The Ballad of Lost C'Mell
- The Ballad of Lost C'Mell
Infobox short story
name = The Ballad of Lost C'Mell
title_orig =
translator =
author = Cordwainer Smith
country = flag|USA
language = English
series = Instrumentality of Mankind
genre = Science fiction short story
published_in = "Galaxy Magazine"
publication_type = Print (Magazine, Hardback & Paperback)
publisher = Galaxy Publishing
media_type =
pub_date = October 1962
english_pub_date =
preceded_by = Alpha Ralpha Boulevard
followed_by = Norstrilia
The Ballad of Lost C'Mell is a classic science fiction short story by Cordwainer Smith. It was first published in October 1962 in "Galaxy Magazine", and since reprinted in several compilations and editions.
The main characters are C'Mell, a cat-derived "underperson" (or animal given many human characteristics), and Jestocost, a lord of the Instrumentality of Mankind. The plot centers around a scheme to help the oppressed underpeople to gain more rights. Smith's novel "Norstrilia" is partly a sequel to this story (it is set a few years later, includes most of the story's characters, and is concerned with some of the same issues). [http://www.scifidimensions.com/Apr07/underpeople.htm]
See also
* The Best of Cordwainer Smith (ISBN 978-0345245816)
* The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories (ISBN 978-0192142047)
* We the Underpeople (ISBN 1416520953)
External links
* at WikiFur
* [http://www.scifidimensions.com/Apr07/underpeople.htm Review of We The Underpeople] (compilation)
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