Tripping Cyborgs and Organ Farms: The Fictions of Cordwainer Smith
On March 9, 1948, a China scholar, psychological-warfare expert, and spy for the U.S. government named Paul Linebarger typed a letter to the editor of a 25-cent pulp magazine in Los Angeles called...
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In November of 1966, the poet Allen Ginsberg made a modest proposal to a room full of Unitarian ministers in Boston. “Everybody who hears my voice try the chemical LSD at least once,” he intoned. “Then...
View ArticleNBOMics: The Science of “Smiles”
An earlier version of this post appeared originally on 1 October 2012 at Terra Sigillata. This is tiring enough for a science writer. I cannot imagine being in law enforcement. The pace at which...
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