From: Greg Montalbano <greg.montalbano@ucop.edu>
Subject: (whorl) Cordwainer Smith
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 13:06:51 


[Posted from WHORL, the mailing list for Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun]

There's an old SF BOOK CLUB selection that still shows up in used book
stores:  THE BEST OF CORDWAINER SMITH.  Not only does it contain this
story, but a number of other interesting works, framed by some interesting
speculation on his whole "Instrumentality/Rediscovery of Man" future history.

~G~

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>Rostrum,
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>alga is queen reader of Cordwainer Smith, so she will give you the
>best pointers, but I cannot help myself from suggesting that "Alpha
>Ralpha Boulevard" is his most perfect story and a great introduction
>to his universe.  I believe it is widely collected, in various
>anthologies such as the old ARBOR HOUSE TREASURY OF SCIENCE FICTION,
>and it might even been in the one of the volumes of the old SCIENCE
>FICTION HALL OF FAME.  Use an internet search engine to find a
>bibliography or maybe alga knows where else you can find this story
>(novella?).
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>(This discussion is what in the future will go into the "Wolfe-like
>but not Wolfe" category.)
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>=mantis=
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