page_title: Cordwainer Smith
hierarchical_section_title: Cordwainer Smith
caption_attribution_description: English: Cover, Fantasy Book, v1n6
context_page_description: Cordwainer Smith was the pen-name used by American author Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger for his science fiction works. Linebarger was a US Army officer, a noted East Asia scholar, and an expert in psychological warfare. Although his career as a writer was shortened by his death at age 53 he is considered one of the more talented and influential science fiction authors.
context_section_description: Cordwainer Smith was the pen-name used by American author Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger (July 11, 1913 – August 6, 1966) for his science fiction works. Linebarger was a US Army officer, a noted East Asia scholar, and an expert in psychological warfare.  Although his career as a writer was shortened by his death at age 53 he is considered one of the more talented and influential science fiction authors.
caption: Smith's first professionally published sf story, "Scanners Live in Vain", originally appeared in Fantasy Book in 1950
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