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  1. Innen-Illustration von Virgil Finlay für
    "A Planet Named Shayol" von Cordwainer Smith
    aus Galaxy, October 1961
    (archive.org)

    #sciencefiction #GalaxyMag #CordwainerSmith #VirgilFinlay

  2. Innen-Illustration von Virgil Finlay für
    "A Planet Named Shayol" von Cordwainer Smith
    aus Galaxy, October 1961
    (archive.org)

    #sciencefiction #GalaxyMag #CordwainerSmith #VirgilFinlay

  3. #sciencefiction #CordwainerSmith #PaulLinebarger Der Autor Cordwainer Smith wurde am heutigen Tag, dem 11. Juli, im Jahr 1913 geboren.

  4. #sciencefiction #CordwainerSmith #PaulLinebarger Der Autor Cordwainer Smith wurde am heutigen Tag, dem 11. Juli, im Jahr 1913 geboren.

  5. What if the first sign of ETI was a Big Dumb Object, a vast and clearly artificial construction that dwarfs Humanity's scale and maybe gives us a moment to pause and think about things.
    The antics of Oligarchs and Presidents are nothing when compared to a Dyson Swarm...

    centauri-dreams.org/2026/04/24

    #SETI #BDO #Megastructures #Space #CordwainerSmith #ScienceFiction

  6. What if the first sign of ETI was a Big Dumb Object, a vast and clearly artificial construction that dwarfs Humanity's scale and maybe gives us a moment to pause and think about things.
    The antics of Oligarchs and Presidents are nothing when compared to a Dyson Swarm...

    centauri-dreams.org/2026/04/24

    #SETI #BDO #Megastructures #Space #CordwainerSmith #ScienceFiction

  7. What if the first sign of ETI was a Big Dumb Object, a vast and clearly artificial construction that dwarfs Humanity's scale and maybe gives us a moment to pause and think about things.
    The antics of Oligarchs and Presidents are nothing when compared to a Dyson Swarm...

    centauri-dreams.org/2026/04/24

    #SETI #BDO #Megastructures #Space #CordwainerSmith #ScienceFiction

  8. What if the first sign of ETI was a Big Dumb Object, a vast and clearly artificial construction that dwarfs Humanity's scale and maybe gives us a moment to pause and think about things.
    The antics of Oligarchs and Presidents are nothing when compared to a Dyson Swarm...

    centauri-dreams.org/2026/04/24

    #SETI #BDO #Megastructures #Space #CordwainerSmith #ScienceFiction

  9. What if the first sign of ETI was a Big Dumb Object, a vast and clearly artificial construction that dwarfs Humanity's scale and maybe gives us a moment to pause and think about things.
    The antics of Oligarchs and Presidents are nothing when compared to a Dyson Swarm...

    centauri-dreams.org/2026/04/24

    #SETI #BDO #Megastructures #Space #CordwainerSmith #ScienceFiction

  10. Feral Historian on Cordwainer Smith's "Rediscovery of Man" / "The Instrumentality of Man"

    #FeralHistorian #CordwainerSmith

    (also, it's an animal charity #fundraiser in it's first month)

    youtu.be/hmANOYOZ_o8

  11. Feral Historian on Cordwainer Smith's "Rediscovery of Man" / "The Instrumentality of Man"

    #FeralHistorian #CordwainerSmith

    (also, it's an animal charity #fundraiser in it's first month)

    youtu.be/hmANOYOZ_o8

  12. Feral Historian on Cordwainer Smith's "Rediscovery of Man" / "The Instrumentality of Man"

    #FeralHistorian #CordwainerSmith

    (also, it's an animal charity #fundraiser in it's first month)

    youtu.be/hmANOYOZ_o8

  13. Feral Historian on Cordwainer Smith's "Rediscovery of Man" / "The Instrumentality of Man"

    #FeralHistorian #CordwainerSmith

    (also, it's an animal charity #fundraiser in it's first month)

    youtu.be/hmANOYOZ_o8

  14. Feral Historian on Cordwainer Smith's "Rediscovery of Man" / "The Instrumentality of Man"

    #FeralHistorian #CordwainerSmith

    (also, it's an animal charity #fundraiser in it's first month)

    youtu.be/hmANOYOZ_o8

  15. I finally got around to reading some Cordwainer Smith!
    Just 3 stories (Project Gutenberg via Standard Ebooks), but they include "Scanners Live in Vain."

    Review: https://kvibber.com/reviews/books/cordwainer-smith-short-fiction/

    #ScienceFiction #reviews #CordwainerSmith

  16. I finally got around to reading some Cordwainer Smith!
    Just 3 stories (Project Gutenberg via Standard Ebooks), but they include "Scanners Live in Vain."

    Review: https://kvibber.com/reviews/books/cordwainer-smith-short-fiction/

    #ScienceFiction #reviews #CordwainerSmith

  17. I finally got around to reading some Cordwainer Smith!
    Just 3 stories (Project Gutenberg via Standard Ebooks), but they include "Scanners Live in Vain."

