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We the Underpeople
1968
First Published
4.15
Average Rating
480
Number of Pages

Part of Series

Novel and short stories: 1 Norstrilia [Novel] 2 Alpha Ralpha Boulevard 3 Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons 4 The Ballad of Lost C'Mell 5 The Dead Lady of Clown Town 6 Under Old Earth Humans are kept stagnantly happy by the 'Instrumentality' totalitarian government. Underpeople are slave humanoids bred from animals. Planet Norstrilia is the only source of drug stroon that makes man immortal, where Rod McBan is a boy, yet owns Earth. On Earth, he joins C'Mell and the Underpeople to bring back freedom.

Avg Rating
4.15
Number of Ratings
210
5 STARS
46%
4 STARS
32%
3 STARS
16%
2 STARS
4%
1 STARS
2%
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Author

Cordwainer Smith
Cordwainer Smith
Author · 28 books

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.

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