![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Plot summary Ĭonscious humans cannot travel through space because of an effect called the "Great Pain of Space", which eventually causes death, so space travel is possible only in artificial hibernation. It has been published in Hebrew, Italian, French, Croatian, German and Dutch translations. The story was nominated for a Retro-Hugo award for Best Novelette in 2001. "Scanners Live in Vain" was judged by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of the finest science fiction short stories prior to 1965 and, as such, was included in the anthology The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929–1964. It first appeared in the semi-professional magazine Fantasy Book. It was the first story in Smith's Instrumentality of Mankind future history to be published and the first story to appear under the Smith pseudonym. " Scanners Live in Vain" is a science fiction short story by American writer Cordwainer Smith ( pen name of American writer Paul Linebarger). ![]()
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