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"Scanners Live in Vain" is a {{Novelette}} written by Creator/CordwainerSmith in 1945. After being rejected by ''[[Magazine/{{Analog}} Astounding Science Fiction]]'' and other major magazines it finally appeared in 1950 in the more obscure ''Fantasy Book'' magazine as Smith's first professional publication. It went on to be included in ''Literature/ScienceFictionHallOfFameVolumeOne'' and in Creator/RobertSilverberg's ''Literature/ScienceFiction101''.

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"Scanners Live in Vain" is a {{Novelette}} written by Creator/CordwainerSmith in 1945. After being rejected by ''[[Magazine/{{Analog}} Astounding Science Fiction]]'' and other major magazines it finally appeared in 1950 in the more obscure ''Fantasy Book'' magazine as Smith's first professional publication. It went on to be included in ''Literature/ScienceFictionHallOfFameVolumeOne'' ''Literature/TheScienceFictionHallOfFameVolumeOne'' and in Creator/RobertSilverberg's ''Literature/ScienceFiction101''.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: As pain is transmitted exclusively via the spinothalamic tracts and trigeminal nerves, it really shouldn't be necessary to sever the ''other'' neural pathways that carry hearing, scent, taste, proprioception, or tactile sensations to render someone immune to the Great Pain. Not to mention how severing the vestibulocochlear nerves would rob the subject, not only of hearing, but of the sense of equilibrium, without which they'd suffer incapacitating vertigo and clumsiness: something that automatically ''disqualifies'' people from space flight in real life.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: As pain is transmitted exclusively via the spinothalamic tracts and trigeminal nerves, it really shouldn't be necessary to sever the ''other'' neural pathways that carry hearing, scent, taste, proprioception, or tactile sensations to render someone immune to the Great Pain. Not to mention how severing the vestibulocochlear nerves would rob the subject, not only of hearing, but of the sense of equilibrium, without which they'd suffer incapacitating vertigo and clumsiness: something that automatically ''disqualifies'' people from space flight in real life.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: As pain is transmitted exclusively via the spinothalamic tracts and trigeminal nerves, it really shouldn't be necessary to sever the ''other'' neural pathways that carry hearing, scent, taste, proprioception, or tactile sensations to render someone immune to the Great Pain.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: As pain is transmitted exclusively via the spinothalamic tracts and trigeminal nerves, it really shouldn't be necessary to sever the ''other'' neural pathways that carry hearing, scent, taste, proprioception, or tactile sensations to render someone immune to the Great Pain. Not to mention how severing the vestibulocochlear nerves would rob the subject, not only of hearing, but of the sense of equilibrium, without which they'd suffer incapacitating vertigo and clumsiness: something that automatically ''disqualifies'' people from space flight in real life.
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"Scanners Live in Vain" is a {{Novelette}} written by Creator/CordwainerSmith in 1945. After being rejected by ''[[Magazine/Analog Astounding Science Fiction]]'' and other major magazines it finally appeared in 1950 in the more obscure ''Fantasy Book'' magazine as Smith's first professional publication. It went on to be included in ''Literature/ScienceFictionHallOfFameVolumeOne'' and in Creator/RobertSilverberg's ''Literature/ScienceFiction101''.

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"Scanners Live in Vain" is a {{Novelette}} written by Creator/CordwainerSmith in 1945. After being rejected by ''[[Magazine/Analog ''[[Magazine/{{Analog}} Astounding Science Fiction]]'' and other major magazines it finally appeared in 1950 in the more obscure ''Fantasy Book'' magazine as Smith's first professional publication. It went on to be included in ''Literature/ScienceFictionHallOfFameVolumeOne'' and in Creator/RobertSilverberg's ''Literature/ScienceFiction101''.
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"Scanners Live in Vain" is a {{Novelette}} written by Creator/CordwainerSmith in 1945. After being rejected by ''[[Magazine/AnalogScienceFictionAndFact Astounding Science Fiction]]'' and other major magazines it finally appeared in 1950 in the more obscure ''Fantasy Book'' magazine as Smith's first professional publication. It went on to be included in ''Literature/ScienceFictionHallOfFameVolumeOne'' and in Creator/RobertSilverberg's ''Literature/ScienceFiction101''.

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"Scanners Live in Vain" is a {{Novelette}} written by Creator/CordwainerSmith in 1945. After being rejected by ''[[Magazine/AnalogScienceFictionAndFact ''[[Magazine/Analog Astounding Science Fiction]]'' and other major magazines it finally appeared in 1950 in the more obscure ''Fantasy Book'' magazine as Smith's first professional publication. It went on to be included in ''Literature/ScienceFictionHallOfFameVolumeOne'' and in Creator/RobertSilverberg's ''Literature/ScienceFiction101''.
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"Scanners Live in Vain" is a {{Novelette}} written by Creator/CordwainerSmith in 1945. After being rejected by ''Magazine/AstoundingScienceFiction'' and other major magazines it finally appeared in 1950 in the more obscure ''Fantasy Book'' magazine as Smith's first professional publication. It went on to be included in ''Literature/ScienceFictionHallOfFameVolumeOne'' and in Creator/RobertSilverberg's ''Literature/ScienceFiction101''.

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"Scanners Live in Vain" is a {{Novelette}} written by Creator/CordwainerSmith in 1945. After being rejected by ''Magazine/AstoundingScienceFiction'' ''[[Magazine/AnalogScienceFictionAndFact Astounding Science Fiction]]'' and other major magazines it finally appeared in 1950 in the more obscure ''Fantasy Book'' magazine as Smith's first professional publication. It went on to be included in ''Literature/ScienceFictionHallOfFameVolumeOne'' and in Creator/RobertSilverberg's ''Literature/ScienceFiction101''.
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Unfortunately, manning your starships entirely with convicted felons isn't the best way to run a space program, so these "Habermans" as they came to be known had to be watched closely by a volunteer police force who'd had the nerve-severing procedure done to them voluntarily. These volunteers had readouts and control panels mounted into their bodies, so that they could monitor their physical health and make sure they weren't (say) leaning against a running buzz saw without realizing it. They were trained to scan their readouts quickly and often, and so became known as Scanners.

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Unfortunately, manning your starships entirely with convicted felons isn't the best way to run a space program, so these "Habermans" as they came to be known had to be watched closely by a volunteer police force who'd had the nerve-severing procedure done to them voluntarily. These volunteers (like the the other Habermans) had readouts and control panels mounted into their bodies, so that they could monitor their physical health and make sure they weren't (say) leaning against a running buzz saw without realizing it. They were trained to scan their readouts quickly and often, and so became known as Scanners.

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