C'Mell - Lia Chan

3 out of 5

Erba in Tour Uniform - Joel Glaine

"In the shadow of Earthport, a rabbit-derived undergirl signals to you and your friends that the tour of Earthport will now begin. Triangle tours runs tours from Earthport, to the sprawling city of Meeya-Meefla at it's base to the top of Eathport, 20 km up. "

3 out of 5

The E'telikeli - Lifetake

E'telikeli is an Underperson from author Cordwainer Smith's sci-fi universe...he shows up in uhh...."The Ballad of Lost C'mell" and Norstrilia. I think that's it....? Someone can correct me if I'm wrong; C.S. has a billion short stories. Anyway Underpeople are animals modified to look and act like people, but basically they are treated as second-class citizens (if citizens at all, actually...can't remember). Anyway they do mundane jobs to make everyone's life easier. E'telikeli was a badly-formed Underperson and was discarded but he survived and then he does some important stuff. Oh and the E stands for Eagle; he was derived from an eagle.E'telikeli is an Underperson from author Cordwainer Smith's sci-fi universe...he shows up in uhh...."The Ballad of Lost C'mell" and Norstrilia. I think that's it....? Someone can correct me if I'm wrong; C.S. has a billion short stories. Anyway Underpeople are animals modified to look and act like people, but basically they are treated as second-class citizens (if citizens at all, actually...can't remember). Anyway they do mundane jobs to make everyone's life easier. E'telikeli was a badly-formed Underperson and was discarded but he survived and then he does some important stuff. Oh and the E stands for Eagle; he was derived from an eagle."


3.5 out of 5

M'inga Mouse Under-girl - Joel Glaine

"12000 years in the future,in the shadow of Earthport,Animal derived under-people scurry to fulfill the wishes of their human masters,leastways according to Cordwainer Smith. Inspired by the novel, Norstrilia, This is one of three pieces I did.
M'inga is a mouse-girl technician that keeps the engines and factories in the Down-deep-down-deep, far below the human city of Meeya-Meefla Around Earthport. The under-people who aren't to come in contact with true-men aren't allowed many clothes."


4 out of 5

Russian Blue a Girly-girl - Joel Glaine

"12000 years in the future,in the shadow of Earthport,Animal derived under-people scurry to fulfill the wishes of their human masters,leastways according to Cordwainer Smith. Inspired by the novel, Norstrilia, This is one of three pieces I did. Earthport hostesses are called "Girly-girls" and are expected to wait hand and foot on visitors from the stars like Geishas. Russian-blue is a cat-girl derived from a russian blue cat."


3.5 out of 5

Starpilot Tam-Ra - Joel Glaine

3.5 out of 5

Rat n Dragon - Phoenixelement

3.5 out of 5

E'telikeli scrap - Lifetake

3.5 out of 5

Cordwainer Smith - Chris Roberson

On being a slow thickie :-

"Cordwainer Smith
As I've mentioned elsewhere, I tend to be something of a late adopter, when it comes to writers. I didn't read any Fritz Lieber until I was in my early twenties, didn't read any Philip K. Dick until I was 28, and didn't read any Alfred Bester until I was 33. And every time I "discover" one of these writers that everyone has been telling me for years to read, my reaction is a forehead-slapping, "How long has this been going on?" kind of moment.

Well, I've just added another to the list. I picked up Cordwainer Smith's The Rediscovery of Man and Norstrilia last month, additions to my space opera reading list. On Friday, having just finished Richard K. Morgan's Altered Carbon (which I thought was a gas), and with a little time to kill, I picked up the former of the two books and started to read.

The top of my head blew off, and has been buffeted on a pillar of astonished steam ever since."


3.5 out of 5

http://www.chrisroberson.net/2006/02/cordwainer-smith.html

The Rosy Gloom of Cordwainer Smith - John Robinson

"There is a rosy gloom in the stories of Cordwainer Smith. They take place in a candy apple universe where the candy is sometimes hard to find. Whether the picture he creates is painted over the gloom or the gloom painted over the picture is difficult to determine. There seems to be (as the cover of the paperback, The Planet Buyer) a borscht-red tinge of death; a shrouding, damning end to man as we know him and a new man living on afterward in an ever expanding universe."


4 out of 5

http://fanac.org/fanzines/Monster/Monster5-19.html

The Universe Of Cordwainer Smith - Corby Waste

A lot of computer artwork from different stories.


4 out of 5

http://www.fourth-millennium.net/cordwainer-vr/cs-index.html

Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons - Cordwainer Smith

A LOLCat spoof.


5 out of 5

http://cheezburger.com/view.aspx?ciid=5843366