To: JoeProBono
"Out in the pitiless nothingness of space, the Partners' minds responded to an instinct as old as life. The Partners attacked, striking with a speed faster than Man's, going from attack to attack until the Rats or themselves were destroyed.
--Cordwainer Smith, "The Game of Rat and Dragon"
12 posted on
04/15/2010 9:05:27 PM PDT by
denydenydeny
(The welfare state turns us all into zoo animals, mouths open, waiting for the next feeding.)
To: denydenydeny
14 posted on
04/15/2010 9:09:37 PM PDT by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: denydenydeny
Cordwainer Smith...Go-Captains and Pinlighters...
I envy those who have not yet read about the lyrical worlds of Cordwainer Smith.
28 posted on
04/16/2010 2:13:48 AM PDT by
backhoe
(Just an Old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the trakball into America's Twilight...)
To: denydenydeny
"Out in the pitiless nothingness of space, the Partners' minds responded to an instinct as old as life. The Partners attacked, striking with a speed faster than Man's, going from attack to attack until the Rats or themselves were destroyed. --Cordwainer Smith, "The Game of Rat and Dragon"
That is one of my favorite stories ever.
I was introduced to it in, of all places, a college English class.
30 posted on
04/16/2010 4:57:59 AM PDT by
exDemMom
(Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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