Skywalker of Earth

"Skywalker of Earth" by Hannu Rajaniemi
Published in Collected Fiction [Tachyon, May 2015]
Description, by Gary K. Wolfe (Locus): "‘‘Skywalker of Earth’’ suggests that Rajaniemi may have an interest in archaic SF pulp as well as older mystery novels. It concerns a young NSA agent sent to interview an aging and reclusive physicist, who finds herself caught up in a space opera conflict dating from the 1920s, but with enormous stakes."
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