 First edition in complete form. Front cover illustration by Gray Morrow. Counterclockwise from top: E'telekeli, C'mell, Rod McBan (seated), A'gentur (E'ikasus). | |
| Author | Cordwainer Smith |
|---|---|
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Ballantine |
Publication date | 1975 |
| ISBN | 0-575-04235-4 |
Norstrilia is a science fiction novel by American writer Paul Linebarger, published under the pseudonym Cordwainer Smith. It is the only novel he published under this name, which he used for his science fiction works (though several related short stories were once packaged together as a short novel Quest of the Three Worlds). It takes place in Smith's Instrumentality of Mankind universe, and was heavily influenced by the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West. The novel is in part a sequel to Smith's 1962 short story "The Ballad of Lost C'Mell", featuring some of the same characters and settings.