Asimov - The Great SF Stories 20 - 1958 by Isaac Asimov

Author:Isaac Asimov
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-06T00:00:00+00:00

THE BURNING OF THE BRAIN

BY CORDWAINER SMITH (PAUL M. A. LINEBARGER, (1913-1966)

IF OCTOBER

The amazing “Cordwainer Smith” was one of the least likely individuals to make an impact in science fiction. A Professor of Asiatic Politics at the School of Advanced International Studies at John Hopkins University for twenty years until his untimely death, he had from 1942 until 1966 also served as an officer in U.S. Army intelligence, where he was instrumental in the establishment of the Office of War Information (he was a world authority on propaganda warfare). Part of his service was spent in China, which may account for what many feel is the “Oriental” flavor and mood of his stories. Among his nonfiction books are such titles as Government in Republican China (1938) and Far Eastern Governments and Politics (1952). The great bulk of his of writing was set in his “Instrumentality of Mankind,” which must rank as one of the great creations of modern science fiction.

”The Burning of the Brain” is a different view of space travel, a subject which can be found in a number of his stories, and which would be worked with similar success and distinctiveness by Barry N. Malzberg. (MHG)

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