Throngs of himself | Hub | Paul Linebarger, Cordwainer Smith

Throngs of himself | Hub | Paul Linebarger / Cordwainer Smith

The fascinating story of psychological warfare expert and academic Paul Linebarger, who wrote science fiction under the pseudonym Cordwainer Smith. His fiction anticipates a perfect future that must be made imperfect in order to reclaim true humanity. I just read and recommend "Scanners Live in Vain," the first short story published as Cordwainer Smith.

In 2013, Geoffrey Reiter at Christ and Pop Culture wrote on the occasion of Cordwainer Smith's centenary.