Category Archives: Science Fiction

Cordwainer Smith on Top 100 or Other Top Lists?

March 14th, 2009 | Posted in Science Fiction

Sometimes my Google Alerts show me places where Cordwainer Smith or his works are on some sort of “best” science fiction list. I’m putting down the ones I know of, and hope that readers will add to this over time.
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Here’s one where Norstrilia is #46 on a list of the best 100  science fiction books [...]

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Cordwainer Smith at the Movies

February 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Cordwainer Smith, Norstrilia, Science Fiction

by Steve Davidson – The Crotchety Old Fan
Can’t you just see the marquee?
THE BALLAD OF LOST C’MELL
or
THE GAME OF RAT AND DRAGON
although, given Hollywood’s penchant for stepping on things, that story would probably be entitled The Rat Game by the time it finally made it to the theaters.
Complaining about Hollywood’s treatment of well-known SF works [...]

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The Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award

January 28th, 2009 | Posted in Rediscovery Award, Science Fiction, science fiction authors

by Steve Davidson – The Crotchety Old Fan
A few short years ago, the Cordwainer Smith Foundation introduced the C.S. Rediscovery Award.
It’s purpose is to honor a “science fiction or fantasy writer whose work displays unusual originality, embodies the spirit of Cordwainer Smith’s fiction, and deserves renewed attention or ‘Rediscovery.’”
Since 2001, the award has been given [...]

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A Few Notes on Collecting Cordwainer

January 21st, 2009 | Posted in Cordwainer Smith, Reading Cordwainer Smith, Science Fiction

Guest Blogger Steve Davidson blogs as The Crotchety Old Fan, maintains the Classic Science Fiction Channel website and is currently trying his hand at a science fiction novel, following a 20 year career in non-fiction.  His latest non-fiction book, A Parent’s Guide to Paintball, will be released this coming April.
I’ve been a Cordwainer Smith fan since I first [...]

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