Cordwainer Smith and his remarkable science fiction: Illustrated bibliography, by Mike Bennett

Cordwainer Smith
Illustrated Bibliography,
by Mike Bennett

Introduction


The Help File you are reading is a humble tribute to one of most original writers that science fiction has ever known: Cordwainer Smith, pen name of Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger.  His bold and inspired visions of the future have been admired by such noteworthies as Ursula K. LeGuin, Robert Silverberg and Harlan Ellison.  Unfortunately, in a short career that barely spanned a decade, he left us little more than one novel and thirty-four stories.  But such is the power of these stories that, in all the years since his death, they have refused to be forgotten and most are still in print today.

The Help File you are reading has been a labour of love.  The publication of "The Instrumentality of Mankind" in 1979 brought to my attention several of his stories that I had never seen before.  I decided to find a comprehensive Cordwainer Smith checklist but the failure of my search coincided with the realization that I had already collected enough material to write one myself!  No sooner said than begun.  But as the fifth year as researcher went by, I realized that the completion of this checklist is an arbitrary point.  Since all of my work was involved with researching the various editions of all the anthologies in which any of his stories have appeared, the amount of unfinished work had been increasing exponentially while the actual value of the information was decreasing steadily.  And since it seemed more important that the work be used by concerned individuals, my work was deemed done, leaving further exploration into the eternal and dusty halls of research to more intrepid souls.

The Help File you are reading has posed a serious dilemma for me.  What I wanted was a Cordwainer Smith checklist.  In my talks with Chris Drumm, the original checklist's publisher, we both agreed that at least a bibliographical nod of the head should go to the rest of Paul M. A. Linebarger's work.  As I unearthed more and more articles, novels and scholarly works, I began to realize that Cordwainer Smith was but one facet of a fascinating and quite brilliant man.  It seemed unfair to ignore the non-science fictional material and yet to include it would overwhelm the checklist, making Cordwainer Smith's works hard to find and provide no continuity.  Since Paul M. A. Linebarger kept his public life completely separate from his science fiction career, we shall do the same.  The result you now see: A Cordwainer Smith Help File with a Paul M. A. Linebarger Checklist appended.


Notes on this Edition

Previous Versions:

Drumm Booklet #37 (1991)
Help File 1.0 (July 2000)
Help File 1.1 (November 2000)

Current Version:

HTML Web Page 1.0 (March 2002)


My original checklist was published by Chris Drumm as Drumm Booklet #37 in 1991, several years after I had finished my research and submitted it to him.  I was pleased to see it in print and to put the work down for a while.  Since then, "Ria" has been reprinted by Jwindz and NESFA has reprinted all of CS's stories in 2 beautiful volumes.  The short story collection includes the long-lost "War No. 81-Q"'s revised edition and the shamefully delayed "Himself In Anachron" while "Norstrilia" is complete with the crazy-quilt of additions and changes added to the original manuscript.

These events, along with the growth of the Web as a publishing medium, stimulated my interest in updating the checklist and placing into a new and more changeable format.  

When I was writing the original checklist, I noticed that reprinting of the stories in anthology editions was starting to overwhelm the original printing and book entries.  And when I started this edition, I expected to simply reprint the checklist in help file format but the problem of the anthology listings remain: they increase the size of the checklist at the expense of clarity and interest.  So I have decided to omit all anthology reprintings, listing only original printings and books issued under the name of Cordwainer Smith, PMAL or any other pseudonym.  Paul M. A. Linebarger entries will continue to have their own checklist as explained in the Introduction.

I wanted to extend thanks to two very important people who have effected the final result you see: Alan Elms for his eagle eyes and patience and Rosana Hart for selflessly allowing herself to be the focal point for all of us Cordwainer Smith fans.


References

The research for this Help File began in the usual reference books like Contenta's and Strauss' indices and Currey's bibliography.  As my lists grew longer, I did much checking of second-hand bookstores and library scouring, to the point of checking all the anthologies I could find!

There are 2 items that are recommended reading:

"Concordance to Cordwainer Smith" by Anthony Lewis

Write to: New England Science Fiction Association
M.I.T. Branch, Box G
Cambridge, MA 02139

or check out their World Wide Web page at:   http://www.nesfa.org/home.html


--- and ---


"Science Fiction Review #48", Fall 1983

Write to: Science Fiction Review
Box 11408
Portland, OR 97211

The Concordance is a thorough cross-reference of details, names and places in the Instrumentality Series and SF Review has J.J. Pierce's article "Treasure of the Secret Cordwainer" which is about unpublished stories, revisions and a multitude of CS miscellany.  Don't miss 'em!  




