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Atomsk, a Spy Novel by Carmichael Smith   Home > His Books > Atomsk, by Carmichael Smith Atomsk, by Carmichael Smith Atomsk is a clever and engaging spy novel It was written by Paul M A Linebarger under the pen name of Carmichael Smith, shortly before he began writing as Cordwainer Smith This book draws on the principles of Psychological Warfare, a field which he helped to found (His book of that title, written under his own name, is one of the classics of the field) Atomsk is out of print Copies of it tend to fetch high prices in the used book market But it’s now available as an immediately downloadable ebook It’s always been one of my favorites of my father’s writings, so for those of you who are readers more than collectors, I spent some time scanning in my copy and making an ebook You can read it onscreen or print it out Atomsk begins not long after World War II, with the American military in occupied Japan concerned about a very secret Russian city in Siberia General Coppersmith asks Major Michael Dugan, “the greatest spy in the world,” to help “I want you to spoil the secret of Atomsk” “Atomsk” Coppersmith spelled it out, adding, “It’s the Russian atomic center We want them to know that we know all about it We want them to guess as to how we know about it For that, we need a man as a weapon” “To go in, to get out, and after he was out, to leave traces” “Right” Here’s another bit, to give you more of a taste This is from the third chapter We are looking through the eyes of Captain Sarah Lomax, who is helping to prepare Major Dugan for his trip with its impossible odds While Dugan was talking, Sarah studied him He was of middle height There was a quaint mobility to his face, a quickness of expression which made her suspect that in his early childhood some warm-hearted quickly responsive woman had taught him the rudiments of human relationships He was acting a role, but it was a role which he enjoyed acting He was talking, smiling, agreeing, dissenting, frowning, smiling again, all in turn Who was she to say that this was not the real, the true Dugan People were not their dead selves but their live selves Yet in the case of a man like Dugan, there must be alternative selves, other personalities patterned to the occasion and the culture Dugan-the-Japanese must have been just as believable as Dugan-the-American; Japanese must have liked him because he was Japanese; otherwise he would have been found out and killed How could she like a man who existed only by virtue of his own command, who played perpetually on a stage of make-believe What was he, anyway Dugan was no name for a man with black hair, black eyes, olive skin — or was it Was he a Turk or a Greek, an Italian or an Egyptian, or (wildest chance of all, this) simply an American Swanson had just said, “I knew the pilot They killed him They had a right to, but I hate them for it just the same” Sarah supposed he was talking about the photo plane Dugan responded by closing his face — literally shutting out all expression for an instant — so that he looked like a dead man Or like a Japanese Sarah saw, with a flash of intuition, that she had caught him betraying himself — for the first distinguishable second in days of their being together For once, Dugan had gone back to his wartime role and had responded with the manner of a Japanese, the dead formal silence with which Japanese men bore news of disaster He must have had many friends among the Japanese during his years of wartime spying; and of them, many must have died, so that the expression of quick military sorrow could have become habitual But before she could catch her breath or say anything, Dugan let his face go doleful in the American manner He looked Irish again, and American too She picked up the thread of the conversation again Dugan was protesting, “You mustn’t hate the Russians If you do have to fight them, hating them is no use, medically or psychologically It reduces your own efficiency” To order Atomsk as an immediately downloadable ebook for $995 and no shipping, click here and you will be transported to Clickbank, which handles our downloadable products To read or print out this ebook, you will need the free program, Adobe Acrobat reader, which reads PDF files You probably have it on your computer, but if not, go to http://wwwadobecom, where the link to download the reader is always shown (If you have a website that you would like to sell Atomsk from, sign up at Clickbankcom and you’ll earn 75% of the price minus the Clickbank fees) If you would like to buy Atomsk as a book, you can often find used copies online I’ve seen it at Alibris, a network of booksellers from various countries Amazoncom doesn’t sell it directly but often carries copies from its bookseller network: Tony Lewis, who wrote the Concordance to Cordwainer Smith, said of Atomsk: Atomsk is what we now call a techno-thriller It was written twenty-five years too early Had it been written later, it would have been acclaimed as well, the sort of thing that Tom Clancy made millions out of The seeds fell on ground that hadn’t been ploughed and fertilized yet, as it were If you click through on the links I provide to Amazon and other vendors, and if you make a purchase, in most cases I receive compensation < Search this site Click on the t-shirts to see all our Cordwainer Smith t-shirt designs: If you've always wanted to become a writer, don't let work or proximity to schools deter you You can earn an online bachelor degree in English, Journalism, or Teaching       Home   The Blog   His Books   The Rediscovery of Man, by Cordwainer Smith   Norstrilia, by Cordwainer Smith   Atomsk, by Carmichael Smith   Ria, by Felix C Forrest   Carola, by Felix C Forrest   Psychological Warfare, by Paul M A Linebarger   Letters from Paul, by Paul M A Linebarger   Letters from Paul: One Letter   Books about His Science Fiction   Concordance to Cordwainer Smith, by Anthony Lewis   The Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith, by Karen Hellekson   Exploring Cordwainer Smith, Booklet by Andrew Porter   Where You Can Get Books   Cordwainer Smith at Amazon   Cordwainer Smith at Alibris   Cordwainer Smith at AbeBooks   Cordwainer Smith on eBay   Cordwainer Smith, the Author   A Cordwainer Smith Panel Discussion   Scholarly Corner, by Alan C Elms   What Other Science Fiction Authors Say   What Readers Say   Paul M A Linebarger, the Man   Family Photos   A Daughter's Memories   Was Paul Linebarger Kirk Allen   His Arlington National Cemetery Bio and My Comments   Rosana's Ramblings   Rambling 1: Shakespeare Had It Wrong   Rambling 2: The Return of C'mell, Sort Of   Art Inspired by Cordwainer Smith   Virgil Finlay   Pierre Lacombe   Craig Moore   Corby Waste   Annual Rediscovery Award   2010 Mark Clifton   2009 A Merritt   2008 Stanley G Weinbaum   2007 Daniel F Galouye   2006 William Hope Hodgson   2005 Leigh Brackett   Leigh Brackett: Her Biography   2004 Henry Kuttner & C L Moore   2003 Edgar Pangborn   2002 R A Lafferty   2001 Olaf Stapledon   Cordwainer Smith Foundation   Cordwainer Smith T-Shirts   Cordwainer Smith: Other Online Resources   Contact Us   Illustrated Bibliography, by Mike Bennett   Introduction to the Illustrated Bibliography   All the Stories and All the Books   Chronological Book List   Magazine Covers   Book Covers   Book Covers: Best of Cordwainer Smith   Book Covers: Instrumentality of Mankind   Book Covers: Norstrilia   Book Covers: Planet Buyer   Book Covers: Rediscovery of Man   Book Covers: Quest of the Three Worlds   Book Covers: Space Lords   Book Covers: Stardreamer   Book Covers: Under Old Earth   Book Covers: Underpeople   Book Covers: You Will Never Be the Same   Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger - Chronology   Press Releases   2008 Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award Goes to Stanley G Weinbaum   2002: About the Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award   2001: First Rediscovery Award Ceremony   2001: Creation of Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award Home The Blog Where You Can Get Books Contact Us All the Stories and All the Books Privacy Policy Terms of Use About Us Site Map Bookmark this page Delicious Digg Facebook Furl Google Bookmarks Reddit Stumbleupon Yahoo My Web wwwcordwainer-smithcom and wwwcordwainersmithcom         Copyright 2008-- Hartworks, Inc