Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, known by his pen-name Cordwainer Smith, was an American author of science fiction. He was an officer in the US Army, a scholar of East Asia, and an expert in psychologic
Smith, c. early 1960s
Smith's first professionally published science fiction story, "Scanners Live in Vain", originally appeared in Fantasy Book magazine in 1950.
Smith's novelette "The Ballad of Lost C'Mell" was the cover story in the October 1962 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction magazine. Artwork by Virgil Finlay.
Smith's novelette "Drunkboat" was on the cover of the October 1963 issue of Amazing Stories magazine. Art by Lloyd Birmingham.