    Review: https://kvibber.com/reviews/books/cordwainer-smith-short-fiction/

    #ScienceFiction #reviews #CordwainerSmith

  18. I finally got around to reading some Cordwainer Smith!
    Just 3 stories (Project Gutenberg via Standard Ebooks), but they include "Scanners Live in Vain."

    Review: https://kvibber.com/reviews/books/cordwainer-smith-short-fiction/

    #ScienceFiction #reviews #CordwainerSmith

  19. I finally got around to reading some Cordwainer Smith!
    Just 3 stories (Project Gutenberg via Standard Ebooks), but they include "Scanners Live in Vain."

    Review: https://kvibber.com/reviews/books/cordwainer-smith-short-fiction/

    #ScienceFiction #reviews #CordwainerSmith

  20. Virgil Finlay illustrates A Planet Named Shayol by Cordwainer Smith, Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1961. #FinlayFriday
    #VirgilFinlay #CordwainerSmith #Illustration #SF #SFF #ScienceFiction

    “Which do you prefer?” said the skin technician. “A great deal of pain or a couple of hour’s unconsciousness?”
    “Why should I want pain?” said Mercer.
    “Some specimens do,” said the technician, “by the time they arrive here. I suppose it depends on what people have done to them before they got here.”

  21. Virgil Finlay illustrates A Planet Named Shayol by Cordwainer Smith, Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1961. #FinlayFriday
    #VirgilFinlay #CordwainerSmith #Illustration #SF #SFF #ScienceFiction

    “Which do you prefer?” said the skin technician. “A great deal of pain or a couple of hour’s unconsciousness?”
    “Why should I want pain?” said Mercer.
    “Some specimens do,” said the technician, “by the time they arrive here. I suppose it depends on what people have done to them before they got here.”

  22. Virgil Finlay illustrates A Planet Named Shayol by Cordwainer Smith, Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1961. #FinlayFriday
    #VirgilFinlay #CordwainerSmith #Illustration #SF #SFF #ScienceFiction

    “Which do you prefer?” said the skin technician. “A great deal of pain or a couple of hour’s unconsciousness?”
    “Why should I want pain?” said Mercer.
    “Some specimens do,” said the technician, “by the time they arrive here. I suppose it depends on what people have done to them before they got here.”

  23. Virgil Finlay illustrates A Planet Named Shayol by Cordwainer Smith, Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1961. #FinlayFriday
    #VirgilFinlay #CordwainerSmith #Illustration #SF #SFF #ScienceFiction

    “Which do you prefer?” said the skin technician. “A great deal of pain or a couple of hour’s unconsciousness?”
    “Why should I want pain?” said Mercer.
    “Some specimens do,” said the technician, “by the time they arrive here. I suppose it depends on what people have done to them before they got here.”

  24. Virgil Finlay illustrates A Planet Named Shayol by Cordwainer Smith, Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1961. #FinlayFriday
    #VirgilFinlay #CordwainerSmith #Illustration #SF #SFF #ScienceFiction

    “Which do you prefer?” said the skin technician. “A great deal of pain or a couple of hour’s unconsciousness?”
    “Why should I want pain?” said Mercer.
    “Some specimens do,” said the technician, “by the time they arrive here. I suppose it depends on what people have done to them before they got here.”

  25. @Lazarou

    A couple of short story recommendations for you from writer "Cordwainer Smith".

    The Game of Rat and Dragon

    The Crime and The Glory of Commander Suzdal

    (should be able to find pdf's of them easily)

    #CordwainerSmith #TheRediscoveryOfMan

  26. @Lazarou

    A couple of short story recommendations for you from writer "Cordwainer Smith".

    The Game of Rat and Dragon

    The Crime and The Glory of Commander Suzdal

    (should be able to find pdf's of them easily)

    #CordwainerSmith #TheRediscoveryOfMan

  27. @Lazarou

    A couple of short story recommendations for you from writer "Cordwainer Smith".

    The Game of Rat and Dragon

    The Crime and The Glory of Commander Suzdal

    (should be able to find pdf's of them easily)

    #CordwainerSmith #TheRediscoveryOfMan

  28. @Lazarou

    A couple of short story recommendations for you from writer "Cordwainer Smith".

    The Game of Rat and Dragon

    The Crime and The Glory of Commander Suzdal

    (should be able to find pdf's of them easily)

    #CordwainerSmith #TheRediscoveryOfMan

  29. @Lazarou

    A couple of short story recommendations for you from writer "Cordwainer Smith".

    The Game of Rat and Dragon

    The Crime and The Glory of Commander Suzdal

    (should be able to find pdf's of them easily)

    #CordwainerSmith #TheRediscoveryOfMan

  30. Fiction est très heureuse d'avoir publié la pièce de théâtre *Startuffe* de Michel Pagel, sélectionnée par le Prix spécial Martin Lessard du Festival Sirennes.
    #fiction #SF #théâtre #prix #Rennes #molière #cordwainersmith #michelpagel

  31. In terms sheer #MythosMaking (the precursor to #PlanetBuilding), may I present the psychological warrior #CordwainerSmith? Offhand only #HPLovecraft is comparable.

  32. In terms sheer #MythosMaking (the precursor to #PlanetBuilding), may I present the psychological warrior #CordwainerSmith? Offhand only #HPLovecraft is comparable.