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The Rediscovery of Man (S.F. MASTERWORKS Book 76) (English Edition) Kindle-editie

Engelstalige uitgave Cordwainer Smith (auteur) Indeling: Kindle-editie
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.
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    450 pagina's
  2. Taal
    Engels
  3. Uitgever
    Gateway
  4. Publicatiedatum
    30 november 2012
  5. Bestandsgrootte
    3.1 MB
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    Ingeschakeld
  7. Word Wise
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  8. Verbeterd lettertype
    Ingeschakeld
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Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00A7C9BA6
  • Uitgever ‏ : ‎ Gateway (30 november 2012)
  • Taal ‏ : ‎ Engels
  • Bestandsgrootte ‏ : ‎ 3.1 MB
  • Tekst-naar-spraak ‏ : ‎ Ingeschakeld
  • Schermlezer ‏ : ‎ Ondersteund
  • Verbeterd lettertype ‏ : ‎ Ingeschakeld
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Ingeschakeld
  • Printlengte ‏ : ‎ 450 pagina's

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  • Peter Eerden
    5,0 van 5 sterren English as it should be written. S.F. genius for the masses!
    Beoordeeld in de Verenigde Staten op 9 februari 2013
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    This S.F. Masterwork is a fine distillation of short stories by author Cordwainer Smith. It is not an expected read though as the narrative is both complex and archaic in style. It is an immensely enjoyable read even if on occasions a little naive in style. Sentence structure is unique and there were many paragraphs re-read purely to enjoy its poetic style.
    My favourite character was also the one Cordwainer needed to depress me with as D'joan was destined to come to a gruesome end in the same way the historic Joan of Arc met her demise. Still it is only Cordwainer who could create a tragedy and turn it into a triumphal epoch.
    I stopped reading after The Dead Lady of Clown Train as it to that point was the best of the seven short stories read previously. Reasoning that the best was yet to come I have decided to slip into the other stories as my S.F. palette becomes jaded as I know Mr Smith will rekindle my love of the genre with his deft, brilliant use of the English language. Peter Eerden
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  • Alan
    2,0 van 5 sterren Buen libro malísima edición
    Beoordeeld in Spanje op 29 maart 2024
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    Cordwainer genial, está edición un desastre, ilegible. Mucho mejor las ediciones de NESFA Press.
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  • Andrew Teo
    5,0 van 5 sterren Ten Thousand Years of Future History, presented in 12 stories and presided over by the almost omnipresent 'INSTRUMENTALITY of Man'.
    Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 28 augustus 2020
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    Cordwainer Smith; pseudonym of Dr Paul Linebarger, was raised in China, godson to Sun Yat Sen, founder of the Chinese Republic, to whom his father served as legal advisor.
    As such, it is easy to speculate that it afforded him a unique perspective of the world, and of events, comparable, perhaps, to that of Alice Sheldon, aka James Tiptree Jr, who wrote SF whilst employed as an analyst for the CIA. Both wrote speculative and fantastically rich stories of unequalled imagination of a type that has rarely been seen, and both were afforded views of world changing events unimaginable to most. It is not too much of a leap to link this creative dynamic to the 'behind the scenes ' view which both were afforded.
    The first story, 'Scanners are in Vain' is told from the perspective of 'Martel', an almost 'Borg-like' human, who has been stripped of all tactile senses, while the other four have been reduced or altered, in order for him and his ilk (scanners) to be able to endure the 'void' and act as pilots in humanity's space-bound concerns, due to 'life's' inability to be 'exposed' to the space beyond earth's protective magnetosphere where 'normal', un - 'augmented' (or more precisely non 'denuded') humans having to be placed in deathlike states in order to 'cheat' this restriction to space travel.
    The story follows the attempt by the 'Scanners' to hold on to their monopoly when their utility is threatened by obsolescence through a closely guarded secret/'technology', that would open up space to everyone.
    The story has more ideas and concepts, both technological AND sociological, than most SF/Fantasy Trilogies have in 4000 pages (which does NOT remove from the fact that it is an amazing piece of storytelling), and it has remained a firm favourite in the SF world for the last SEVENTY YEARS, yet STILL presents as groundbreaking to this day.
    The last story in the collection, told almost Ten Thousand years after the events in 'Scanners....', is the latter day (Dante's) Inferno, "A Planet Named Shayol", probably named after the Hebrew/Judean underworld Shaol/Sheol. It follows OUR OWN 'Virgil'; who goes by the name of 'Mercer' and who has been sentenced to the punishment/hell planet 'Shayol' for an unspoken crime, and destined to be subjected to the mysterious ministrations of the planets native lifeforms, 'Dromazoa', which through an alien kind of 'benevolence', try to help keep humans alive on the surface. This is a process that subjects them to a Promethean existence; an eternity of painful intervention from these lifeforms, keeping them alive and catering to every biological function, and which results in the growing of new and superfluous body parts, which are encouraged to grow, only to be harvested for medical use.
    The book also contains a short biography of the author, whose life alone is enough to warrant the buying of this book.
    Fans of Alistair Reynolds' 'Revelation Space' universe, especially fans of 'Chasm City' and the events around and upon the planet 'Yellowstone' will find a lot to love in this book. It's hard to draw comparisons through which to try and recommend this book to you, that's just how unique Smith's vision is, and Reynolds is as close as I can get without taking a 'Dash of Asimov whisked through a mixture of Philip K. Dick, Greg Egan and Adam Roberts, then baked in an oven of......', so, it will just have to be enough.
    I loved this book, and I loved some stories A LOT more than others. If you have suffered a shortage of 'sense of wonder' in your reading lately, then a course of Cordwainer Smith is just what you need to relight those fires. I can promise you that you won't ever have read anything quite like it.
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  • Suspense Fan
    5,0 van 5 sterren Some of the most amazing SF ever written!!! Highly advisable!
    Beoordeeld in Duitsland op 5 november 2007
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    Apart from being a highly fascinating man in his own right, Cordwainer Smith was a literary Genius who has created one of SF's most complete, most thoroughly thought-through and elaborated future histories of mankind spanning some 8,000 years of development.
    Ranging from the first age of space over planoform space travel, guided by the 'Instrumentality of mankind' made possibly by the life-extending 'stroon' and the support of underpeople (genetically engineered animals in human shapes) towards a possible common vision for all people and underpeople (this is the focus of his masterpiece novel, 'Norstrilia').

    This book provides the timeline by putting some of his finer stand-alone stories into one big collection.

    Highly advisable for the discerning SF fan.

    Best regards,
    Andy
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  • Michela
    5,0 van 5 sterren Beautiful
    Beoordeeld in Italië op 19 mei 2015
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    To be read in parallel with the instrumentality of man. This is a masterpiece, a must read for any real sci fi lover.
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