Abbreviations

AAAPSS Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
CS Cordwainer Smith
PMAL Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
PMWL Paul Myron Wentworth Linebarger, PMAL's father
pp pages


Story List

Title Publication Date
War No. 81-Q June 1928
Scanners Live In Vain June 1950
The Game Of Rat And Dragon October 1955
Mark Elf May 1957
The Burning Of The Brain October 1958
Western Science Is So Wonderful December 1958
No, No, Not Rogov! February 1959
Nancy March 1959
When The People Fell April 1959
Golden The Ship Was - Oh! Oh! Oh! April 1959
Angerhelm June 1959
The Fife Of Bodhidharma June 1959
The Lady Who Sailed The Soul April 1960
Alpha Ralpha Boulevard June 1961
Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons June 1961
A Planet Named Shayol October 1961
From Gustible's Planet July 1962
The Ballad of Lost C'Mell October 1962
Think Blue, Count Two February 1963
On The Gem Planet October 1963
Drunkboat October 1963
The Good Friends October 1963
The Boy Who Bought Old Earth April 1964
The Store Of Heart's Desire May 1964
The Crime And The Glory Of Commander Suzdal May 1964
The Dead Lady Of Clown Town August 1964
On The Storm Planet February 1965
Three To A Given Star October 1965
On The Sand Planet December 1965
Under Old Earth February 1966
Down To A Sunless Sea October 1975
The Queen Of The Afternoon April 1978
The Colonel Came Back From Nothing-At-All May 1979
Himself In Anachron 1993


Magazine Cover Stories

Scanners Live In Vain
 

The Ballad Of Lost C'Mell


Drunkboat


The Store Of Heart's Desire


Under Old Earth


The Queen Of The Afternoon
 


War No. 81-Q

Short Story

1. The Adjutant Vol. IX, No. 1, June 1928
    The Adjutant was Central High School, Washington D. C. cadet corps's paper.

2. The Instrumentality Of Mankind, May 1979, pp 21-25

3. (Rewritten version) The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 19-27
    Rewritten in 1961 for inclusion in You Will Never Be The Same.

4. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 613-615


Scanners Live In Vain

Novelette


1. Fantasy Book (cover story), June 1950, pp 32-73, 85-88
    Cover by Jack Gaughan.

2. You Will Never Be The Same, 1963, pp 49-82

3. The Best Of Cordwainer Smith, July 1975, pp 9-42

4. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 65-95
    Page 64 has a facsimile of his letter of submission to Fantasy Book dated March 9, 1948.





Scanners Live In Vain (Cover by Jack Gaughan)



The Game Of Rat And Dragon

Short Story

1. Galaxy, October 1955, pp 127-143
    Illustrated by Hunter.

2. You Will Never Be The Same, 1963, pp 83-96

3. Under Old Earth and other explorations, 1970, pp 11-24

4. The Best Of Cordwainer Smith, July 1975, pp 67-81

5. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 163-175


Mark Elf

Short Story

1. Saturn, May 1957, pp 62-75, printed as "Mark XI"
    Missing the short introduction.
    Illustrated by ?

2. You Will Never Be The Same, 1963, pp 143-156

3. The Instrumentality Of Mankind, May 1979, pp 25-40

4. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 29-40

 


The Burning Of The Brain

Short Story

1. Worlds of If, October 1958, pp 84-91
    Illustrated by either Ed Emsh, Kelly Freas or Paul Orban.

2. You Will Never Be The Same, 1963, pp 97-106

3. The Best Of Cordwainer Smith, July 1975, pp 83-92

4. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 177-185


Western Science Is So Wonderful

Short Story

1. If, December 1958, pp 79-89
    Illustrated by Kelly Freas.

2. Stardreamer, August 1971, pp 170-185

3. The Instrumentality Of Mankind, May 1979, pp 171-186

4. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 617-627


No, No, Not Rogov!

Short Story

1. If, February 1959, pp 107-120
    Illustrated by Ed Emsh.

2. You Will Never Be The Same, 1963, pp 7-24

3. The Instrumentality Of Mankind, May 1979, pp 1-21

4. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 3-18


Nancy

Short Story

1. Satellite, March 1959, pp 25-29, printed as "The Nancy Routine"
    Ending severely abridged.
    Illustrated by ?

2. The Instrumentality Of Mankind, May 1979, pp 186-200

3. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 629-639


When The People Fell

Short Story

Alternate Titles: "The Goonhogo Itself On Venus"
"The Taking Of Venus"
"A Rain Of People"

1. Galaxy, April 1959, pp 147-158
    Illustrated by Siegel.

2. Stardreamer, August 1971, pp 129-143

3. The Instrumentality Of Mankind, May 1979, pp 71-84

4. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 119-128


Golden The Ship Was - Oh! Oh! Oh!

