Comments on: Cordwainer Smith’s Dedication for Space Lords

By: John

John — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 21:00:15 +0000

Not sure why the cookies aren’t working, Fred. They’re not working for me either.

By: Fred Kiesche

Fred Kiesche — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:27:54 +0000

You’re better off looking for the several anthologies that are currently in print. From NESFA you have The Rediscovery of Man, a massive anthology of the short works plus Norstrilia, the novel. From Baen you have We the Underpeople, the first of two anthologies.

I don’t think that the dedication carried over into any of the later editions, alas. And we’re still missing the long-promised biography of Smith (Dr. Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger). There is a good site out there run by his daughter, though.

(And how come this darn system never remembers my “personal info” no matter where I dial in from, or what web browser I use?)

By: Carl V.

Carl V. — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:38:45 +0000

Wow, that is powerful! Makes me want to pick up that book and read it.

By: Pete Tzinski

Pete Tzinski — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:04:36 +0000

Cordwainer Smith was a wonderful writer and, as evidenced here, a damn good human being.

That’s sweet, and frightening, and it gave me shivers.