# The Rediscovery of Man

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- Book: [The Rediscovery of Man](https://www.bookquiver.com/cordwainer-smith/the-rediscovery-of-man) ([The Rediscovery of Man.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/cordwainer-smith/the-rediscovery-of-man.md))
- Authors: [Cordwainer Smith](https://www.bookquiver.com/cordwainer-smith)
- Publisher: Gollancz
- ISBN: 978-05-7509-424-6
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2010-03-29
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Welcome to the strangest, most distinctive future ever imagined by a science fiction writer. An interstellar empire ruled by the mysterious Lords of the Instrumentality, whose access to the drug stroon from the planet Norstrilia confers on them virtual immortality. A world in which wealthy and leisured humanity is served by the underpeople, genetically engineered animals turned into the semblance of people. A world in which the great ships which sail between the stars are eventually supplanted by the mysterious, instantaneous technique of planoforming. A world of wonder and myth, and extraordinary imagination.