Short Story

Written with Genevieve Linebarger

Alternate Title: "The Lords Of The Instrumentality"

1. Amazing, April 1959, pp 23-28
    Abridged.

2. You Will Never Be The Same, 1963, pp 107-114

3. The Best Of Cordwainer Smith, July 1975, pp 93-100

4. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 215-221


Angerhelm

Short Story

1. Star Science Fiction Stories #6, June 1959, pp 77-98
    Edited by Frederick Pohl, printed by Ballantine Books

2. Stardreamer, August 1971, pp 144-169

3. The Instrumentality Of Mankind, May 1979, pp 210-233

4. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 649-666


The Fife Of Bodhidharma

Short Story

1. Fantastic, June 1959, pp 85-92
    Illustrated by ?

2. Stardreamer, August 1971, pp 119-128

3. The Instrumentality Of Mankind, May 1979, pp 200-209

4. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 641-647


The Lady Who Sailed The Soul

Short Story

Written with Genevieve Linebarger

1. Galaxy, April 1960, pp 58-81
    Abridged.
    Illustrated by Dillon.

2. You Will Never Be The Same, 1963, pp 25-48

3. The Best Of Cordwainer Smith, July 1975, pp 43-66

4. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 97-117


Alpha Ralpha Boulevard

Short Story

1. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1961, pp 5-29

2. You Will Never Be The Same, 1963, pp 115-142

3. Under Old Earth and other explorations, 1970, pp 93-119

4. The Best Of Cordwainer Smith, July 1975, pp 259-286

5. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 375-399


Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons

Short Story

Alternate Titles: "The Robber, The Woman and The Moon"
"Benjacomin Bozart"
"To Wake, to Kill, to Die"

1. Galaxy, June 1961, pp 98-120
    Illustrated by Virgil Finlay.

2. Space Lords, May 1965, pp 11-34

3. The Best Of Cordwainer Smith, July 1975, pp 235-257

4. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 355-374


A Planet Named Shayol

Novelette

Alternate Title: "People Never Live Forever"

1. Galaxy, October 1961, pp 8-46
    Illustrated by Virgil Finlay.

2. Space Lords, May 1965, pp 167-204

3. Under Old Earth and other explorations, 1970, pp 154-188

4. The Best Of Cordwainer Smith, July 1975, pp 307-342

5. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 419-450


A Planet Named Shayol
Illustrated by Virgil Finlay




From Gustible's Planet

Short Story

Alternate Title: "The Big Lick"

1. Worlds of If, July 1962, pp 25-30

2. The Instrumentality Of Mankind, May 1979, pp 129-136

3. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 187-192


The Ballad of Lost C'Mell

Short Story

Alternate Title: "She Got The Which of the What She Did"
"Where Is The Which Of What She Did" (false start title)


1. Galaxy (cover story), October 1962, pp 8-28
    Cover and Illustrated by Virgil Finlay.

2. Space Lords, May 1965, pp 146-166

3. Under Old Earth and other explorations, 1970, pp 120-138

4. The Best Of Cordwainer Smith, July 1975, pp 287-306

5. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 401-418


The Ballad of Lost C'Mell (Cover by Virgil Finlay)
 


Think Blue, Count Two

Novelette

Alternate Title: "Lady if a Man . .. ."

1. Galaxy, February 1963, pp 47-76
    Illustrated by R. D. Francis.

2. Stardreamer, August 1971, pp 1-38

3. The Instrumentality of Mankind, May 1979, pp 85-118

4. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 129-154


On The Gem Planet

Novelette

Alternate Title: "The Wise Old Horse On Pontippidon"

1. Galaxy, October 1963, pp 92-118
    Illustrated by Wood.

2. Quest Of The Three Worlds, 1966, pp 6-34

3. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 451-473


Drunkboat

Novelette

Alternate Title: "Archipelagoes of Stars"


1. Amazing Stories (cover story), October 1963, pp 6-34
    Cover and Illustrated by Lloyd Birmingham.

2. Space Lords, May 1965, pp 114-145

3. The Instrumentality Of Mankind, May 1979, pp 136-171

4. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 327-353


Drunkboat (Cover by Lloyd Birmingham)



The Good Friends

Short Story

Alternate Title: "Those Good Old Friends of Mine"

1. Worlds of Tomorrow, October 1963, pp 60-63

2. Stardreamer, August 1971, pp 113-118

3. The Instrumentality Of Mankind, May 1979, pp 233-238

4. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 667-671


The Boy Who Bought Old Earth

Novella

The first half of Norstrilia, edited and added to for magazine publication.  See also The Planet Buyer.

1. Galaxy, April 1964, pp 7-105
    Illustrated by Morrow.




The Store Of Heart's Desire

Novella

The second half of Norstrilia, edited and added to for magazine publication.  See also The Underpeople.


