Cordwainer Smith

Cordwainer Smith

Cordwainer Smith was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 11th, 1913 and passed away at the age of 53 on August 6th, 1966.

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Cordwainer Smith Stats: The most read book by Cordwainer Smith on Book Notification is Norstrilia, the 3rd novel in the Norstrilia series. The second most read book is The Rediscovery of Man, a Collection.

Below is a complete list of Cordwainer Smith books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Cordwainer Smith is the Norstrilia Series.

List of Norstrilia Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Boy Who Bought Old Earth / The Planet Buyer
1964
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2
The Underpeople
1968
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3
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Norstrilia
1975
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Ria ( As: )
1947
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2
Carola ( As: )
1948
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3
Atomsk ( As:)
1949
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4
6
Quest of the Three Worlds
1965
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Scanners Live in Vain
1950
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2
The Game of Rat and Dragon
1955
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3
The Lady Who Sailed the Soul
1960
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4
Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons
1961
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5
On the Storm Planet
1965
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6
On the Sand Planet
1965
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7
Three to a Given Star
1965
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8
The Store Of Heart's Desire
2022
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9
On the Gem Planet
2022
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen ( As:)
1937
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2
Government in Republican China ( As:)
1938
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3
The China of Chiang K\'ai-Shek: A Political Study ( As:)
1941
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4
Psychological Warfare ( As:)
1948
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5
Far Eastern Government and Politics: China and Japan ( As:)
1954
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List of Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
You Will Never Be The Same
1963
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2
Space Lords
1965
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3
Under Old Earth And Other Explorations
1966
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4
We the Underpeople
1968
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5
Stardreamer
1971
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6
8
The Rediscovery of Man
1975
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7
6
The Best of Cordwainer Smith
1975
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8
The Instrumentality of Mankind
1979
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9
When the People Fell
1993
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10
Scanners and Others
2010
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List of Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories Books in Publication Order

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1
The Great SF Stories 1 (By: Isaac Asimov, Robert Bloch, Martin H. Greenberg)
1979
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2
The Great SF Stories 2 (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1979
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3
The Great SF Stories 3 (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Fredric Brown)
1980
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4
The Great SF Stories 4 (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Fredric Brown)
1980
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5
The Great SF Stories 5 (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Fredric Brown)
1981
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6
The Great SF Stories 6 (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1981
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7
The Great SF Stories 7 (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Fredric Brown)
1982
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8
The Great SF Stories 8 (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Fredric Brown)
1982
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9
The Great SF Stories 9 (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1983
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10
The Great SF Stories 10 (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1983
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11
The Great SF Stories 11 (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1984
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12
The Great SF Stories 12 (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1984
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13
The Great SF Stories 13 (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1985
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14
The Great SF Stories 14 (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1986
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15
The Great SF Stories 15 (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1986
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16
The Great SF Stories 16 (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1987
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17
The Great SF Stories 17 (With: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1988
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18
6
The Great SF Stories 18 (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1988
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19
The Great SF Stories 19 (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1989
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20
The Great SF Stories 20 (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1989
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21
The Great SF Stories 21 (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1990
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22
The Great SF Stories 22 (With: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1990
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23
The Great SF Stories 23 (With: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1991
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24
The Great SF Stories 24 (With: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1992
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List of Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds Of Science Fiction Books in Publication Order (with Isaac Asimov, with Martin H. Greenberg, with Robert Silverberg, with Charles G. Waugh, with Robert Sheckley)

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1
Intergalactic Empires (With: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1983
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2
Science Fictional Olympics (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Sheckley)
1984
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3
Supermen (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1984
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4
Comets (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1986
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5
Tin Stars (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1986
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6
Neanderthals (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg, Charles G. Waugh)
1987
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7
Space Shuttles (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1987
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8
Monsters (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1988
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9
Robots (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1989
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10
6
Invasions (By: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg)
1990
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List of The Year of the Cat Books in Publication Order

