A collection of the Casher O'Neill stories, the 'Planet' entries being the major work here as far as Casher is concerned, and On The Storm Planet the best of those.

Quest Of the Three Worlds : On The Gem Planet - Cordwainer Smith
Quest Of the Three Worlds : On The Storm Planet - Cordwainer Smith
Quest Of the Three Worlds : On The Sand Planet - Cordwainer Smith
Quest Of the Three Worlds : Three To A Given Star - Cordwainer Smith

Test dictated for horse help.

3 out of 5

Turtle girl's longevity vigil requires warrior assistant.

4 out of 5

Comeback confrontation dictated.

3.5 out of 5

Cackle-gabble telepathy search eating solution.

3.5 out of 5

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I have become quite a fan of Cordwainer Smith in the last couple years. His short science fiction stories, especially the Instrumentality of Mankind stories, are frequently astonishing and always thought provoking, delivering a uniquely imaginitive view of mankind's future in a very matter-of-fact style.

I must admit that this book was not among his best, partly because the characters are not entirely sympathetic, but mainly because of Smith's heavy-handed interjection of Christian symbolism in the second and third stories. And I found T'Ruth to be not nearly as compelling a character as C'Mell. Still, for anyone out there who has never read Cordwainer Smith, I highly recommend anything you can get your hands on. All his science fiction fits in four short books (one novel and three collections). ( )