![]() ![]() In “The Ballad of Lost C’mell” the notion of love being the most important equalizer there is-as first raised in “The Dead Lady of Clown Town”-is put into action when an underperson, C’mell, falls in love with Lord Jestocost. In “The Dead Lady of Clown Town” we get to know the underpeople-animals genetically altered to exist in human form, to better serve their human owners-and meet D’Joan, a dog-woman who will make readers question who is more human: the animals who simply want to be recognized as having the same right to life, or the people who created them to be inferior. Despite the stigma placed on him and his kind, he is able to regrasp his humanity to save another. ![]() In “Scanners Live in Vain” we meet Martel, a human altered to be part machine-a scanner-to be able withstand the trauma space travel has on the body. This brilliant collection, often cited as the first of its kind, explores fundamental questions about ourselves and our treatment of the universe (and other beings) around us and ultimately what it means to be human. "No one ever wrote like Smith, with his special blend of intense myth-making and rich invention!"- Publishers WeeklyĬordwainer Smith was one of the original visionaries to think of humanity in terms of thousands of years in the future, spread out across the universe. ![]()
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