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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Case No. 34 of the Dorotheum : The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith
Where the fife resided in Germany.
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Magical fife : The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith
A musical instrument. A chancy prediscovery of psionic powers with sonic triggering. Made of gold.
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Hagen von Griin : The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith
One of the German rocket scientists who worked at Huntsville, Alabama.
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Wolfgang Huene : The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith
A nazi who hates Hitler and finds the fife.
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Bodidharma the Blessed One : The Fife of Bodidharma - Cordwainer Smith
Ancient religious leader who is given the fife.
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Nancy - Cordwainer Smith
Short Story
Number of words : 4700
Percent of complex words : 8.5
Average syllables per word : 1.4
Average words per sentence : 10.5
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 7.6
Flesch : 77.0
Flesch-Kincaid : 5.1
PEOPLE
Gordon Greene
Originally Giordano Verdi. A Space Service officer.
Wallenstein
An old man.
Karl Vonderleyen
An old lieutenant of the service.
ORGANISATIONS
Space Service
Goes into the Up-and-Out.
TECHNOLOGY
Nancy
An imaginary virus created friend.
Sokta virus
Designed to be implanted in a person and released in the case of needing companionship in space.
PLANTS
Geraniums
A type of flower.
FOOD
Dago Red
A wine.
PLOT
Man cannot cope in space alone, so missions always have more than one person. However, if one dies then there is a problem. The sotka virus enables a person to experience an imaginary companion after it is triggered. In a military interview, such a story is recounted.
3.5 out of 5
Number of words : 4700
Percent of complex words : 8.5
Average syllables per word : 1.4
Average words per sentence : 10.5
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 7.6
Flesch : 77.0
Flesch-Kincaid : 5.1
PEOPLE
Gordon Greene
Originally Giordano Verdi. A Space Service officer.
Wallenstein
An old man.
Karl Vonderleyen
An old lieutenant of the service.
ORGANISATIONS
Space Service
Goes into the Up-and-Out.
TECHNOLOGY
Nancy
An imaginary virus created friend.
Sokta virus
Designed to be implanted in a person and released in the case of needing companionship in space.
PLANTS
Geraniums
A type of flower.
FOOD
Dago Red
A wine.
PLOT
Man cannot cope in space alone, so missions always have more than one person. However, if one dies then there is a problem. The sotka virus enables a person to experience an imaginary companion after it is triggered. In a military interview, such a story is recounted.
3.5 out of 5
Sokta virus : Nancy - Cordwainer Smith
Designed to be implanted in a person and released in the case of needing companionship in space.
4 out of 5
4 out of 5
Gordon Greene : Nancy - Cordwainer Smith
Originally Giordano Verdi. A Space Service officer.
4 out of 5
4 out of 5
Angerhelm - Cordwainer Smith
Novelette
Number of words : 8100
Percent of complex words : 10.0
Average syllables per word : 1.5
Average words per sentence : 12.3
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 9.0
Flesch : 70.9
Flesch-Kincaid : 6.4
PEOPLE
Assistant
To Mr Spatz.
Mr Spatz
His boss.
Khruschev
Russian Prime Minister.
Secretary of State
USA cabinet member.
Undersecretary
Deputy to the Secretary of State.
Nelson Angerhelm
Of 2322 Ridge Drive, Hopkins, Minnesota. A 62-year-old retired poultry farmer. He had served in World I.
Colonel Plugg
A US army officer.
Lieutenant Colonel Potariskov
The Soviet Assistant Military Attache.
Colonel Tice Angerhelm
Nelson's younger brother, deceased.
Theiss Ankerhjelm
Swedish admiral a couple hundred years ago. A West Pointer in the Adjutant General's office.
Don Juan
Famous womaniser.
Soviet Ambassador
Head of the Soviet diplomatic mission.
Jensen
Angerhelm's pastor.
Mrs. Prai Jesselton
Tice's old girlfriend.
ORGANISATIONS
Department of the Army
US government department.
Signal Corps
Army intelligence gatherers.
Soviet Embassy
Diplomatic mission to the USA.
SAC base
Army facility.
