It wasn’t till mid-morning that it dawned on me that we’ve come around to September 11 again. Actually, it happened when I went to the website of a company I do some business with (Shareasale) and they were closed for the day, with a commentary which included this: Each year, we close our offices today…
September 11 Thoughts of My Father
Thursday, September 11th, 2008 at
3:17 pm
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Malay Words in the Cordwainer Smith Stories
Saturday, August 30th, 2008 at
3:56 pm
By Thierry Goubier and Onil Nazra Persada When I received these comments by email, I asked for permission to use them on the website. Thanks, you two, for granting it! –Rosana Since getting hold of the complete French edition of Cordwainer Smith stories in 1988, we have been both interested and surprised by the liberal…
Norstrilia and Dune
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 at
3:55 pm
Has anyone, to your knowledge, yet found the connection between the two works Norstrilia and Dune?
Did Cordwainer Smith See the Future? Post Your Sightings Here
Thursday, August 21st, 2008 at
3:44 pm
Yes, he did see the future. Or maybe he imagined it into being… in which case I hope some of the grimmer bits of his stories never come about! Many things which Cordwainer Smith wrote about are happening now– animal cloning, for one. So I have started a category of this blog called “It’s Happening…
When Did You First Read Cordwainer Smith?
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 at
10:22 am
What do you remember? The year, the story, its effects on you? How old were you? I really can’t remember when I first read his science fiction. He gave me copies of some of the magazines as they came out, but I think that well before any science fiction, I read Atomsk, the spy novel…
Thoughts on Redoing the Website
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 at
3:41 pm
I’ve just spent several weeks redoing cordwainer-smith.com, eight years after it first went up. For the first two or three years, I had a lot of energy for it. I did an ezine every couple of weeks and corresponded with fans who emailed from all over the planet. Several of us started the Cordwainer Smith…
Think Blue, Count Two: Rat Brains Running Robots
Saturday, August 16th, 2008 at
12:29 pm
I got this email last week from Corby Waste, whose Cordwainer Smith art is on the website. They say sometimes the “truth is stranger than fiction”. Not for us Cordwainer Smith fans – we’ve heard it all before!!! Rat-brain robot aids memory study – BBC News
What is Your Favorite Cordwainer Smith Story?
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 at
3:40 pm
Do you have a favorite from among all of Cordwainer Smith’s stories? If so, do post a comment, and if you feel like it, add some remarks about why it’s your favorite, how it has affected you, etc. My own favorite is “The Dead Lady of Clown Town,” and I suppose the reasons go deep…
Welcome to the Cordwainer Smith Blog
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 at
3:02 pm
I’m starting the Cordwainer Smith blog in order to: Give you, the readers and fans, a way to make comments on a variety of topics Report on any Cordwainer Smith news that might come along Put up some of the bits and pieces that were buried in obscure corners of the old website Give me…
Check out the Science Fiction Book Club…