tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post3115882421913260114..comments2024-03-28T18:59:57.979+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Future Histories OverviewKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-82340926871921334802016-02-23T15:09:53.162+00:002016-02-23T15:09:53.162+00:00Kaor, Paul!
I can hardly recommend reading Cordwa...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I can hardly recommend reading Cordwainer Smith's "Instrumentality of Mankind" stories enough! I think very highly of those works! You can get the complete collection from NESFA Press OR more cheaply from used book stores.<br /><br />The stories are set many thousands of years into the future where mankind had colonized many worlds and Earth is ruled by the ruthless but benevolent (if that's not a contradiction in terms!) Instrumentality of Mankind. The introduction to one Cordwainer Smith book I have says the author experimented with using Chinese tropes in the stories. <br /><br />Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger (to use Cordwainer Smith's real name) spent many years in China was an Intelligence officer of the US in the 1940's and 1950's.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com