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Author photo. Cordwainer Smith (Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger), 1913-1966, courtesy of his daughter @ <a href="http://www.cordwainer-smith.com/">The Remarkable Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith</a>

Cordwainer Smith (Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger), 1913-1966, courtesy of his daughter @ The Remarkable Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith

Cordwainer Smith (1913–1966)

Author of The Best of Cordwainer Smith

Includes the names: Cordwainer S, Paul Linebarger, Smith Cordwainer, Carmichael Smith, Cordwainer Smith, Felix C. Forrest, Cordwainer Smtih, Paul M.A. Linebarger, pseud. Cordwainer Smith, Paul Linebarger; M.A. (1948). ... (see complete list), Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, コードウェイナー スミス, コードウェイナー・スミス, Cordwainer Smith/ Paul M.A. Linebarger, Cordwainer (Paul Myron Linebarger) Gray Morrow Cov, Cordwainer Psuedonym For Paul M. A. Linebarger Smi, Smith Cordwainer Pseudonym Of Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

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Cordwainer Smith is the pseudonym of Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger. He also used "Carmichael Smith" (for his political thriller Atomsk), "Anthony Bearden" (for his poetry) and "Felix C. Forrest" (for the novels Ria and Carola).

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Works by Cordwainer Smith
The Best of Cordwainer Smith 1,138 copies, 18 reviews
Norstrilia 1,078 copies, 18 reviews
The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer… 539 copies, 11 reviews
The Instrumentality of Mankind 446 copies, 4 reviews
Quest of the Three Worlds 356 copies, 7 reviews
The Planet Buyer 306 copies, 3 reviews
Space Lords 269 copies, 3 reviews
The Underpeople 174 copies
You Will Never Be the Same 112 copies, 1 review
We the Underpeople 98 copies, 3 reviews
When the People Fell 75 copies, 4 reviews
The Game of Rat and Dragon 58 copies, 3 reviews
Stardreamer 54 copies, 1 review
Psychological Warfare (WWII Era Reprint) 47 copies, 3 reviews
Scanners Live in Vain 44 copies, 2 reviews
Under Old Earth 33 copies
Norstrilia (with the prequel, The Ballad of Lost C'Mell) 32 copies, 4 reviews
Les Seigneurs de l'instrumentalité, tome 1 : Les sondeurs vivent en vain 29 copies
The Ballad of Lost C'mell 27 copies, 2 reviews
Was aus den Menschen wurde 22 copies
Atomsk: A novel of suspense 21 copies, 3 reviews
Alpha Ralpha Boulevard 21 copies, 1 review
Les Seigneurs de l'instrumentalité, tome 2 : La Planète Shayol 20 copies
A Planet Named Shayol {short story} 18 copies
Le rêveur aux etoiles 18 copies
The Dead Lady of Clown Town 17 copies, 1 review
The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal [short fiction] 17 copies, 1 review
Drunkboat [short fiction] 16 copies
No, No, Not Rogov! [short fiction] 16 copies
Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons 16 copies
Les seigneurs de l'instrumentalité, tome 3 : La mère Hitton et ses… 15 copies, 1 review
On The Storm Planet 14 copies
Think Blue Count Two 14 copies
Seigneurs t3 : puissances de l'espace 13 copies
The Burning of the Brain 12 copies
When The People Fell (short story) 12 copies
The Lady Who Sailed The Soul 12 copies
Les seigneurs de l'instrumentalité, tome 2 : Le sous peuple la quête des… 12 copies, 1 review
Golden the Ship Was Oh! Oh! Oh! 12 copies
Angerhelm [Short Story] 11 copies
On The Gem Planet 11 copies
Sternträumer 11 copies
Under Old Earth [short story] 10 copies
From Gustible's Planet 10 copies
Western Science Is So Wonderful 10 copies
Three To A Given Star 10 copies
On The Sand Planet 10 copies
Ria 9 copies, 1 review
Les Seigneurs de l'instrumentalité, coffret de 4 volumes 9 copies
War No. 81-Q 9 copies, 1 review
Mark Elf 9 copies, 1 review
The Colonel Came Back from Nothing-at-All [short story] 9 copies
The Fife Of Bodhidharma 9 copies
The Good Friends 8 copies
Down to a Sunless Sea [short fiction] 8 copies
The Queen Of The Afternoon 7 copies
Nancy 7 copies
Himself In Anachron 6 copies
Il ciclo della strumentalita 4 copies
Store Of Heart's Desire 4 copies
The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-Sen; An Exposition of the San Min Chu I 3 copies
ΜΑΤΑΙΩΣ ΖΟΥΝ ΟΙ ΣΑΡΩΤΕΣ 3 copies, 1 review
Carola 3 copies
Government in republican China 3 copies
War No. 81-Q (rewritten version) 3 copies
China of Chiange K'ai-Shek: A Political Study 2 copies
