In 1950, a U.S. Army psyops officer named Paul Linebarger used a pseudonym to publish a science-fiction story titled “Scanners Live in Vain” in a pulp magazine. It was about a man named Martel who works for the “deep state” in the far future as a mysterious “scanner,” or starship pilot, and whose mind is manipulated...
That’s not how I remember the story but I haven’t read it in a long time. Time for a re-read. Cordwainer Smith is one of my favourite sci-fi authors of all time though, and yes his views will definitely grate with a lot of people these days.
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