Norstrilia
1975 • 288 pages

Ratings5

Average rating3.9

15

Welcome to Old North Australia, or Norstrilia, the only planet that has "stroon," a substance that indefinitely delays aging in humans. Stroon is cultivated from huge, deformed sheep farmed by the wealthiest estate owners to ever exist in all of humanity's existence. *** Rod McBan is the last of one of the oldest and most honorable families on Norstrilia. But he himself has shortcomings that would normally have led to his death under the strict laws governing population control on a planet where immortality is cheap and imperfect citizens are ruthlessly "culled" to make way for more productive members of society. *** But even McBan's vaunted stature in the society is not enough to save him from the basest of human emotions-jealousy- as the enmity of a former friend forces him to escape to Earth, where McBan's unprecedented fortune quickly makes him a magnet for all manner of crooks and revolutionaries.***


Become a Librarian

Series

Series

1 primary book12 released books

Instrumentality of Mankind

Instrumentality of Mankind is a 12-book series with 12 released primary work first released in 1964 with contributions by Cordwainer Smith, Ugoi Malaguti, and Paul M.A. Linebarger.

#25
The Rediscovery of Man
The Underpeople
The Planet Buyer
En busca de tres mundos
Quest Of The Three Worlds

Series

1 primary book

#3 in L'Instrumentalité

L'Instrumentalité is a 1-book series first released in 1975 with contributions by Cordwainer Smith.

#3
Norstrilia

Series

3 primary books

#3 in Los señores de la Instrumentalidad

Los señores de la Instrumentalidad is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 1963 with contributions by Cordwainer Smith.

#1
Think Blue, Count Two
#3
Norstrilia
#4
En busca de tres mundos

Reviews

Popular Reviews

Reviews with the most likes.

Fantastic. Sweet and bittersweet, weird and retro but also a bit timeless - Cordwainer Smith is sublime and this story was a nice little joy and distraction.

July 13, 2019
September 5, 2024
October 30, 2016