Tunesmith

And this song has had people still tell me, and it bothers me a little bit because when I was writing my book on songwriting, "Tunesmith," I actually for the first time analyzed some of my songs, and I was really shocked and appalled at what I found.

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This ties in with my dislike of Lloyd Biggle's short story "The Tunesmith."

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Louis Wu must help Tunesmith protect the Ringworld.

July 2004 2004

This leads to a roller coaster ride of action/reaction where Louis is confronted with a problem, he solves it and goes on to the next problem, all the while trying to break free from Tunesmith.

Review - Ringworld's Children 2004

BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Louis Wu awakes after spending several months recovering in an autodoc to discover he has become an unwitting tool of the Protector Tunesmith.

July 2004 2004

BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Louis Wu awakes after spending several months recovering in an autodoc to discover he has become an unwitting tool of the Protector Tunesmith.

Review - Ringworld's Children 2004

Ringworld's Children opens fast with Louis Wu awakening and immediate use by Tunesmith to help protect the Ringworld from the Fringe War occurring in its system.

Review - Ringworld's Children 2004

Louis Wu must help Tunesmith protect the Ringworld.

Review - Ringworld's Children 2004

Louis is used by Tunesmith to achieve several different objectives he can't, or won't, do himself.

Review - Ringworld's Children 2004

Wildside has also reprinted two of Biggle's short story collections, The Rule of the Door and A Galaxy of Strangers, though not The Metallic Muse, which contains Biggle's most famous short story, "The Tunesmith", a satire positing a world where the television commercial is the only remaining form of art Orson Scott Card, a tireless proponent of the story, has included it in his recent Masterpieces anthology.

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