Title: Norstrilia
Title Record # 1457
Author: Cordwainer Smith
Date: 1975-02-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Rod McBan
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Cordwainer Smith
Date: 1975-02-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Rod McBan
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: Expansion of "The Planet Buyer" and "The Underpeople": This is the complete novel as Smith initially intended it to be. The publishers in the 60's felt that it was too long to publish as a single novel, so Smith split it into two parts, adding a small amount of material at the end of "The Planet Buyer" and at the beginning of "The Underpeople" so they could stand separately. The 1994 NESFA Press edition includes this added material in an appendix.
Synopsis: "Rod McBan, one hundred and fifty-first of the name. The richest boy in the Galaxy. He was born to inherit the End of the World Station. He had almost failed the trials of the Garden of Death. The Onseck was chasing him. His father had died in a cruelty-marked corner of space, where no one could find a lenient death. When trouble began, he trusted his computer. The computer started playing and reached the Earth. McBan went to Earth. "A mythical and singular masterpiece of science fiction, the cycle of the Lords of Instrurnentality composes over the course of its paintings a legend of future centuries, imbued with poetry and a deep humanity. An unforgettable vision of our future, with an ambition comparable to Isaac Asimov's Foundation or Robert Heinlein's The History of the Future."" NooSFere May 5, 2022
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Awards
Place | Year and Award | Category |
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9 | 1976 Locus | Best SF Novel |
35 | 1987 Locus | All-Time Best SF Novel |
Win
(as ノーストリリア?Nōsutoriria )
Noosutoriria |
1988 Seiun | Best Translated Long Story |
46 | 1998 Locus | All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990 |
Publications
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Norstrilia | 1975-02-00 | Cordwainer Smith | Ballantine Books | 0-345-24366-8 | $1.50?$: US dollar |
277 | 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. |
novel | Gray Morrow | |
Norstrilia | 1975-03-00 | Cordwainer Smith | Ballantine Books | 0-345-24366-8 | C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar |
277 | 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. |
novel | Gray Morrow | |
Norstrilia | 1975-09-00 | Cordwainer Smith | Ballantine Books | 0-345-24366-8 | $1.50?$: US dollar |
278 | 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. |
novel | Gray Morrow | |
Norstrilia | 1978-11-00 | Cordwainer Smith | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-27800-3 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
277 | 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. |
novel | Gray Morrow | |
Norstrilia | 1979-03-00 | Cordwainer Smith | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-27800-3 | C$2.25?C$: Canadian dollar |
277 | 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. |
novel | Gray Morrow | |
Norstrilia | 1985-07-00 | Cordwainer Smith | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-32300-9 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
277 | 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. |
novel | Gray Morrow | |
Norstrilia | 1985-07-00 | Cordwainer Smith | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-32300-9 | C$2.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
277 | 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. |
novel | Gray Morrow | |
ノーストリリア?Nōsutoriria Noosutoriria |
1987-03-31 |
コードウェイナー・スミス?Kōdoueinā Sumisu Koodoueinaa Sumisu |
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō (Hayakawa Shobo はやかわしょぼう ハヤカワショボウ ハヤカワ文庫SF?Hayakawa Bunko SF #710) |
4-15-010710-6 | 429 | 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. |
novel |
木嶋俊?きじましゅん
Kijima Shun |
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Norstrilia | 1988-03-17 | Cordwainer Smith | Gollancz | 0-575-04235-4 | £10.95?£: UK pound |
275 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
Norstrilia | 1988-05-00 | Cordwainer Smith | VGSF / Gollancz (VGSF Classics #24) | 0-575-04166-8 | £2.95?£: UK pound |
277 | 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. |
novel | John Avon | |
Norstrilia | 1995-03-01 | Cordwainer Smith | NESFA Press | 0-915368-61-7 | $20.95?$: US dollar |
xiii+ 249 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | John Berkey | |
Norstrilia | 2000-06-00 | Cordwainer Smith | Gollancz (SF Collectors' Editions) | 0-575-07018-8 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
277 | 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. |
novel | ||
Norstrilia | 2001-07-00 | Cordwainer Smith | NESFA Press | 0-915368-61-7 | $22.00?$: US dollar |
xiii+ 249 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | John Berkey | |
Norstrilia | 2003-03-00 | Cordwainer Smith | ibooks | 0-7434-5834-6 | $12.00?$: US dollar |
275 | 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. |
novel | Scott Grimando | |
Les seigneurs de l'instrumentalité, III | 2004-03-25 | Cordwainer Smith | Gallimard (Folio SF #167) | 2-07-042717-X | 400 | 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. |
novel | Manchu | ||
Norstrilia | 2004-05-00 | Cordwainer Smith | Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection #10) | 0-7394-4321-6 / 63418 | $10.99?$: US dollar |
216 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Bob Eggleton | |
We the Underpeople | 2006-12-00 | Cordwainer Smith | Baen Books | 1-4165-2095-3 | $15.00?$: US dollar |
xiii+ 465 |
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 | Bob Eggleton | |
We the Underpeople | 2006-12-00 | Cordwainer Smith | Baen Books | 1-4165-2095-3 | $6.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Bob Eggleton | ||
Norstrilia | 2007-09-00 | Cordwainer Smith | NESFA Press | 0-915368-61-7 | $22.00?$: US dollar |
249 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | John Berkey | |
We the Underpeople | 2008-08-00 | Cordwainer Smith | Baen Books | 978-1-4165-5567-4 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 619+ [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 | Bob Eggleton | |
Norstrilia | 2010-03-00 | Cordwainer Smith | Mondadori (Urania Collezione #86) | 86 | €5.50?€: Euro |
364 | 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. |
novel | Franco Brambilla | |
Norstrilia | 2011-09-29 | Cordwainer Smith | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-10862-2 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
Norstrilia | 2014-08-05 | Cordwainer Smith | Phoenix Pick | 978-1-61242-216-9 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
289 | 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. |
novel | ||
Norstrilia | 2014-09-03 | Cordwainer Smith | Phoenix Pick | 978-1-61242-217-6 | $5.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
Norstrilia | 2016-02-11 | Cordwainer Smith | Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) | 978-1-4732-1253-4 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
ix+ 275 |
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. |
novel | Eamon O'Donoghue | |
Norstrilia | 2020-08-00 | Cordwainer Smith | NESFA Press | 978-1-61037-342-5 | $27.00?$: US dollar |
291 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | John Berkey | |
Norstrilia | 2024-03-05 | Cordwainer Smith | CAEZIK SF & Fantasy (CAEZIK Notables) | 978-1-64710-097-1 | $19.99?$: US dollar |
280 | 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. |
novel |
Reviews
- Review by Alice K. Turner (1975) in The Science Fiction Review, March 1975
- Review by Alexei Panshin and Cory Panshin (1975) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1975
- Review by Paul Walker (1976) in Luna Monthly, #62, February 1976
- Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
- Review by David Pringle (1985) in Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels , reprinted in:
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1985)
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1986)
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1987)
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1997)
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (2014)
- Review by L. J. Hurst (1988) in Vector 145
- Review by Ken Lake (1988) in Paperback Inferno, #73
- Review by Michael J. Tolley (1991) in SF Commentary, #69/70
- Review by Bruce Gillespie (1991) in SF Commentary, #69/70
- Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1995) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 1995
- Review by Stephen E. Andrews and Nick Rennison (2006) in 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels, (2006) , reprinted in:
- 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (2007)
- 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (unknown)
- Review by Graham Sleight (2007) in Locus, #555 April 2007
- Review by Bruce Gillespie (2010) in SF Commentary, #80A