Cordwainer Smith

(cover art by Jack Gaughan)


Space Lords

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(photo c/o the fab cw site!)
                       The Ballad of
                       Lost C'Mell

                   She got the which of the what-she-did,
                   Hid the bell with a blot, she did,
                   But she fell in love with a hominid,
                   Where is the which of the what-she-did?
                           from THE BALLAD OF LOST C'MELL


             She was a girly girl and they were true
             men, the lords of creation, but she pitted
             her wits against them and she won. It had
             never happened before, and it is sure never
             to happen again, but she did win.  She was
             not even of human extraction.  She was
             cat-derived, though human in outward shape,
             which explains the C in front of her name.
             Her father's name was C'mackintosh and her
             name C'mell.  She won her tricks against
             the lawful and assembled Lords of the
             Instrumentality.

             It all happened at Earthport, greatest of
             buildings, smallest of cities, standing
             twenty-five kilometers high at the western
             edge of the Smaller Sea of Earth. ....

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