スキャナーに生きがいはない 人類補完機構全短篇… 2 copies
アルファ・ラルファ大通り　 人類補完機構全短篇… 2 copies
The Boy Who Bought Old Earth 2 copies
鼠と竜のゲーム―人類補完機構 (ハヤカワ文庫 SF 471) 2 copies
三惑星の探求　人類補完機構全短篇３ (ハヤカワ文庫SF) 2 copies
Les Seigneurs de l'instrumentalité 2 copies
Drugie odkrycie ludzkości. Norstrilia 2 copies
Lorzii instrumentalității 1 copy
Far Eastern Government and Politics: China and Japan 1 copy
General T'ang in Valley Dam 1 copy
Norstrilia, The Rediscovery of Man, The Instrumentality of Mankind and… 1 copy
シェイヨルという名の星… 1 copy
Znovuobjevení člověka II. 1 copy
Znovuobjevení člověka I. 1 copy
Les seigneurs de l'instrumentalité Tomes 1 à 3 1 copy
nueva dimensión - 022 1 copy
Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1961 Vol. II No. 11 Alpha… 1 copy
Essays on military psychological operations, 1 copy
Letters from Paul: Some letters from Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, the… 1 copy
Lorzii instrumentalitatii 1 copy
The Boy Who Sold Old Earth 1 copy
Les seigneurs de l'Instrumentalité - Tome 1 - Le rêveur… 1 copy
Short Science Fiction Collection 025 1 copy
EL JUEGO DE LA RATA Y DEL DRAGON (Relatos) 1 copy
Fantasy Book #6 '50 featuring Scanners Live In Vain 1 copy
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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One: The Greatest Science Fiction… (Contributor) 1,817 copies, 28 reviews
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A: The Greatest Science… (Contributor) 870 copies, 11 reviews
The Time Traveller's Almanac (Contributor) 534 copies, 13 reviews
The Science Fiction Century (Contributor) 520 copies, 4 reviews
The Flying Sorcerers: More Comic Tales of Fantasy (Contributor) 498 copies, 3 reviews
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories (Contributor) 434 copies, 8 reviews
Galactic Empires, Volume One (Contributor) 393 copies, 7 reviews
The Big Book of Science Fiction (Contributor) 392 copies, 6 reviews
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF (Contributor) 382 copies, 5 reviews
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction,… (Contributor) 305 copies, 5 reviews
The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century (Contributor) 287 copies, 1 review
The Space Opera Renaissance (Contributor) 279 copies, 5 reviews
Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder (Author) 242 copies, 5 reviews
The Road to Science Fiction #3: From Heinlein to Here (Contributor) 239 copies, 4 reviews
Magicats! (Contributor) 212 copies, 1 review
Cats in Space...and Other Places (Contributor) 210 copies
Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction (Contributor) 197 copies, 2 reviews
Modern Classics of Science Fiction (Contributor) 196 copies, 2 reviews
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction (Contributor) 193 copies, 2 reviews
The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels (Contributor) 171 copies, 1 review
A Science Fiction Argosy (Contributor, some editions) 158 copies
Great Tales of Science Fiction (Contributor) 157 copies, 2 reviews
9th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F (Contributor) 154 copies, 1 review
The Ultimate Cyberpunk (Contributor) 150 copies
12 Great Classics of Science Fiction (Contributor) 143 copies, 2 reviews
5th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F (Contributor) 142 copies, 3 reviews
My Favorite Science Fiction Story (Contributor) 132 copies, 3 reviews
Infinite Stars (Contributor) 130 copies, 5 reviews
The Fifth Galaxy Reader (Contributor) 128 copies, 2 reviews
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (Contributor) 127 copies, 3 reviews
Galactic Empires {complete} (Contributor) 120 copies, 1 review
The Third Galaxy Reader (Contributor) 112 copies, 1 review
Seven Trips through Time and Space (Contributor) 112 copies, 1 review
Spectrum 4 (Contributor) 111 copies, 2 reviews
Galaxy, Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction (Contributor) 111 copies, 4 reviews
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #5 (Contributor) 105 copies
SF: The Best of the Best (Author, some editions) 104 copies
The Mammoth Book of SF Wars (Contributor) 96 copies, 2 reviews
The Seventh Galaxy Reader (Contributor) 95 copies
The Good Old Stuff (Contributor) 94 copies, 2 reviews
7th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F (Contributor) 89 copies
The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) (Contributor) 88 copies
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 11th Series (Contributor) 86 copies
