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Title: Western Science Is So Wonderful Title Record # 57051
Author: Cordwainer Smith
Date: 1958-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1982ⓘTranslated by Thomas Ziegler.
 German Westliche Wissenschaft ist so wundervoll
1987ⓘTranslated by Simone Hilling
 French La science occidentale, quelle merveille !
1995ⓘTranslated by Carlos Gardini.
 Spanish La ciencia occidental es tan maravillosa

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
If, December 1958 1958-12-00 ed. Damon Knight Quinn Publishing Company, Inc.; Buffalo, NY  
$0.35?$: US dollar
 124
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
 mag Ed Emsh Checkmark
Stardreamer 1971-08-00 Cordwainer Smith Beagle Books 95127
$0.95?$: US dollar
 185
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Jonah Kinigstein Checkmark
The Instrumentality of Mankind 1979-05-00 Cordwainer Smith Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-27716-3
$1.95?$: US dollar
 xvii+
238
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Michael Herring Checkmark
The Instrumentality of Mankind 1979-05-00 Cordwainer Smith Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-27716-3
C$2.50?C$: Canadian dollar
 xvii+
238
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Michael Herring Checkmark
Instrumentalität der Menschheit?Instrumentalitaet der Menschheit
 1982-06-00 Cordwainer Smith Moewig (Moewig Science Fiction #3579) 3-8118-3579-3
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 320
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Helmut Wenske Checkmark
The Instrumentality of Mankind 1985-07-00 Cordwainer Smith Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-32301-7
$2.95?$: US dollar
 xvii+
238
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Michael Herring Checkmark
Tu seras un autre 1987-09-00 Cordwainer Smith Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5265) 2-266-02038-2   348
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll W. Siudmak Checkmark
The Instrumentality of Mankind 1988-11-00 Cordwainer Smith VGSF / Gollancz (VGSF Classics #28) 0-575-04167-6
£3.50?£: UK pound
 238
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll John Avon Checkmark
The Instrumentality of Mankind 1989-03-02 Cordwainer Smith Victor Gollancz 0-575-04459-4
£11.95?£: UK pound
 238
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll John Avon Checkmark
The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith 1993-06-00 Cordwainer Smith NESFA Press 0-915368-56-0
$24.95?$: US dollar
 xvi+
671
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Jack Gaughan Checkmark
Los señores de la instrumentalidad IV: En busca de tres mundos 1995-02-00 Cordwainer Smith Ediciones B (Nova #70) 84-406-5288-7   299
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Oscar Chichoni  
Les seigneurs de l'instrumentalité, IV 2004-03-04 Anthony Lewis, Cordwainer Smith Gallimard (Folio SF #168) 2-07-042700-5   343
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 omni Manchu  
When the People Fell 2007-09-00 Cordwainer Smith Baen Books 1-4165-2146-1
$15.00?$: US dollar
 599
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Tom Kidd  
When the People Fell 2007-09-00 Cordwainer Smith Baen Books 978-1-4165-2146-4
$6.00?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Tom Kidd  
The Instrumentality of Mankind 2011-09-29 Cordwainer Smith Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10863-9
£4.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
When the People Fell 2012-08-28 Cordwainer Smith Baen Books 978-1-4516-3829-5
$7.99?$: US dollar
 829+
[4]
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Tom Kidd Checkmark
Western Science Is So Wonderful 2017-04-23 Cordwainer Smith Project Gutenberg Canada 1427
C$0.00?C$: Canadian dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 chap Checkmark
The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith 2018-01-00 Cordwainer Smith NESFA Press 978-0-915368-56-3
$29.00?$: US dollar
 683
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Jack Gaughan Checkmark
The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith date unknown Cordwainer Smith NESFA Press 0-915368-56-0
$25.00?$: US dollar
 xvi+
671
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Jack Gaughan Checkmark
The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith date unknown Cordwainer Smith NESFA Press 0-915368-56-0
$24.95?$: US dollar
 xvi+
671
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Jack Gaughan Checkmark
The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith date unknown Cordwainer Smith NESFA Press 0-915368-56-0
$25.00?$: US dollar
 xvi+
671
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Jack Gaughan Checkmark
The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith date unknown Cordwainer Smith NESFA Press 978-0-915368-56-3
$29.00?$: US dollar
 xvi+
671
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Jack Gaughan Checkmark
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