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This sci-fi author had a secret life as psychological warfare mastermind (boingboing.net)
submitted 9 months ago by ooli to c/books
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[–] solrize 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Cordwainer Smith.

[–] Volkditty 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Imagine looking at your newborn baby and saying, "Yeah...you look like a Cordwainer."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

"Cordwainer. CORDWAINER! LEAVE BASKETWEAVER ALONE AND COME AND HELP OYSTERSHUCKER THIS MINUTE!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It was a pen name.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Stupid name for a writing implement too

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

I'm sorry, you didn't phrase your response in the form of a question.

[–] spittingimage 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Are all BoingBoing articles so scant on content these days?

[–] kat_angstrom 2 points 9 months ago

Sad but true. When BoingBoing first started there were some nice long articles that would make it into the feed, proper journalism mixed in with the fluff.

Like for example, https://boingboing.net/profits_of_fear.html

Things just kept getting more "short form" until I stopped visiting entirely. Damn shame

[–] TheBananaKing 1 points 9 months ago

This is the which of the what-he-did