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Publication date 1980 | 4/5 Goodreads Originally published August 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genre(s) Science fiction novelette Publisher Analog Science Fiction and Fact Awards Hugo Award for Best Novelette Similar Gordon R Dickson books, Hugo Award for Best Novelette winners, Other books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"The Cloak and the Staff" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Gordon R. Dickson. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 1981.
Plot summary
A skilled human translator tries to balance his desire to stay alive with his need to lash out at Earth's hulking overlords, who treat humans as cattle, or at best, pets.
References
The Cloak and the Staff Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA