Description
| Product ID: | 9780575094246 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | S.F. Masterworks |
| Title: | The Rediscovery of Man |
| Authors: | Author: Cordwainer Smith |
| Page Count: | 400 |
| Subjects: | Science fiction, Science fiction |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The best short fiction of acclaimed SF author Cordwainer Smith. Welcome to the strangest, most distinctive future ever imagined by a science fiction writer. An interstellar empire ruled by the mysterious Lords of the Instrumentality, whose access to the drug stroon from the planet Norstrilia confers on them virtual immortality. A world in which wealthy and leisured humanity is served by the underpeople, genetically engineered animals turned into the semblance of people. A world in which the great ships which sail between the stars are eventually supplanted by the mysterious, instantaneous technique of planoforming. A world of wonder and myth, and extraordinary imagination. |
| Imprint Name: | Gateway |
| Publisher Name: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2010-03-29 |