The Cloak And The Staff
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"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.


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* 1980 short stories Hugo Award for Best Novelette winning works Short stories by Gordon R. Dickson Novelettes Works originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact {{1980s-sf-story-stub