Publication: L'astronave d'oro: e altri racconti

Publication: L'astronave d'oro: e altri raccontiPublication Record # 413089
Author: Cordwainer Smith
Date: 1982-00-00
Publisher: Fanucci Editore
Pub. Series: Sidera nello spazio e nel tempo
Pub. Series #: 4
Price:
Lit 5,000^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999
Pages: 205
Format:
tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
Type: COLLECTION
Cover: L'astronave d'oro by Peter Jones (variant of Beyond the Barrier 1978)
Notes:
- Not a reprint: just a remarketing of the publication in the series "Futuro. I Pocket di Fantascienza" with a new cover; for this reason the copyright page still credits Massimo Jacoponi for the cover.
- No publication date in the book, only the © 1972 of the first publication; date taken from fantascienza.com.
- Copyright page states:
  - © 1969 Cordwainer Smith;
  - Berkley Medallion edition 1970;
  - The chapters of this book, originally published in different magazines, were reviewed specifically for the present [i.e. Berkley Medallion] edition;
  - The collection was assembled with the valuable assistance of Robert Silverberg;
  - Integral translation (Translated by Maurizio Gavioli).
External IDs:
- NILF: 103580

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Contents (view Concise Listing)

7 • Gli universi della fantascienza • (1972) • essay by Gianfranco de Turris and Sebastiano Fusco
13 • No, no, non Rogov! • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1972) • short story by Cordwainer Smith (trans. of No, No, Not Rogov! 1959)
37 • La donna che pilotò «L'Anima» • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1972) • novelette by Genevieve Linebarger and Cordwainer Smith (trans. of The Lady Who Sailed the Soul 1960) [as by Cordwainer Smith]
67 • I controllori vivono invano • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1972) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith (trans. of Scanners Live in Vain 1950)
111 • Il gioco del topo e del drago • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1972) • short story by Cordwainer Smith (trans. of The Game of Rat and Dragon 1955)
131 • Il cervello bruciato • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1972) • short story by Cordwainer Smith (trans. of The Burning of the Brain 1958)
143 • L'astronave d'oro • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1972) • short story by Genevieve Linebarger and Cordwainer Smith (trans. of
Golden the Ship Was — Oh! Oh! Oh!^?Golden the Ship Was - Oh! Oh! Oh!
1959) [as by Cordwainer Smith]
155 • Mark Elf • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1972) • short story by Cordwainer Smith (trans. of Mark Elf 1957)
171 • Alpha Ralpha Boulevard • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1972) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith (trans. of Alpha Ralpha Boulevard 1961)

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