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 |