The Best of Cordwainer Smith
Cover of first edition | |
| Author | Cordwainer Smith |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Janice C. Tate |
| Language | English |
| Series | Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 1975 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 342 |
| OCLC | 1494561 |
| Preceded by | The Best of Frederik Pohl |
| Followed by | The Best of C. L. Moore |
The Best of Cordwainer Smith is a collection of science fiction short stories by American author Cordwainer Smith, edited by J. J. Pierce. It was first published in hardback by Nelson Doubleday in July 1975 and in paperback by Ballantine Books in September of the same year as a volume in its Classic Library of Science Fiction. The Ballantine edition was reprinted in October 1977 and July 1985. Phoenix Pick issued a new edition in trade paperback and ebook in April, 2017. A British paperback edition under the alternative title The Rediscovery of Man was published by Gollancz in June 1988, and reissued in 1999, 2003, and 2010; Gollancz also brought out hardcover and ebook versions in September 1988 and November 2012, respectively. The book has also been translated into German.