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The Best of Cordwainer Smith audiobook

  • By: Cordwainer Smith
  • Narrator: Sean Runnette
  • Category: General, Literary Collections
  • Length: 15 hours 6 minutes
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publish date: January 01, 2016
  • Language: English
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The Best of Cordwainer Smith Audiobook Summary

With an introduction by J. J. Pierce, this volume features the twelve most important stories by Cordwainer Smith, a unique writer who has fused wonder and poetry into imaginative tales that transcend both science and fiction.

Scanners Live in VainAdam Stone has found a way for men to cross deep space alive—a discovery that might kill him.

The Lady Who Sailed the SoulHelen America voyages to the stars—and into a timeless legend of romance.

Alpha Ralpha BoulevardThey thought it was a road to a dream that lasts forever—but dreams are made to be broken.

The Ballad of Lost C’MellNever has there been a girl quite like C’mell. She’s not even human—but she’s all woman.

And eight more stunning stories by a man who dreamed the future

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The Best of Cordwainer Smith Audiobook Narrator

Sean Runnette is the narrator of The Best of Cordwainer Smith audiobook that was written by Cordwainer Smith

Sean Runnette, a multiple AudioFile Earphones Award winner, has produced several Audie Award–winning audiobooks and has also narrated works by John Steinbeck and Richard P. Feynman. Of his performance of The Courage to be Free, AudioFile Magazine wrote “Runnette’s tender approach to every sentence and paragraph helps the author’s wisdom glow. Along with the understated power of the author’s writing, Runnette’s performance makes this one of the most arresting and thought-provoking audiobooks available today”. He is a member of the American Repertory Theater company and has toured internationally with Mabou Mines, an avant-garde theater company. Sean’s television and film appearances include Two If by Sea, Copland, Sex and the City, Law & Order, Third Watch.

About the Author(s) of The Best of Cordwainer Smith

Cordwainer Smith is the author of The Best of Cordwainer Smith

The Best of Cordwainer Smith Full Details

Narrator Sean Runnette
Length 15 hours 6 minutes
Author Cordwainer Smith
Category
Publisher Blackstone Publishing
Release date May 01, 2024
ISBN 9781504799119

Subjects

The publisher of the The Best of Cordwainer Smith is Blackstone Publishing. includes the following subjects: The Lady Who Sailed the Soul, The Game of Rat and Dragon, The Burning of the Brain, Golden the Ship Was--Oh! Oh! Oh!, The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal, The Dead Lady of Clown Town, Under Old Earth, Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons, Alpha Ralpha Boulevard, The Ballad of Lost C'mell, A Planet Named Shayol, collection, stories, scanners live in vain, retro hugo award, Literary Collections, General, Fiction, Science Fiction, General The BISAC Subject Code is General, Literary Collections

Additional info

The publisher of the The Best of Cordwainer Smith is Blackstone Publishing. The imprint is Blackstone Publishing. It is supplied by Blackstone Publishing. The ISBN-13 is 9781504799119.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

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