1. Worlds of If (cover story), May 1964, pp 77-127
    Cover by Dember.  Illustrated by Giunta.


The Store Of Heart's Desire (Cover by Dember)



The Crime And The Glory Of Commander Suzdal

Short Story

1. Amazing Stories, May 1964, pp 18-34
    Illustrated by Schelling.

2. Under Old Earth and other explorations, 1970, pp 139-153

3. Stardreamer, August 1971, pp 92-112

4. The Best Of Cordwainer Smith, July 1975, pp 101-116

5. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 201-214


The Dead Lady Of Clown Town

Novella

Alternate Titles: "The Dead Lady Panc Ashash"
"The Brown and Yellow Corridor"
"I'll Be A Witch"
"Never Never Underpeople"

1. Galaxy, August 1964, pp 6-80
    Illustrated by Morrow.

2. Space Lords, May 1965, pp 35-113

3. The Best Of Cordwainer Smith, July 1975, pp 117-191

4. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 223-287


On The Storm Planet

Novella

Alternate Title: "T'Ruth"

1. Galaxy, February 1965, pp 6-79
    Illustrated by Virgil Finlay.

2. Quest Of The Three Worlds, 1966, pp 34-117

3. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 475-540


Three To A Given Star

Short Story

Alternate Title: "In Praise Of Folly"

1. Galaxy, October 1965, pp 105-128
    Illustrated by Morrow.

2. Quest Of The Three Worlds, 1966, pp 150-174

3. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 567-586


On The Sand Planet

Novelette

1. Amazing Stories, December 1965, pp 6-36
    Illustrated by Jack Gaughan.

2. Quest Of The Three Worlds, 1966, pp 117-150

3. Under Old Earth and other explorations, 1970, pp 25-52

4. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 541-566


Under Old Earth

Novelette

Alternate Titles: "The Sum Is Null"
"The Douglas-Ouyang Planets"
"Put A Double On The Dark Remote"
"Akhnaton Retold"
"Fluminescent, Luminescent"


1. Galaxy (cover story), February 1966, pp 6-48
    Cover and Illustrated by Virgil Finlay.

2. Under Old Earth and other explorations, 1970, pp 53-92

3. Stardreamer, August 1971, pp 39-91

4. The Best Of Cordwainer Smith, July 1975, pp 193-234

5. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 289-325


Under Old Earth (Cover by Virgil Finlay)



Down To A Sunless Sea

Novelette

Written by Genevieve Linebarger

1. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1975, pp 51-76

2. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 587-610


The Queen Of The Afternoon

Short Story

Completed by Genevieve Linebarger from the original 2 chapter fragment.


1. Galaxy (cover story), April 1978, pp 4-26
    Cover and Illustrated by Cecilia Cosentini.

2. The Instrumentality Of Mankind, May 1979,  pp 40-70

3. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 41-63


The Queen Of The Afternoon
(Cover by Cecilia Cosentini)



The Colonel Came Back From Nothing-At-All

Short Story

1. The Instrumentality Of Mankind, May 1979, pp 119-129

2. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 155-162


Himself In Anachron

Short Story

According to Alan Elms, this was originally written by PMAL and he considered his 1946 draft to be a completed story, circulating it to several magazines, all of whom rejected it.  Genevieve revised that version in the late 1970's for Harlan Ellison's "Last Dangerous Visions" (which has yet to see the light of day).  Presumably, this revision is the version printed in "The Rediscovery Of Man", printed by NESFA in 1993.  J.J. Pierce, says that a revised edition was intended for You Will Never Be The Same titled either "My Love Is Lost In The Null Of Nought" or "She Lost Her Love In The Null Of Nought" but it wasn't completed.  Expect more updates in this section as more data emerges over time.

1. The Rediscovery Of Man, 1993, pp 193-199


Book List

You Will Never Be The Same 1963

The Planet Buyer October 1964

Space Lords May 1965

Quest Of The Three Worlds 1966

The Underpeople November 1968

Under Old Earth and other explorations 1970

Stardreamer August 1971

Norstrilia February 1975

The Best Of Cordwainer Smith July 1975

The Instrumentality Of Mankind May 1979

The Rediscovery Of Man 1993


Chronological Book List Of All Printings

1963 You Will Never Be The Same, Regency

1964, October The Planet Buyer, Pyramid

1965, May Space Lords, Pyramid

1966 Quest Of The Three Worlds, Ace

1968, November The Underpeople, Pyramid
1968, November Space Lords, Pyramid

1969 The Planet Buyer, Pyramid
1969 Space Lords, Sidgwick & Jackson

1970 Space Lords, SFBC
1970 Space Lords, Sphere
1970 Under Old Earth and other explorations, Panther
1970, September You Will Never Be The Same, Berkeley

