L'Instrumentalité Series by Cordwainer Smith

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  • A Planet Named Shayol (L'Instrumentalité #2)
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    A Planet Named Shayol (L'Instrumentalité #2)

    Cordwainer Smith

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 1961

    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 ...

  • Norstrilia (L'Instrumentalité #3)
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    Norstrilia (L'Instrumentalité #3)

    Cordwainer Smith

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 1975

    This is a volume in the NESFA's Choice series. The objective of this series is to publish the classic works of neglected sf authors, and to keep these works in print.

  • Les Seigneurs de l'instrumentalité (L'Instrumentalité #1-4)
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    Les Seigneurs de l'instrumentalité (L'Instrumentalité #1-4)

    Cordwainer Smith

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2004

    Chef-d'œuvre mythique et singulier de la science-fiction, le cycle des Seigneurs de l'Instrumentalité compose au fil de ses tableaux une légende des siècles futurs, empreinte de poésie et d'une profonde humanité... more

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