tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220942974927184412.post3692622693869822488..comments2022-07-20T15:27:16.483+01:00Comments on Freethinking: a journal of popular culture .: SCIENCE FICTION: THE REDISCOVERY OF CORDWAINER SMITHIanWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13864128439788522183noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220942974927184412.post-11148236273303357202009-11-13T07:07:19.480+00:002009-11-13T07:07:19.480+00:00I couldn't agree more with your assessment of ...I couldn't agree more with your assessment of Smith - he ranks up there with Jack Vance and Gene Wolfe for otherworldly weirdness, and unique narrative voice. I discovered Smith in the back issues of Galaxy/IF of my father's collections, in my teens (1970's). A Planet Named Shayol was among the first I read. (Have you noted the similarity of the sf gimmick in Shayol to that of Card's novel, Treason? Card has claimed he never knew of Shayol when he wrote Treason).<br /><br />I also have the NESFA Press volumes of Smith's work.<br /><br />One later author who evokes an eerie future universe, Ray Aldridge - his stuff reminds me a lot of Smith and Vance. Unfortunately, there's no collection, so you have to hunt his short work down in back issues of F & SF. His single trilogy may be easier to find in second hand stores - The Emancipator Trilogy (check Amazon). I highly recommend Aldridge, if you love Smith or Vance. Sadly, Aldridge hasn't written much since the 1990's - he's a potter by trade, used to have a ceramic web site, now defunct. I'm sure he's still alive, just not writing.FreeRangeAuthorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05700030633956787800noreply@blogger.com