1971, August Stardreamer, Beagle Boxer

1975 You Will Never Be The Same, Garland
The Planet Buyer, Sphere
The Underpeople, Sphere
         February Norstrilia, Ballantine
         July The Best Of Cordwainer Smith, Doubleday (SFBC)
         September The Best Of Cordwainer Smith, Ballantine
         November The Planet Buyer, Pyramid

1978, December Quest Of The Three Worlds, Ballantine

1979, April Space Lords, Jove
         May The Instrumentality Of Mankind, Ballantine

1984, July Space Lords, Ace

1987 Quest Of The Three Worlds, VGSF

1988 Norstrilia, Gollancz
The Best Of Cordwainer Smith, VGSF
The Best Of Cordwainer Smith (as The Rediscovery Of Man), Gollancz
The Instrumentality Of Mankind, VGSF

1989 The Instrumentality Of Mankind, Gollancz
Quest Of The Three Worlds, Gollancz

1993 The Rediscovery Of Man, NESFA

1994 Norstrilia, NESFA





Book Covers

Norstrilia


Quest Of The Three Worlds


Space Lords


Stardreamer


The Best Of Cordwainer Smith


The Instrumentality Of Mankind


The Planet Buyer


The Rediscovery Of Man


The Underpeople


Under Old Earth and other explorations


You Will Never Be The Same



You Will Never Be The Same

Suggested Title: "Strange Ladies And Mad Lovers:
 Romances From The Plunging Future"

1. No, No, Not Rogov!
2. The Lady Who Sailed The Soul
3. Scanners Live In Vain
4. The Game Of Rat And Dragon
5. The Burning Of The Brain
6. Golden The Ship Was - Oh! Oh! Oh!
7. Alpha Ralpha Boulevard
8. Mark Elf


1. Regency RB309, 1963, 156 pages, Evanston, paperback
    Cover Design by Ron Bradford
    "Assembled with the valuable assistance of Robert Silverberg."


2. Berkeley Medallion S1894, September 1970, 176 pages, New York, paperback
    Cover by ?    

3. Garland, 1975, 176 pages, New York, hardcover
    Reprint of the 1970 Berkeley edition.
    Selected by Lester del Rey for the Garland Library of Science Fiction.


You Will Never Be The Same
(Cover Design by Ron Bradford)



You Will Never Be The Same (Cover by ?)



The Planet Buyer

The first half of Norstrilia, edited and adapted from The Boy Who Bought Old Earth for book publication.


1. Pyramid R-1084, October 1964, 156 pages, New York, paperback
    Cover Painting by John Schoenherr.


2. Pyramid X-2049, July/August 1969, 156 pages, New York, paperback
    Cover by Peter Bramley.
    Printing date not documented, publisher's number implies July/August 1969


3. Sphere 0722179421, 1975, 156 pages, London, paperback
    Cover by ?


4. Pyramid V3969, November 1975, 156 pages, New York, paperback
    Cover by Peter Bramley (based upon earlier printing).
    Original Printing erroneously listed as October 1975.


The Planet Buyer
(Cover Painting by John Schoenherr)




The Planet Buyer (Cover by Peter Bramley)



The Planet Buyer (Cover by ?)



The Planet Buyer (Cover by Peter Bramley)



Space Lords

1. Dedication
2. Prologue
3. Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons
4. The Dead Lady Of Clown Town
5. Drunkboat
6. The Ballad Of Lost C'Mell
7. A Planet Named Shayol
8. Epilogue


1. Pyramid R-1183, May 1965, 206 pages, New York, paperback
    Cover Painting by Jack Gaughan.


2. Pyramid X-1911, November 1968, 206 pages, New York, paperback
    Cover by Jack Gaughan.


3. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1969, 204 pages, London, hardcover
    Cover Design by FORMAT
    Does not include Prologue and Epilogue


4. Science Fiction Book Club, 1970, 204 pages, London, hardcover
    Jacket designed by Terry James.
    Does not include Prologue and Epilogue


5. Sphere 79383, 1970, 160 pages, London, paperback
    Cover by ?
    Does not include Dedication, Prologue, "A Planet Named Shayol" and Epilogue


6. Jove M5122, April 1979, 206 pages, New York, paperback
    Cover by Eric Ladd (based upon next printing).


7. Ace 77743, July 1984, 206 pages, New York, paperback
    Cover by Eric Ladd.


Space Lords (Cover Painting by Jack Gaughan)



Space Lords (Cover by Jack Gaughan)



Space Lords (Cover by ?)



Space Lords (Cover by Eric Ladd)



Space Lords (Cover by Eric Ladd)



Space Lords (Cover Design by FORMAT)



Space Lords (Jacket Designed by Terry James)



Quest Of The Three Worlds

1. Timeline compiled by J. J. Pierce
2. Introduction by John J. Pierce
3. On The Gem Planet
4. On The Storm Planet
5. On The Sand Planet
6. Three To A Given Star


1. Ace F-402, 1966, 174 pages, New York, paperback
    Cover by Gray Morrow.
    Does not include Timeline and Introduction.


