A Game Of Rats And Dragon - Tobias S. Buckell

I prefer my program pet-colleague, thanks. 4 out of 5 http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/a-game-of-rats-and-dragon/

Cordwainer Smith and A. Bertram Chandler - Steve Davidson

"My second reason for raising Chandler is the homage he paid to Cordwainer Smith in no less than two of his novels.


That it was a deliberate tribute to his fellow author is without question; Chandler actually placed Cordwainer Smith’s name right on the page for everyone to see, and used it in a way that any but the most uneducated, ignorant and unconnected reader could possibly miss. (Well, back up a bit: that only applies if you’re already familiar with Smith and Chandler.)

The two novels in question are The Inheritors and The Far Traveler.

Allow me a few paragraphs for background so I can bring the few poor souls amongst you who have never read Chandler up to date."


4.5 out of 5

http://cordwainer-smith.com/blog/cordwainer-smith-and-a-bertram-chandler.html

The Inheritors - A. Bertram Chandler

Apart from tangling with a nemesis, Drongo Kane, this novel is also a homage to Cordwainer Smith, including the names of the inhabitants of a planet, and cat-bred underpeople, among other things, so that is a nice touch.

Here, Kane is indulging in slavery - because currently the catpeople inhabitants are not classed as 'true' humans, so there are no laws against doing so.

This planet, Morrowvia, is a another Lost Colony, so likely to get away with it, until the Federation Survey Service and one John Grimes and crew come calling.


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Large excerpt here :- http://www.webscription.net/chapters/0441370624/0441370624_toc.htm

The Ruined Queen of Harvest World - Damien Broderick

An online story and homage.


3.5 out of 5

http://www.tor.com/stories/2009/08/the-ruined-queen

The Lords of the Instrumentality - Ralph Benko

Find out just who is keeping down the Underpeople, here. Other than Lord Cordwainer of course.

Unfortunately has wretched performance in any browser I try. Interesting idea. Terry Dowling is Lord Afervarro, for one.


3 out of 5

http://www.instrumentality.com/

Cloud Permutations - Lavie Tidhar

"MJ: The narrative voice of Cloud Permutations is at times self-reflexive and almost non-fictional in style, often referring to where pieces of the story were collected from primary and secondary sources. Why did you choose to tell Kal’s story in this way?

LT: It’s partly homage to one of my favourite SF writers, Cordwainer Smith. And it’s an interesting way of telling a story. Settling on the right voice for a story is always challenging. Different stories need different approaches and this one just felt the most natural for a story that is as much about the world as it is about its hero. There is a lot more going on beyond Kai’s story – a lot of other stories, and some intersect with his and some are in the distant past and some have not happened yet."


Unseen.

http://www.apexbookcompany.com/2010/09/an-interview-with-lavie-tidhar-on-cloud-permutations/