{"product_id":"scanners-and-others-three-science-fiction-stories-paperback","title":"Scanners and Others: Three Science Fiction Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCordwainer Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume collects three of Cordwainer Smith's finest tales: \"Scanners Live in Vain,\" \"The Game of Rat and Dragon,\" and \"Mark Elf.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Cordwainer Smith was the pseudonym used by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger (1913-1966) for his science fiction works. Linebarger was a noted East Asia scholar and expert in psychological warfare. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Linebarger also employed the literary pseudonyms \"Carmichael Smith\" (for his political thriller Atomsk), \"Anthony Bearden\" (for his poetry) and \"Felix C. Forrest\" (for the novels Ria and Carola). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Scanners Live in Vain\" was Linebarger's first published SF story as an adult (his short story \"War No. 81-Q,\" which he wrote at age 15 was published in his high school magazine), and the first appearance of the Cordwainer Smith pen name. It was written in 1945, and had been rejected by a number of magazines before its acceptance and publication in Fantasy Book in 1950. It was in that obscure magazine that it was noticed by SF writer Frederik Pohl who, impressed with the story's powerful imagery and style, subsequently re-published it in 1952 in the more widely read anthology Beyond the End of Time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 76\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.18 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42114055405703,"sku":"9781557421203","price":12.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/617ddfc9407eb804b2bf43bf2b637c69.webp?v=1732495143","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/scanners-and-others-three-science-fiction-stories-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}