Scanners Live in Vain (1948) [Short Story]
by Cordwainer Smith
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Series: Instrumentality, the
Part: 5
Summary
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Far in the future, a group of men called scanners undergo horrendous physical and mental alterations to make the management of space flight possible. When someone finds a better way, the scanners feel threatened.
Original title: Scanners Live in Vain
Original languages:
English
Quotes:
Genre: Fiction→ Science Fiction→ Species Evolution→ Bioengineering
Fiction→ Science Fiction→ Adventure→ Space Travel & Exploration
This work is a subwork of the following works :
You Will Never Be the Same (1963) [Collection]
Author: Cordwainer Smith
Best of Cordwainer Smith, the (1975) [Collection]
Author: Cordwainer Smith
Rediscovery of Man, the (1975) [Collection]
Author: Cordwainer Smith
Rediscovery of Man, the (1993) [Collection]
Author: Cordwainer Smith
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