A Planet Named Shayol (L'Instrumentalité #2)

Cordwainer Smith

Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
3.50 · 2 ratings · 560 pages · Published: 1961
A Planet Named Shayol by Cordwainer Smith
Smith acknowledged his debt to Dante in this story, which retells parts of the Inferno in science-fiction form—but with a twist distinctly Smith's own. The action apparently takes place even after that of Norstrilia, for banishment to Shayol is still used as a threat in the novel. At the end of this collection, as at the beginning, a member of the Vomact family appears—and we even meet Suzdal again. But Smith never shed any more light on the origin of the Go-Captain Alvarez ...
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