2. Ballantine 27715, December 1978, 184 pages, New York, paperback
    Cover by Michael Herring.

3. VGSF, December 1987, 184 pages, London, paperback
    Does not include Timeline


4. Gollancz 04598, October 1989, 184 pages, London, hardcover
    Cover by ?
    Does not include Timeline







Quest Of The Three Worlds (Cover by Gray Morrow)



Quest Of The Three Worlds (Cover by Michael Herring)



Quest Of The Three Worlds (Cover by ?)



The Underpeople

The second half of Norstrilia, edited and adapted from The Store Of Heart's Desire for book publication.


1. Pyramid X-1910, November 1968, 159 pages, New York, paperback
    Cover Painting by Jack Gaughan.


2. Sphere 7941, 1975, 144 pages, London, paperback
    Cover by ?


The Underpeople (Cover Painting by Jack Gaughan)



The Underpeople (Cover by ?)



Under Old Earth and other explorations

1. Introduction by Anthony Cheetham
2. The Game Of Rat And Dragon
3. On The Sand Planet
4. Under Old Earth
5. Alpha Ralpha Boulevard
6. The Ballad Of Lost C'Mell
7. The Crime And The Glory Of Commander Suzdal
8. A Planet Named Shayol

 
1. Panther 586033025, 1970, 188 pages, London
    Cover photograph by Paul Brierley.
    Edited by Anthony Cheetham.


Under Old Earth and other explorations
(Cover photograph by Paul Brierley)



Stardreamer

1. Think Blue, Count Two
2. Under Old Earth
3. The Crime And The Glory Of Commander Suzdal
4. The Good Friends
5. The Fife Of Bodhidharma
6. When The People Fell
7. Angerhelm
8. Western Science Is So Wonderful


1. Beagle Boxer 95127, August 1971, 185 pages, New York
    Cover by ?
    


Stardreamer (Cover by ?)



Norstrilia

Novel

Norstrilia has a complex history of publication, ignoring the complex history of writing it also underwent.  

Presumably finished sometime in 1963, it was broken into two pieces, the first half having some additional material written for magazine publication as The Boy Who Bought Old Earth in April 1964.  This process also occured to the second half which was published in the magazines as The Store Of Heart's Desire in May 1964.  

In October 1964, "The Boy Who Bought Old Earth" was sculpted into the novel The Planet Buyer and the same process occured to "The Store Of Heart's Desire", resulting in the novel The Underpeople.

In February 1975, the presumed original manuscript of "Norstrilia" was published as one.  Was it the original manuscript?

The NESFA Press version from 1994 is the definitive version.  It bundles together "Norstrilia" along with all the text added or changed to the original manuscript from "The Boy Who Bought Old Earth", "The Store Of Heart's Desire", "The Planet Buyer" and "The Underpeople".

Although it is stated in the NESFA Introduction that "Norstrilia", as first published, had been constructed from the two fragments, it seems unclear since the original printing never stated the source of the manuscript and the story flowed smoothly.

Alternate Titles: "Star-Craving Mad"
"The Boy Who Bought The Planet Earth"
"Everybody's Fond Of Money"
"Roderick Frederick Ronald Arnold William Macarthur McBan CLI"
"The Lover Who Loved And Lost C'Mell"
"The Stars Of Experience"
  

1. Ballantine 24366, February 1975, 277 pages, New York, paperback
    Cover by Gray Morrow.
    About the author by J. J. Pierce.


2. Gollancz 04235, March 1988, 276 pages, London, hardcover
    Cover design by ?
    About the author, although on Contents page, is missing.

3. VGSF 04166, May 1988, 275 pages, London, paperback


4. NESFA, 1994, 249 pages, Framingham, hardcover
    Cover by John Berkey.
    Edited and Acknowledgements by James A. Mann.
    Forward, although anonymous, probably by James A. Mann.
    Introduction by Alan Elms.

5. Gollancz, 2000, 277 pages, London, trade paperback
    Design by Sue Michniewicz.
    About the author by J. J. Pierce.




Norstrilia (Cover by Gray Morrow)



Norstrilia (Cover Design by ?)




