{"id":56626,"date":"2019-02-23T10:17:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T15:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/?p=56626"},"modified":"2019-02-25T00:08:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T05:08:11","slug":"odds-and-ends-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/odds-and-ends-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Odds and ends"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United States’ copyright laws are insane. Canada’s are more reasonable. I recently discovered quite a bit of Cordwainer Smith<\/a> is available at the Canadian site Fadedpage<\/a>. It’s missing some essential stories, e.g. “Alpha Ralpha Boulevard,” but it includes some of my favorites, such as “Under Old Earth<\/a>” and “Western Science Is So Wonderful<\/a>,”<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> as well as many others such as “Think Blue, Count Two<\/a>,” “A Planet Named Shayol<\/a>,” the Casher O’Neill stories and, of course, “Scanners Live in Vain<\/a>.” (Update: there is a fair amount of Smith at archive.org<\/a>, though most of it is less convenient to read than the offerings at Fadedpage.)<\/p>\n

There’s plenty else available at Fadedpage. A few old favorites: Till We Have Faces<\/a><\/i>, Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats<\/a><\/i><\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> , My Life and Hard Times<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n

Isegoria discovers<\/a> my favorite of Poul Anderson’s books, The High Crusade<\/a><\/i>. I gather there was a lousy movie made from it, but I have a hunch that it would serve well as the basis for a good anime series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Those who know their Who<\/a> might hear something familiar here:<\/p>\n