Biology in Science Fiction: Free Fiction » Smith – Cordwainer http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory Sun, 06 May 2012 00:13:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Game of Rat and Dragon by Cordwainer Smith http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-game-of-rat-and-dragon-by-cordwainer-smith/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-game-of-rat-and-dragon-by-cordwainer-smith/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:55:48 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=2229 Title: The Game of Rat and Dragon

Author: Cordwainer Smith (Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger)

Length: short story

First Publication: Galaxy Science Fiction, 1955

What the Story is About: The alien “dragons” were quick, taking out starships in a flash. The only way for humans to fight them was to be even faster, with the help of their small but fierce partners who treated the aliens like rats.

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Author: Cordwainer Smith

Length: short story

First Publication: Beyond the End of Time Anthology, 1952

What the Story is About: In the future starships are operated by “Habermans” – convicts and other undesirables who have had all of their sensory inputs other than vision disconnected from their brains so that they can survive “The Pain of Space” while awake. They are supervised by the “Scanners”, who have undergone the modifications voluntarily, and thus lead lonely, difficult lives. Because of that, the Scanners have formed an elitist confraternity, where they meet to look out for their own interests. That all changes, when a method to prevent the Pain of Space in normal people is developed, that renders Scanners obsolete. (Read the Wikipedia article)

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/scanners-live-in-vain-by-cordwainer-smith/feed/ 0 The Dead Lady of Clown Town by Cordwainer Smith http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-dead-lady-of-clown-town-by-cordwainer-smith/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-dead-lady-of-clown-town-by-cordwainer-smith/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:35:06 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=519 Title: The Dead Lady of Clown Town

Author: Cordwainer Smith

Length: short story

First Publication: Galaxy, 1964

What the Story is About: One of Smith’s stories set in his Instrumentality universe, about Elaine, a woman mistakenly made a medic, and the dog girl, D’Joan.

Related Biology in Science Fiction blog post: Is Cordwainer Smith’s Future Today?

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