Norstrilia (Cover by John Berkey)



The Best Of Cordwainer Smith

1.  Timeline compiled by J. J. Pierce
2.  Introduction by John J. Pierce
3.  Scanners Live In Vain
4.  The Lady Who Sailed The Soul
5.  The Game Of Rat And Dragon
6.  The Burning Of The Brain
7.  The Crime And The Glory Of Commander Suzdal
8.  Golden The Ship Was - Oh! Oh! Oh!
9.  The Dead Lady Of Clown Town
10. Under Old Earth
11. Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons
12. Alpha Ralpha Boulevard
13. The Ballad Of Lost C'Mell
14. A Planet Named Shayol


1. Doubleday 1180 (Science Fiction Book Club), July 1975, 342 pages, New York, hardcover
    Jacket Painting by Janice C. Tate


2. Ballantine 24581, September 1975, 377 pages, New York, paperback
    Cover by Darrell Sweet.    
    This version wents into several printings, the third of which featured a somewhat
    modified cover and numerous corrections of typos courtesy of Alan Elms at the
    request of Judy-Lynn Del Rey.

3. VGSF 04165, June 1988, 377 pages, London, paperback
    Retitled "The Rediscovery Of Man", VGSF Classic Series #25
    Cover by John Avon.


4. Gollancz 04352, August 1988, 377 pages, London, hardcover
    Retitled "The Rediscovery Of Man"
    Jacket Illustration by John Avon.    
    







The Best Of Cordwainer Smith
(Jacket Painting by Janice C. Tate)



The Best Of Cordwainer Smith
(Cover by Darrell Sweet)



The Instrumentality Of Mankind

1.  Timeline compiled by J. J. Pierce
2.  Introduction by Frederick Pohl
3.  No, No, Not Rogov!
4.  War No. 81-Q
5.  Mark Elf
6.  The Queen Of The Afternoon
7.  When The People Fell
8.  Think Blue, Count Two
9.  The Colonel Came Back From Nothing-At-All
10. From Gustible's Planet
11. Drunkboat
12. Western Science Is So Wonderful
13. Nancy
14. The Fife Of Bodhidharma
15. Angerhelm
16. The Good Friends


1. Ballantine 27716, May 1979, 238 pages, New York, paperback
    Cover by Michael Herring.


2. VGSF 04167, November 1988, 238 pages, London, paperback
    Cover by John Avon.


3. Gollancz 04459, March 1989, 238 pages, London, hardcover
    Jacket Illustration by John Avon.


The Instrumentality Of Mankind (Cover by Michael Herring)



The Instrumentality Of Mankind (Cover by John Avon)




The Instrumentality Of Mankind (Jacket Illustration by John Avon)




The Rediscovery Of Man

1.  Introduction by John J. Pierce.
2.  Editor's Introduction by James A. Mann.
3.  No, No, Not Rogov!
4.  War No. 81-Q (Rewritten version)
5.  Mark Elf
6.  The Queen Of The Afternoon
7.  Scanners Live In Vain
8.  The Lady Who Sailed The Soul
9.  When The People Fell
10. Think Blue, Count Two
11. The Colonel Came Back From Nothing-At-All
12. The Game Of Rat And Dragon
13. The Burning Of The Brain
14. From Gustible's Planet
15. Himself In Anachron
16. The Crime And The Glory Of Commander Suzdal
17. Golden The Ship Was - Oh! Oh! Oh!
18. The Dead Lady Of Clown Town
19. Under Old Earth
20. Drunkboat
21. Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons
22. Alpha Ralpha Boulevard
23. The Ballad Of Lost C'Mell
24. A Planet Named Shayol
25. On The Gem Planet
26. On The Storm Planet
27. On The Sand Planet
28. Three To A Given Star
29. Down To A Sunless Sea
30. War No. 81-Q (Original version)
31. Western Science Is So Wonderful
32. Nancy
33. The Fife Of Bodhidharma
34. Angerhelm
35. The Good Friends



1. VGSF 04165 - See The Best Of Cordwainer Smith.

2. Gollancz 04352 - See The Best Of Cordwainer Smith.
    The Best Of Cordwainer Smith was issued as The Rediscovery Of Man
    in Great Britain.


3. NESFA, June 1993, 671 pages, Framingham, hardcover
    Cover by Jack Gaughan (from first Space Lords printing)
    This version did not include the corrections of typos Alan Elms did to the third
    printing of The Best Of Cordwainer Smith.


The Rediscovery Of Man
(Jacket Illustration by John Avon)





The Rediscovery Of Man (Cover by Jack Gaughan)



Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger - His Life



1913 Born July 11, 1913 in Milwaukee, WI.

1930 University of Nanking, China

1931 North China Union Language School

1933 George Washington University, Washington D.C.
A. B., Phi Beta Kappa

1934 American University, Washington D.C.

1935 University of Chicago
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, M. A.

1936 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, Ph. D.
Instructor at Harvard University, Cambridge MA, 1936-7

1937 Instructor at Duke University, Durham NC,
then Associate Professor 1937-46
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI

1939 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
Married Margaret Snow (dated 1936 at the Arlington Cemetary website)

1942 U. S. Army Intelligence Service 1942-66, became Lieutenant Colonel,
received Bronze Star
Helped found Office of War information,
served in Chungking, China 1942-46
Birth of Rosana Linebarger

