Today would have been Cordwainer Smith's 100th birthday. Smith, of course, was the best known pen name of Paul Anthony Myron Linebarger, a political scholar and the godson of Sun Yat-sen and a confidante of Chiang Kai-shek, and the author of some of the most glorious science fiction ever written.
Here's his classic story The Game of Rat and Dragon. (It's in an annoying format. Sorry.)
http://archive.org/stream/thegameofratandd29614gut/pg29614.txt
For the many hours of reading pleasure you have given us, Mr. Smith, thank you.
Ever read ATOMSK?
ReplyDeleteI did, actually, Todd, about thirty years ago and I can't remember a darned thing about it. I have a copy buried somewhere and might revisit the book in the future.
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