{"id":617,"date":"2007-07-23T01:54:05","date_gmt":"2007-07-23T05:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/s265039441.onlinehome.us\/philpaine\/?p=617"},"modified":"2018-08-16T23:46:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T03:46:30","slug":"cordwainer-smith-you-will-never-be-the-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.philpaine.com\/?p=617","title":{"rendered":"(Cordwainer Smith) You Will Never Be the Same"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"07-07-23<\/a>As the num\u00adbers in brack\u00adets indi\u00adcates, I\u2019ve read all the sto\u00adries in this book sev\u00aderal times. I read Cord\u00adwainer Smith when\u00adever I want to be remind\u00aded of what Sci\u00adence Fic\u00adtion once was: a field in which intel\u00adlect, imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, and artis\u00adtic integri\u00adty com\u00adbined to tran\u00adscend the lim\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtions of con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary cul\u00adture. Nobody was bet\u00adter equipped to think uncon\u00adven\u00adtion\u00adally than was \u201cCord\u00adwainer Smith\u201d, who was real\u00adly Paul Myron Antho\u00adny Linebarg\u00ader. Amer\u00adi\u00adcan born, but raised in Chi\u00adna (where he was known as \u6797\u767d\u697d [Lin Bai-lo] ), France and Ger\u00admany, Linebarg\u00ader was at var\u00adi\u00adous times a spy, expert in psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal war\u00adfare, aca\u00add\u00ade\u00admic, and advis\u00ader to the White House on Asian affairs (though refus\u00ading to be involved in the Viet\u00adnam War). He was, odd as it seems, Sun Yat-sen\u2019s god\u00adson, and nego\u00adti\u00adated inter\u00adna\u00adtional treaties when he was teenag\u00ader. Yet his iden\u00adtity remained a secret to the sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion com\u00admu\u00adnity when his sto\u00adries appeared in the magazines.<\/span><\/p>\n

The sto\u00adries he wrote were far in advance of their time. In 1945, these words appeared at the begin\u00adning of \u201cScan\u00adners Live In Vain\u201d:<\/span> Mar\u00adtel was angry. He did not even adjust his blood away from anger. <\/em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

It was the begin\u00adning of a series of sto\u00adries, linked into a com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive \u201cfuture his\u00adtory\u201d which explored genet\u00adic engi\u00adneer\u00ading, arti\u00adfi\u00adcial intel\u00adli\u00adgence, organ har\u00advest\u00ading, human-machine syn\u00adthe\u00adsis, and many oth\u00ader out\u00adr\u00e9 con\u00adcepts, long before they were \u201cnor\u00admal\u00adized\u201d into the sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion tool-kit. His prose style was pre\u00adcise, con\u00adtrolled, and sophis\u00adti\u00adcated. The sto\u00adries, alto\u00adgether, con\u00adsti\u00adtute a pro\u00adlonged med\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtion on the nature of human\u00adity and of consciousness.<\/span><\/p>\n

(Cord\u00adwain\u00ader Smith) You Will Nev\u00ader Be the Same:<\/span>
\n 15133. (Cord\u00adwain\u00ader Smith) [4] No, No, Not Rogov! [sto\u00adry]<\/span>
\n 15134. (Cord\u00adwain\u00ader Smith) [4] The Lady Who Sailed the Soul [sto\u00adry]<\/span>
\n 15135. (Cord\u00adwain\u00ader Smith) [5] Scan\u00adners Live In Vain [sto\u00adry]<\/span>
\n 15136. (Cord\u00adwain\u00ader Smith) [4] The Game of Rat and Drag\u00adon [sto\u00adry]<\/span>
\n 15137. (Cord\u00adwain\u00ader Smith) [3] The Burn\u00ading of the Brain [sto\u00adry]<\/span>
\n 15138. (Cord\u00adwain\u00ader Smith) [3] Gold\u00aden the Ship Was \u2015 Oh! Oh! Oh! [sto\u00adry]<\/span>
\n 15139. (Cord\u00adwain\u00ader Smith) [4] Alpha Ral\u00adpha Boule\u00advard [sto\u00adry]<\/span>
\n 15140. (Cord\u00adwain\u00ader Smith) [2] Mark Elf [= Mark XI<\/span>] [sto\u00adry]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the num\u00adbers in brack\u00adets indi\u00adcates, I\u2019ve read all the sto\u00adries in this book sev\u00aderal times. I read Cord\u00adwainer Smith when\u00adever I want to be remind\u00aded of what Sci\u00adence Fic\u00adtion once was: a field in which intel\u00adlect, imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, and artistic \u2026<\/p>\n

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