1947 Birth of Marcia Linebarger

1949 Divorced Margaret Snow

1950 Married Genevieve Cecilia Collins
Consultant to British forces in Malaya
Consultant to 8th in Korea (Lieutenant Colonel), 1950-52

1955 Washington School of Psychiatry, Certificate in Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, Visiting Professor 1955-6

1957 Australian National University, Canberra Australia, Visiting Professor


1959 Universidad Interamericana, 1959-60

1966 Died August 6, 1966
Buried at Arlington Cemetery



Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger - His Publications

1.  The Gospel Of Sun Chung Shan by PMWL, edited by PMAL
a. Private Printing, 1932
b. Brentanos, 1932, 263 pages, Paris

Are both printings the same edition?

2.  The Ocean Men by PMWL, edited by PMAL
a. Mid-Nation, 1937, Washington D. C.

3.  The Political Doctrines Of Sun Yat-Sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I
a. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1937, 278 pages, Baltimore MD
b. Greenwood
c. Hyperion
d. 1957, 278 pages, hardcover

4.  Government In Republican China
a. McGraw-Hill, 1938, 203 pages, New York
   Forward by Fritz Morstein Marx

Mes Memoires Abreges Sur Les Revolutions de Sun Yat-Sen by PMWL
a. 1938, Mid-Nation Editions, Paris

5.  "Makings Of Democracy In China", Christian Science Monitor, January 25, 1941, page 2

6.  "Status In The China Incident", AAAPSS, May 1941, pp 36-43

7.  The China Of Chiang K'ai-shek: A Political Study
a. World Peace Foundation, 1941, 449 pages, Boston, hardcover
   Glossary, index, frontispiece photo portrait and folding charts
b. World Peace Foundation, 1941, Boston, paperback
   2 photographs and 3 fold out charts
c. World Peace Foundation, 1943?, 339 pages, Boston, paperback

8.  A Syllabus Of Psychological Warfare
a. War Department General Staff, 1946, 45 pages, Washington D. C.

9.  "Complex Problem Of China", Yale Review, March 1947, pp 499-513

10. Ria by Felix C. Forrest
a. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1947, New York, hardcover
   
   Jacket Design by Riki Levinson
b. Jwindz, 1987, 242 pages, Minneapolis, hardcover
   
   Cover by Erin McKee

11. "Psychological Warfare In ROTC Senior Manual", Military Science Publishing, 1948, Harrisburg PA

12. Psychological Warfare
a. Infantry Journal Press, 1948, 259 pages
   
   Jacket Design by ?
b. Duell, Sloan & Pierce, 1954, 318 pages
b. Combat Forces Press, 1954, revised edition
c. Arno
d. Praeger

13. Carola by Felix C. Forrest
a. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1948, 307 pages, New York, hardcover

14. Atomsk, "A Novel of Suspense" by Carmichael Smith
a. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1949, 224 pages, New York, hardcover
   
   Cover by ?

15. "Hotfoot For Stalin", Nations Business, April 1951, pp 29-31, 66-67

16. "Outside Pressures On China, 1945-1950", AAAPSS, September 1951, pp 177-181

17. "Struggle For The Mind Of Asia", AAAPSS, November 1951, pp 32-37

18. Far Eastern Governments And Politics by PMAL, Djang Chu & Ardath W. Burks
a. Van Nostrand, 1954, 630 pages, New York, hardcover
b. Van Nostrand, 1956, 643 pages, New York
   Prefaces, appendicies, index and maps on endpapers, revised
c. Van Nostrand, 1967, 643 pages, reprint of 1956 edition

19. "Air Power In The Modern Middle East", AAAPSS, May 1955, pp 109-117

20. "Survival Of Historical Japan", Current History, April 1958, pp 193-197

21. "Leadership In The Western Pacific And Southeast Asia", AAAPSS, July 1958, pp 58-71

22. "China's Failure In Japan", Current History, December 1959, pp 350-353

23. Burmese Government and Politics by PMAL & Genevieve Linebarger
a. preprint by Van Nostrand, 1959, 131 Pages, New York, hardcover, unpublished
   This is extracted from Southeastern Asian Governments and Politics
   and is mentioned as "to be published by Van Nostrand".
   Alan Elms notes that this was never officially published.

24. "New Japan In A Troubled Asia", Current History, December 1961, pp 355-259, 367

25. "Two Chinas", Current History, September 1964, pp 162-165

26. The Struggle For Japan
a. Original typescript, w/ pencil and pen notations, corretions and additions
   Relevant letters laid in back of book. 305 leaves typed on rectos only, buckram
   Signed by Linebarger in the front



The Gospel Of Chuang Shan



Psychological Warfare (Jacket Design by ?)



Ria (Jacket Design by Riki Levinson)