Do you have favorite quotes from Cordwainer Smith / Paul Linebarger? If so, do post them and where they are from, in the comments. When I was designing some t-shirts for the site, I re-read The Dead Lady of Clown Town online, and the link takes you to where you can do that at no…
Cordwainer Smith Quotes
Saturday, November 29th, 2008 at
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Have Yourself a Merry Little… Cordwainer?
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 at
10:35 am
I do this website in the hopes of bringing the Cordwainer Smith work to more people. With the holidays soon to be upon us, here are three ways that you too can spread the word, while shopping or without spending anything. Of course you can do these at any time of year! 1. Give a…
Hubble Space Telescope Follows Cordwainer Smith’s Lead
Friday, November 14th, 2008 at
10:59 am
Here’s an email I received this week from Cordwainer Smith artist Corby Waste, reprinted with his permission: Well, well, well, here’s something REALLY amazing – it seems that the Hubble Space Telescope has taken it’s first picture of a planet orbiting another star. Out of all the stars in the universe it happened to photograph…
Cordwainer Smith and Archaeology
Saturday, November 8th, 2008 at
4:06 pm
I had never given a thought to my father’s effect on archaeology until I received this email from Dr. Alasdair Brooks, an archaeologist working in Australia [a.brooksATlatrobe.edu.au AFTER YOU REPLACE AT WITH @]. He wrote: You might be interested in an academic paper that I’ve written about your father’s work…The premise of the paper is…
Cordwainer Smith’s Place in the History of Science Fiction?
Saturday, October 25th, 2008 at
4:00 pm
What can already be said about the place of Cordwainer Smith in the history of science fiction? How will he be remembered as a science fiction author? Your opinions are welcomed. Me, I really don’t know, but
Cordwainer Smith Has Been Published in Many Languages
Saturday, October 18th, 2008 at
4:03 pm
Cordwainer Smith science fiction has been published in many languages. For years, every now and then I would get a package of books in some language I couldn’t read, sent to me by Cordwainer Smith’s literary agent. I could tell pretty much what stories were in them, but beyond that I just tossed them on…
The Rediscovery of Cordwainer Smith
Saturday, September 27th, 2008 at
4:56 pm
It may surprise Carol McGuirk that her mind reminds me of my father’s. When I read this insightful article, nearly 40 pages long, which appeared in SCIENCE FICTION STUDIES in the summer of 2001, it seemed to me that I was watching two hawks flying — sometimes together, sometimes making huge loops alone and then reconnecting. Time…
The Best of Stanley G. Weinbaum
Saturday, September 20th, 2008 at
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Stanley G. Weinbaum was the recipient of this year’s Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award… that link takes you to my page about him and his writing on this website, which also explains the award, if you aren’t familiar with it.
Check out the Science Fiction Book Club…