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A Planet Named Shayol, the Glossary

"A Planet Named Shayol" is a science fiction story by American writer Cordwainer Smith (the pen name of Paul Linebarger).^[1]

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), is the national broadcaster of Australia.

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Cordwainer Smith

Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger (July 11, 1913 – August 6, 1966), better known by his pen-name Cordwainer Smith, was an American author known for his science fiction works.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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Galaxy Science Fiction

Galaxy Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published in Boston from 1950 to 1980.

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In the science fiction of Cordwainer Smith, the Instrumentality of Mankind refers both to Smith's personal future history and universe and to the central government of humanity within that fictional universe.

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Magazine

A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content.

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Norstrilia

Norstrilia is a science fiction novel by American writer Paul Linebarger, published under the pseudonym Cordwainer Smith.

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Penal colony

A penal colony or exile colony is a settlement used to exile prisoners and separate them from the general population by placing them in a remote location, often an island or distant colonial territory.

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Periodical literature

A periodical literature (also called a periodical publication or simply a periodical) is a published work that appears in a new edition on a regular schedule.

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Quest of the Three Worlds

Quest of the Three Worlds is a collection by Cordwainer Smith published in 1966.

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Reward system

The reward system (the mesocorticolimbic circuit) is a group of neural structures responsible for incentive salience (i.e., "wanting"; desire or craving for a reward and motivation), associative learning (primarily positive reinforcement and classical conditioning), and positively-valenced emotions, particularly ones involving pleasure as a core component (e.g., joy, euphoria and ecstasy).

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Science fiction

Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.

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The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal

"The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal" is a science fiction short story by Cordwainer Smith, set in Smith's "Instrumentality" universe. A Planet Named Shayol and the Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal are short stories by Cordwainer Smith.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Planet_Named_Shayol

A Planet Named Shayol, the Glossary

Table of Contents

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Cordwainer Smith

English language

Galaxy Science Fiction

Instrumentality of Mankind

Magazine

Norstrilia

Penal colony

Periodical literature

Quest of the Three Worlds

Reward system

Science fiction

The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal

See also

1961 short stories

Body horror

Fiction set in prison

Mutants in fiction

Science fiction horror

Short stories by Cordwainer Smith

References