FBI
Federal Bureau of Intelligence. USA national cops.
VEHICLES
Sputniks
Russian spacecraft.
CONCEPTS
Galactic clearance
Security rating. Galactic clearance came a little bit after Universal clearance.
PLACES
Minneapolis
US city.
Plattsburg
Town in New York.
Hopkins
A town in Minnesota, a diplomatic no travel zone.
VEHICLES
Chevrolet
A car.
Willys roadster
An old car.
PLOT
The intelligence communities of the USA and the Soviet Union are concerned about a message from a dead colonel to his retired brother in Minnesota. Especially as it doesn't matter what country you are in when you receive the broadcast and you can tell what it is.
3 out of 5
Number of words : 8100
Percent of complex words : 10.0
Average syllables per word : 1.5
Average words per sentence : 12.3
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 9.0
Flesch : 70.9
Flesch-Kincaid : 6.4
PEOPLE
Assistant
To Mr Spatz.
Mr Spatz
His boss.
Khruschev
Russian Prime Minister.
Secretary of State
USA cabinet member.
Undersecretary
Deputy to the Secretary of State.
Nelson Angerhelm
Of 2322 Ridge Drive, Hopkins, Minnesota. A 62-year-old retired poultry farmer. He had served in World I.
Colonel Plugg
A US army officer.
Lieutenant Colonel Potariskov
The Soviet Assistant Military Attache.
Colonel Tice Angerhelm
Nelson's younger brother, deceased.
Theiss Ankerhjelm
Swedish admiral a couple hundred years ago. A West Pointer in the Adjutant General's office.
Don Juan
Famous womaniser.
Soviet Ambassador
Head of the Soviet diplomatic mission.
Jensen
Angerhelm's pastor.
Mrs. Prai Jesselton
Tice's old girlfriend.
ORGANISATIONS
Department of the Army
US government department.
Signal Corps
Army intelligence gatherers.
Soviet Embassy
Diplomatic mission to the USA.
SAC base
Army facility.
FBI
Federal Bureau of Intelligence. USA national cops.
VEHICLES
Sputniks
Russian spacecraft.
CONCEPTS
Galactic clearance
Security rating. Galactic clearance came a little bit after Universal clearance.
PLACES
Minneapolis
US city.
Plattsburg
Town in New York.
Hopkins
A town in Minnesota, a diplomatic no travel zone.
VEHICLES
Chevrolet
A car.
Willys roadster
An old car.
PLOT
The intelligence communities of the USA and the Soviet Union are concerned about a message from a dead colonel to his retired brother in Minnesota. Especially as it doesn't matter what country you are in when you receive the broadcast and you can tell what it is.
3 out of 5
Galactic clearance : Angerhelm - Cordwainer Smith
Security rating. Galactic clearance came a little bit after Universal clearance.
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Theiss Ankerhjelm : Angerhelm - Cordwainer Smith
Swedish admiral a couple hundred years ago. A West Pointer in the Adjutant General's office.
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Colonel Tice Angerhelm : Angerhelm - Cordwainer Smith
Nelson's younger brother, deceased.
3.5 out of 5
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Lieutenant Colonel Potariskov : Angerhelm - Cordwainer Smith
The Soviet Assistant Military Attache.
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Nelson Angerhelm : Angerhelm - Cordwainer Smith
Of 2322 Ridge Drive, Hopkins, Minnesota. A 62-year-old retired poultry farmer. He had served in World I.
3.5 out of 5
3.5 out of 5
Cordwainer Smith's Universe Timeline - J. J. Pierce
"Timeline From The Instrumentality of Mankind, Compiled by J.J. Pierce.
Note: With Smith's own notebooks lost, chronology is largely a matter of guesswork, based on internal evidence. But the order of stories and surounding events can be fairly well established."
4 out of 5
http://www.theweebsite.com/ragnar/smith_time.html
Note: With Smith's own notebooks lost, chronology is largely a matter of guesswork, based on internal evidence. But the order of stories and surounding events can be fairly well established."
4 out of 5
http://www.theweebsite.com/ragnar/smith_time.html
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