Atomsk , first published in 1949, is a Cold War spy novel by "Carmichael Smith", one of several pseudonyms used by American writer Paul Linebarger , who wrote fiction most prolifically as Cordwainer Smith .
4-397: Atomsk may refer to: Atomsk (novel) , a novel by Carmichael Smith (Paul M. A. Linebarger) Atomsk (FLCL character) , a character in the anime FLCL Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Atomsk . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
8-487: Is "the only way to win wars, or even better, to get out of them." Written two years after Winston Churchill 's Sinews of Peace address, Atomsk is the first espionage novel of the Cold War, inaugurating a genre exemplified by writers such as Ian Fleming and John Le Carré . Linebarger's third published novel, it has long been out of print. Paper copies regularly command figures in the hundreds of U.S. dollars in
12-501: The field of psychological warfare , the book is a study of the personality of a U.S. operative (Major Michael Dugan) who has little in common with James Bond except his extreme resourcefulness under cover and in danger. A man of many identities who sees himself to some extent as a blank sheet, he goes from calling himself "Comrade Nobody" to saying "I'm anybody". The novel also has an underlying, albeit devious and ambiguous, message of peace. As one character says, learning to like people
16-402: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atomsk&oldid=932700056 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Atomsk (novel) Drawing on Linebarger's own expertise in
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