Enchanting fantasies where cats and humans share deep bonds, set in both magical and sci-fi worlds.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
A Cat of a Different Color (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Annie Reed, Louisa Swann, Lisa Silverthorne, Dean Wesley Smith, Ray Vukcevich, Dory Crowe)
2020
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2
A Cat of Perfect Taste (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Stefon Mears, Dean Wesley Smith, Saki , Charles Dudley Warner, Philip Gilbert Hamerton, Kari Kilgore)
2020
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3
A Cat of Disdainful Looks (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Rudyard Kipling, Stefon Mears, Dean Wesley Smith, Mark Twain, Ray Vukcevich, John Adams, Jodi Lyn Nye)
2020
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4
A Cat of Strange Lands (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, E. Nesbit, Annie Reed, Stefon Mears, Dean Wesley Smith, Kent Patterson, Meyari McFarland, Leigh Saunders)
2020
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5
A Cat of Cozy Situations (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Ed Gorman, Carole Nelson Douglas, Dean Wesley Smith, W.W. Jacobs, Mary A. Turzillo, Dory Crowe)
2020
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A Cat of Space and Time (With: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Andre Norton, Annie Reed, Lisa Silverthorne, Dean Wesley Smith, Geoffrey A. Landis, Mary Turzillo, Daemon Crowe)
2020
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7
A Cat of Heroic Heart (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Carole Nelson Douglas, E. Nesbit, Jamie Ferguson, Lisa Silverthorne, Stefon Mears, Dean Wesley Smith, Liz Pierce)
2020
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8
A Cat of Roving Nature (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Emile Zola, Annie Reed, Stefon Mears, Dory Crowe, C.J. Erick, Sylvia Warner)
2020
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9
A Cat of Artistic Sensibilities (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Henry Slesar, Joan Aiken, Annie Reed, Stefon Mears, Dean Wesley Smith, Mary Turzillo)
2021
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10
A Cat of Fantastic Whims (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, E. Nesbit, Jamie Ferguson, Annie Reed, Lisa Silverthorne, Dean Wesley Smith, Geoffrey A. Landis, Liz Pierce)
2021
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11
A Cat of Feral Instincts (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Brigid Collins, Dean Wesley Smith, Pamela Sargent, Jamie McNabb, Mary Turzillo, N. Margaret Campbell)
2021
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12
A Cat of Romantic Soul (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Anthea Sharp, Annie Reed, Lisa Silverthorne, Bonnie Elizabeth, Dean Wesley Smith, Kari Kilgore)
2021
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List of The Mammoth Book of... Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Science Fiction, Volume One (By: David G. Hartwell, Mildred Clingerman)
2003
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2
The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Science Fiction: Volume Two (With: David G. Hartwell)
2003
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List of Cordwainer Smith Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 6
1953
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2
5th Annual Edition
1960
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3
Mind Partner and 8 Other Novelets from Galaxy
1961
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4
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Eleventh Series
1962
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5
The Best Science Fiction from Worlds of Tomorrow
1964
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6
Best of Science Fiction: No. 10
1964
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7
Spectrum IV
1965
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8
The Seventh Galaxy Reader
1966
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9
7 Trips Through Time and Space
1968
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10
Elsewhere and Elsewhen
1968
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11
SF: The Best of the Best
1970
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12
Alpha 2
1971
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13
A Day in the Life
1972
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14
Science Fiction Hall Of Fame: The Novellas Book 2
1973
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15
7.3
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II A
1973
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16
Beyond Tomorrow
1976
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17
Another World
1977
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18
Perilous Planets
1978
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19
The Great SF Stories 1
1979
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20
Galaxy: Volume 1
1980
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21
The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels
1980
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22
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century
1980
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23
The Great Science Fiction Series
1980
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24
Yesterday's Tomorrows
1982
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25
Intergalactic Empires
1983
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26
8
Magicats!
1984
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27
Worlds of If
1986
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28
Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder
1987
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29
The Great SF Stories 17
1988
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30
Worlds Imagined
1989
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31
The Great SF Stories 22
1990
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32
Modern Classics of Science Fiction
1991
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33
The Great SF Stories 23
1991
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34
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories
1992
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35
The Great SF Stories 24
1992
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36
Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction
1994
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37
The Science Fiction Century
1997
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38
A Century of Science Fiction, 1950-1959
1997
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39
The Good Old Stuff
1998
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40
Explorers
2000
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41
The Furthest Horizon
2000
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42
The Ends of Time
2000
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43
Genometry
2001
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44
Robert Silverberg Presents the Great Science Fiction Stories (1964)
2001
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45
The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Science Fiction, Volume One
2003
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46
The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Science Fiction: Volume Two
2003
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47
The Science Fiction Century: Volume 2
2006
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48
The Space Opera Renaissance
2006
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49
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction
2010
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50
The Mammoth Book of SF Wars
2012
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51
The Time Traveler's Almanac
2013
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52
The Good Stuff
2013
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53
Infinite Stars
2017
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54
A Cat of Disdainful Looks
2020
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Cordwainer Smith

Cordwainer Smith was born on July 11th, 1913. Cordwainer passed away August 6th, 1966 at 53 years old. Cordwainer Smith was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Cordwainer Smith was the author of the Cordwainer Smith Collections series which consists of 10 novels. The Cordwainer Smith Collections series started in 1963 with the novel You Will Never Be The Same. The most recently released novel in the Cordwainer Smith Collections series was Scanners and Others which was released in 2010. There are no upcoming novels for the Cordwainer Smith Collections series.

Cordwainer Smith: Awards & Accolades

Smith's book, The Boy Who Bought Old Earth / The Planet Buyer was nominated for the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1965.

Related Authors

Fans of Cordwainer Smith also enjoy these authors:

  1. John Scalzi, author of the Old Man's War Series.
  2. Frank Herbert, author of the Dune Series.
  3. Robert A. Heinlein, author of: Stranger in a Strange Land.
  4. Neil Gaiman, author of the American Gods Series.
  5. Stephen King, author of The Dark Tower Series.

Cordwainer Smith: F.A.Q

When was Cordwainer Smith Born?

Cordwainer Smith was born on July 11th, 1913.

When did Cordwainer Smith die?

Cordwainer Smith died on August 6th, 1966 at 53 years old.

Where was Cordwainer Smith Born?

Cordwainer Smith was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, .

What was the first book Cordwainer Smith wrote?

The first book written by Cordwainer Smith was The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen, published in 1937.

What was the most recent book Cordwainer Smith wrote?

Their most recently released work was On the Gem Planet (a short story) on August 10th, 2022.

What is the most popular book by Cordwainer Smith?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Cordwainer Smith book is Norstrilia. Here are their most popular books:
  1. Norstrilia (8)
  2. The Rediscovery of Man (8)
  3. The Best of Cordwainer Smith (6)
  4. Quest of the Three Worlds (6)

How many books has Cordwainer Smith written?

Cordwainer Smith has written 32 books across 14 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 3 books in the Norstrilia Series
  • 4 Standalone Novels
  • 9 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 5 Non-Fiction Books
  • 10 Collections
  • 1 book in The Year of the Cat Series

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