In 1963, Cordwainer Smith published the novelette “On the Gem Planet”, in which Casher O’Neill’s character made his debut and started searching for the means to overthrow the usurper who took the power on his planet. The name refers to the civilization emerged with the reconstruction that took place after an atomic war and the expansion of humanity into space. It’s a history that extends for many millennia in the future with various stories sometimes autonomous and sometimes linked to each other. The fictional universe of the Instrumentality of Mankind is what made Cordwainer Smith famous. In particular, his meetings with various underpeople and even with some unmodified animals make him find far more than he was looking for. To achieve his goal, Caswell O’Neill needs resources and looks for them on various planets, but his travels lead him to situations that are different from what he imagined. In fact, Instrumentality of Mankind didn’t act against the usurper Colonel Wedder but granted Casher O’Neill an all-world travel pass. It’s the made up of four stories published in previous years.Ĭashel O’Neill is looking for ways to overthrow the dictatorship on his planet, but the road to freedom is so long that it takes him to other planets. The novel “Quest of the Three Worlds” by Cordwainer Smith was published for the first time in 1966. Quest of the Three Worlds by Cordwainer Smith (Italian edition)
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