiction work. SF Masterworks #10: Cordwainer Smith, The Rediscovery of Man. Absolutely brilliant stuff on every count. Posted on May 19, 2010 by Paras Universal. He has a few more depending on his work. Short fiction of 5,000 to 20,000 words dominated American science fiction in the 1950s.