Welcome to the strangest, most distinctive future ever imagined by a science fiction writer. An interstellar empire ruled by the mysterious Lords of the Instrumentality, whose access to the drug stroon from the planet Norstrilia confers on them virtual immortality. A world in which wealthy and leisured humanity is served by the underpeople, genetically engineered animals turned into the semblance of people. A world in which the great ships which sail between the stars are eventually supplanted by the mysterious, instantaneous technique of planoforming. A world of wonder and myth, and extraordinary imagination.
| ISBN: | 9780575094246 |
| Publication date: | 29th March 2010 |
| Author: | Cordwainer Smith |
| Publisher: | Gateway an imprint of Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 381 pages |
| Series: | SF Masterworks |
| Genres: |
Science Fiction |