Piper's Son, the (1945) [Short Story]
by Lewis Padgett
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Summary
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Al Burkhalter is a Baldy, a telepath so called because of the complete lack of body hair shared by all of his kind. Some time after the 'Blowup' -- the population's name for the worldwide nuclear war whose radioactive fallout created the Baldies, civilization is slowly rebuilding itself and attempting to come to grips with a radically altered world. Baldies are feared and hated for their abilities. "The Piper's Son" is a story of one man and his wife and son as they try to make the best of their new world... which seems to be a lot like the old one.
Published in Astounding (February 1945). Reprinted in:
- Mutant (1953)
- The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories
Original title: The Piper's Son
Original languages:
English
Quotes:
Genre: Fiction→ Science Fiction→ Species Evolution→ Psionic Powers
This work is a subwork of the following works :
Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories, the (1992) [Anthology]
Authors: Arthur C. Clarke
, Ursula K. Le Guin
, David Brin
, Rudyard Kipling
, H. G. Wells
, William Gibson
, George R. R. Martin
, Brian W. Aldiss
, Harry Harrison
, Frederik Pohl
, Cordwainer Smith
, Thomas M. Disch
, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
, Bruce Sterling
, James Blish
, Larry Niven
, A.E. van Vogt
, Clifford D. Simak
, Norman Spinrad
, Paul J. McAuley
, J. G. Ballard
, Gene Wolfe
, Lewis Padgett
, Jack Williamson
, Raccoona Sheldon
, Hilbert Schenck
, John W. Campbell
, Frank L. Pollock
, Stanley G. Weinbaum
, James H. Schmitz
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