Saturday, December 18, 2010

Haberman - Technovelgy

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"Haberman Modified humans controlled by cybernetic implants. A human that have been modified from most sensory reception, while ...
Thursday, December 16, 2010

Cordwainer Smith: The Ballad of Lost Linebarger Part 2 - Frederik Pohl

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"There was a problem. After a few more fine stories about the associates of Lord Jestecost and C’Mell the cat lady and all, I got a sad...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Underpeople

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From Technovelgy "An animal modified to be human in shape and intellect. "...there had been the problem of the underpeople- peopl...

Planoforming

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"A form of "faster than light" travel allows for interstellar travel. "Planoforming was sort of funny. It felt like li...
Monday, December 13, 2010

Cordwainer Smith: The Ballad of Lost Linebarger Part 1 - Frederik Pohl

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"It was a story that had appeared in a semi-pro sf magazine from California called, if I remember aright, Fantasy Book. Its title was “...
Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Cordwainer Smith and A. Bertram Chandler - Steve Davidson

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"My second reason for raising Chandler is the homage he paid to Cordwainer Smith in no less than two of his novels. That it was a delib...
Tuesday, December 7, 2010

The Inheritors - A. Bertram Chandler

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Apart from tangling with a nemesis, Drongo Kane, this novel is also a homage to Cordwainer Smith, including the names of the inhabitants of ...
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The Ruined Queen of Harvest World - Damien Broderick

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An online story and homage. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.tor.com/stories/2009/08/the-ruined-queen

The Lords of the Instrumentality - Ralph Benko

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Find out just who is keeping down the Underpeople, here. Other than Lord Cordwainer of course. Unfortunately has wretched performance in any...

Cloud Permutations - Lavie Tidhar

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"MJ: The narrative voice of Cloud Permutations is at times self-reflexive and almost non-fictional in style, often referring to where p...
Wednesday, December 1, 2010

The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith

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Short Story Number of words : 2900 Percent of complex words : 10.3 Average syllables per word : 1.5 Average words per sentence ...

B-29s : The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith

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Allied planes. 3 out of 5

Tiger and wolf and fox and jackal and snake and spider : The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith

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Encountered by the Bodidharma. 3.5 out of 5

Harappa : The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith

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A proto-Indian culture. 3 out of 5

Volkssturm : The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith

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German military group. 3 out of 5

Toba Tartars : The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith

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Chinese barbarians. 3 out of 5

Northern Wei dynasty : The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith

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Ancient Chinese rulers. 3 out of 5

Cape Canaveral : The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith

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Site of USA space launches. 4 out of 5

Rhine : The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith

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German river. 3 out of 5

Anyang : The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith

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City in South Korea. 3.5 out of 5

Loyang : The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith

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Chinese city. 3 out of 5

Cathay : The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith

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Another name for part of China. 3.5 out of 5

Case No. 34 of the Dorotheum : The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith

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Where the fife resided in Germany. 4 out of 5

Onyx : The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith

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A type of quartz. 4 out of 5

Magical fife : The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith

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A musical instrument. A chancy prediscovery of psionic powers with sonic triggering. Made of gold. 4 out of 5

Hagen von Griin : The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith

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One of the German rocket scientists who worked at Huntsville, Alabama. 4 out of 5

Wolfgang Huene : The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith

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A nazi who hates Hitler and finds the fife. 4 out of 5

German explorer : The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith

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Found the fife. 3.5 out of 5

Bodidharma the Blessed One : The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith

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Ancient religious leader who is given the fife. 4 out of 5

Goldsmith : The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith

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Made the fife and died as a result. 4 out of 5

Nancy - Cordwainer Smith

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Short Story Number of words : 4700 Percent of complex words : 8.5 Average syllables per word : 1.4 Average words per sentence :...

Dago Red : Nancy - Cordwainer Smith

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A wine. 4 out of 5

Geraniums : Nancy - Cordwainer Smith

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A type of flower. 3 out of 5

Sokta virus : Nancy - Cordwainer Smith

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Designed to be implanted in a person and released in the case of needing companionship in space. 4 out of 5

Nancy : Nancy - Cordwainer Smith

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An imaginary virus created friend. 4 out of 5

Space Service : Nancy - Cordwainer Smith

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Goes into the Up-and-Out. 4 out of 5

Karl Vonderleyen : Nancy - Cordwainer Smith

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An old lieutenant of the service. 3.5 out of 5

Wallenstein : Nancy - Cordwainer Smith

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An old man. 3.5 out of 5

Gordon Greene : Nancy - Cordwainer Smith

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Originally Giordano Verdi. A Space Service officer. 4 out of 5

Angerhelm - Cordwainer Smith

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Novelette Number of words : 8100 Percent of complex words : 10.0 Average syllables per word : 1.5 Average words per sentence : ...

Willys roadster : Angerhelm - Cordwainer Smith

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An old car. 3 out of 5

Chevrolet : Angerhelm - Cordwainer Smith

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A car. 3 out of 5

Hopkins : Angerhelm - Cordwainer Smith

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A town in Minnesota, a diplomatic no travel zone. 4 out of 5

Plattsburg : Angerhelm - Cordwainer Smith

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Town in New York. 3 out of 5

Minneapolis : Angerhelm - Cordwainer Smith

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US city. 3.5 out of 5

Galactic clearance : Angerhelm - Cordwainer Smith

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Security rating. Galactic clearance came a little bit after Universal clearance. 4 out of 5

Sputniks : Angerhelm - Cordwainer Smith

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Russian spacecraft. 3 out of 5

FBI : Angerhelm - Cordwainer Smith

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Federal Bureau of Intelligence. USA national cops. 4 out of 5

SAC base : Angerhelm - Cordwainer Smith

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Army facility. 3 out of 5

Soviet Embassy : Angerhelm - Cordwainer Smith

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Diplomatic mission to the USA. 3.5 out of 5