Pierre Lacombe Illustrations of Cordwainer Smith Stories

Pierre Lacombe was the illustrator of the very first, 3-volume French hardcover edition of INSTRUMENTALITY published by Editions Opta in 1974. His work is similar enough to that of Virgil Finlay that I mistakenly had put these pictures on the Finlay page until someone set me straight. Here are some of his striking illustrations.

Norstrilia, where the big sick sheep produce the life-extending stroon but where the children must face the Garden of Death:

Casher O'Neill and Celalta, from "On the Sand Planet:"

C'mell, the famous girly-girl:

Lady Goroke, mother of Lord Jestocost:

Helen America--The Lady Who Sailed the Soul:

T'ruth:

A Planet Named Shayol: