Cordwainer Smith
Pseudonym of:
Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
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).
Linebarger was also a noted East Asia scholar and expert in psychological warfare.
“Joan commented, upon sentence, "My body is your property, but my love is not. My love is my own, and I shall love you fiercely while you kill me.”
Cordwainer Smith
“She is a cat," he thought. "That's all she is—a cat!"But that was not how his mind saw her—quick beyond all dreams of speed, sharp, clever, unbelievably graceful, beautiful, wordless and undemanding.Where would he ever find a woman who could compare with her?”
Cordwainer Smith
“... but remember that I shall love your sorrow...”
Cordwainer Smith
“... crowding together to see something which would ease the boredom of perfection and time.”
Cordwainer Smith
“The revolution lasted six minutes and covered one hundred an twelve meters.”
Cordwainer Smith
“We shall take a star out of the skies and shall set thousands of worlds on fire...”
Cordwainer Smith
“There is no time for fear. It's much too interesting.”
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