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 6 (Contributor) 82 copies
Decade: The 1950s (Author) 69 copies
The Furthest Horizon: SF Adventures to the Far Future (Contributor) 66 copies
Worldmakers: SF Adventures in Terraforming (Contributor) 63 copies, 1 review
Best SF Three (Contributor) 56 copies, 1 review
A Century of Science Fiction 1950-1959 : The Greatest Stories of the… (Contributor) 55 copies, 2 reviews
Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons (Contributor) 53 copies, 2 reviews
Beyond Tomorrow: Anthology of Modern Science Fiction (Contributor) 50 copies, 1 review
Alpha 2 (Contributor) 48 copies
Alpha 3 (Contributor) 46 copies
Genometry (Contributor) 45 copies
Science Fiction Contemporary Mythology (Contributor) 45 copies
Science Fiction Inventions (Contributor) 45 copies
Amazing Stories: 60 Years of the Best Science Fiction (Contributor) 44 copies
The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces (Contributor) 43 copies, 1 review
A Day in the Life (Contributor) 42 copies, 1 review
The Ends of Time (Contributor) 41 copies, 2 reviews
Horses! (Contributor) 40 copies
Science Fiction Hall Of Fame Volume Two. The Greatest Science Fiction… (Contributor, some editions) 34 copies
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction (Contributor) 29 copies
Best Science Fiction of the Year: 1, Part One (Author) 29 copies
First Voyages (Contributor) 28 copies, 1 review
Space Wars (Contributor) 28 copies
6 from Worlds Beyond (Contributor) 22 copies
The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Science Fiction: Volume Two (Contributor) 22 copies
Maailma mielen mukaan : yksitoista tieteisnovellia kolmeltatoista sci-fi… (Contributor) 21 copies, 1 review
Exploring the Horizons (Contributor) 19 copies
Another World: Adventures in Otherness (Contributor) 19 copies, 1 review
We, Robots (Contributor) 17 copies
Vestenfor måne : 56 fantastiske fortellinger fra hele verden (Contributor) 16 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1978 April, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Author) 15 copies
Galactic Dreamers: Science Fiction as Visionary Literature (Contributor) 14 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1961 October, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Contributor) 12 copies
As Tomorrow Becomes Today (Contributor) 10 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1959 April, Vol. 17, No. 4 (Contributor) 8 copies
Galerij der Giganten 6 (Contributor) 6 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1965 February, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Contributor) 6 copies
Worlds of If Science Fiction 48, October 1958 (Vol. 8, No. 6) (Contributor) 4 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 38, No. 5 [May 1964] (Contributor) 3 copies
The Most Thrilling Science Fiction Ever Told, No. 3 (Contributor) 3 copies
Saturn, May 1957 (Vol. 1 ∙ No. 2) (Contributor) 2 copies
The Innocent Bystander | Atomsk | A Corpse in the Diplomacy | He's Late… (Contributor) 1 copy
S-Fマガジン 1980年 05月号 (Contributor) 1 copy
海　1972年05月号 (Contributor) 1 copy
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Canonical name
Smith, Cordwainer
Legal name
Linebarger, Paul Myron Anthony
Other names
Smith, Carmichael
Bearden, Anthony
Forrest, Felix C.
Date of birth
1913-07-11
Date of death
1966-08-06
Burial location
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Country (for map)
Birthplace
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Place of death
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Cause of death
Heart attack
Places of residence
Education
Johns Hopkins University (PhD)
Occupations
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major (US Army, WWII)
professor (Asiatic Studies, Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies)
colonel (US Army, Korean War)
advisor (to president John F. Kennedy)
Relationships
Yat-Sen, Sun (godfather)
Linebarger, Paul Myron Wentworth (father)
Hart, Rosana (daughter)
Agents
Spectrum Literary
Organizations
United States Army
Central Intelligence Agency
Duke University
Awards and honors
Short biography
Disambiguation notice
Cordwainer Smith is the pseudonym of Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger. He also used "Carmichael Smith" (for his political thriller Atomsk), "Anthony Bearden" (for his poetry) and "Felix C. Forrest" (for the novels Ria and Carola).

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