Lord of the Afternoon

"Cordwainer Smith" is the pen name that Paul Linebarger used to write some of the most remarkable pages of science fiction of all time. He toyed with characters like Rambo and James Bond long before others ever did, but never fully adopted them. The author's personality is equally as, if not more, fascinating than his work, which allows this book to not be bogged down in literary analysis and compels immersion into the complexities of human conscience.