The Instrumentality of Mankind
by Cordwainer Smith
238 pages· ISBN 9780345277169
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14 short stories set in a universe of scanners, planoforming ships and animal-derived Underpeople.
1 No, No, Not Rogov! (1959)
2 War No. 81-Q (1928)
3 Mark Elf (1957)
4 The Queen of the Afternoon (1978)
5 When the People Fell (1959)
6 Think Blue, Count Two (1963)
7 The Colonel Came Back from the Nothing-at-All (1979)
8 From Gustible's Planet (1962)
9 Drunkboat (1963)
10 Western Science Is So Wonderful (1958)
11 Nancy (1959)
12 The Fife of Bodidharma (1959)
13 Angerhelm (1959)
14 The Good Friends (1963)
1 No, No, Not Rogov! (1959)
2 War No. 81-Q (1928)
3 Mark Elf (1957)
4 The Queen of the Afternoon (1978)
5 When the People Fell (1959)
6 Think Blue, Count Two (1963)
7 The Colonel Came Back from the Nothing-at-All (1979)
8 From Gustible's Planet (1962)
9 Drunkboat (1963)
10 Western Science Is So Wonderful (1958)
11 Nancy (1959)
12 The Fife of Bodidharma (1959)
13 Angerhelm (1959)
14 The Good Friends (1963)
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