The Ballad of Lost C'mell by Cordwainer Smith

The 'Casher O'Neill' stories, and one related story, collected in novel form as Quest of the Three Worlds:.' Drunkboat' (much rewritten version of 'The Colonel Came Back from the Nothing-at-All').' The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal'.'Himself in Anachron' (first publication)*.

'The Colonel Came Back from the Nothing-at-All'*.81-Q' (version 2) (not previously collected)* Other than Smith's novel, Norstrilia, which takes place in the same future history, the book collects all of Smith's known science fiction writing. Within the context of the 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. The collection also contains short stories which do not take place in this universe. Most of the stories take place in 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. A Planet Named Shayol', a novelette first published in Galaxy in October 1961.The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith ( ISBN 0-91) is a 1993 book containing the complete collected short fiction of American science fiction author Cordwainer Smith.' The Ballad of Lost C'Mell', a novelette first published in Galaxy in October 1962.' Drunkboat', a novelette first published in Amazing Stories in October 1963.' The Dead Lady of Clown Town', a novella first published in Galaxy in August 1964.' Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons', a novelette first published in Galaxy in June 1961.(Note that in Cordwainer Smith's novel 'Norstrilia', the hero is accompanied by his 'workwoman Eleanor', to whom he shows great loyalty - 'It's up to me to do what I can for her. In a moving letter to her, we learn that she was an African-American housekeeper for the author during many years, and that she died unexpectedly while visiting him to help when he was sick and working on this book. The book is dedicated 'to the memory of Eleanor Jackson of Louisa, Virginia, 20 February 1919 to 30 November 1964'. The stories belong to a series describing a future history set in the universe of the Instrumentality of Mankind. It was first published by Pyramid Books in 1965. Space Lords is a collection of science fiction short stories by the American writer Cordwainer Smith.

The Ballad of Lost C'mell by Cordwainer Smith