Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• 1 • Introduction (When the People Fell) • (2007) • essay by Frederik Pohl
• 2 • No, No, Not Rogov! • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1959) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 3 • War No. 81-Q (rewritten version) • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1993) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 4 • Mark Elf • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1957) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 5 • The Queen of the Afternoon • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1978) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• 6 • Scanners Live in Vain • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1950) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• 7 • The Lady Who Sailed the Soul • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1960) • novelette by Genevieve Linebarger and Cordwainer Smith [as by Cordwainer Smith]
• 8 • When the People Fell • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1959) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 9 • Think Blue, Count Two • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1963) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• 10 • The Colonel Came Back from the Nothing-at-All • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1979) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 11 • The Game of Rat and Dragon • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1955) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 12 • The Burning of the Brain • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1958) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 13 • From Gustible's Planet • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1962) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 14 • Himself in Anachron • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1993) • short story by Genevieve Linebarger and Cordwainer Smith
• 15 • The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1964) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 16 • Golden the Ship Was—Oh! Oh! Oh! • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1959) • short story by Genevieve Linebarger and Cordwainer Smith (variant of Golden the Ship Was — Oh! Oh! Oh!) [as by Cordwainer Smith]
• 17 • Drunkboat • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1963) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• 18 • A Planet Named Shayol • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1961) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• 19 • On the Gem Planet • [Casher O'Neill] • (1963) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• 20 • On the Storm Planet • [Casher O'Neill] • (1965) • novella by Cordwainer Smith
• 21 • On the Sand Planet • [Casher O'Neill] • (1965) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• 22 • Three to a Given Star • [Casher O'Neill] • (1965) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• 23 • Down to a Sunless Sea • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1975) • novelette by Genevieve Linebarger and Cordwainer Smith [as by Cordwainer Smith]
• 24 • War No. 81-Q • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1928) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 25 • Western Science Is So Wonderful • (1958) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 26 • Nancy • (1959) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 27 • The Fife of Bodidharma • (1959) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 28 • Angerhelm • (1959) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 29 • The Good Friends • (1963) • short story by Cordwainer Smith