2-Pack of Cordwainer Smith's anthologies [[ The Best of Cordwainer Smith (1975) The Instrumentality of Mankind (1979)]]

The Best of Cordwainer Smith (1975)- This Scanners Live in Vain; Lady Who Sailed the Soul; Game of Rat and Dragon; Burning of the Brain; Cime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal; Golden the Ship Was - Oh Oh Oh; Dead Lady of Clown Town; Under Old Earth; Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons; Alpha Ralpha Boulevard; Ballad of Lost C'mell; and Planet Named Shayol. The Instrumentality of Mankind (1979) - A collection of 14 truly outstanding stories, nine from the "Instrumentality" universe plus five others. Smith was a massive talent, his short stories and novels unlike anything published in a genre dominated, at the time, by the masters of the boiling pot. His prose is to be savored like a cool sauterne on a warm summer's day, his stories to be experienced and enjoyed without inhibition. They are magnificent and magnificently told by a singular stylist. I envy those who have yet to read the one and only Cordwainer Smith, unquestionably one of the greatest talents the genre has ever seen.