This is the 1st edition. The universe of Cordwainer Smith Giant planoforming ships ply the spaceways... Men "built" from animals do mankind's labor - and plot in secret... Living weapons guard the most important secret in existence... A thousand planets acknowledge one ruler - the instrumentality of Mankind... Wierd, beautiful, terrifying - these stories of the far future paint a picture of the strangest universe ever imagined. Contains five stories: Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons The Dead Lady of Clown Town Drunkboat The Ballad of Lost C'Mell A Planet Named Shayol
Author
Pseudonym of: Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger Linebarger also employed the literary pseudonyms "Carmichael Smith" (for his political thriller Atomsk), "Anthony Bearden" (for his poetry) and "Felix C. Forrest" (for the novels Ria and Carola). Linebarger was also a noted East Asia scholar and expert in psychological warfare.
