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Title: The Game of Rat and Dragon
Author: Cordwainer Smith
Year: 1955
Type: SHORTFICTION
Storylen: shortstory
Series: The Instrumentality of Mankind
Language: English
ISFDB Record Number: 41379
Note: Downloadable and online audio versions available at LibriVox.

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Variant Titles:

• Das Drachenspiel [German] (1959) - Cordwainer Smith
• Le jeu du rat et du dragon [French] (1965) - Cordwainer Smith
• Das Spiel "Ratte und Drache" [German] (1975) - Cordwainer Smith
• Patkány-sárkány játék [Hungarian] (1977) - Cordwainer Smith
• Das Spiel "Ratte und Drache" [German] (1980) - Cordwainer Smith
• Das Spiel Ratte und Drache [German] (1980) - Cordwainer Smith
• Il gioco del topo e del drago [Italian] (1982) - Cordwainer Smith

Publications:

• Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1955, (Oct 1955, ed. H. L. Gold, publ. Galaxy Publishing Corporation, $0.35, 148pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Walt Disney Productions - [VERIFIED]
• Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956, (1956, ed. T. E. Dikty, publ. Frederick Fell, $3.50, 242pp, hc, anth)
• Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956, (Nov 1956, ed. T. E. Dikty, publ. Frederick Fell / SFBC, $1.15, 256pp, hc, anth)
• Best SF Three, (1958, ed. Edmund Crispin, publ. Faber and Faber, 15/-, 224pp, hc, anth)
• The Third Galaxy Reader, (Jun 1958, ed. H. L. Gold, publ. Doubleday, $3.95, 262pp, hc, anth) Cover: Arthur Renshaw - [VERIFIED]
• 6 from Worlds Beyond: Selected From The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels, 1956, (Dec 1958, ed. T. E. Dikty, publ. Crest Book, #s258, $0.35, 160pp, pb, anth) - [VERIFIED]
• The Third Galaxy Reader, (Dec 1958, ed. H. L. Gold, publ. Doubleday / SFBC, $1.20, 262pp, hc, anth) Cover: Arthur Renshaw - [VERIFIED]
• Galaxis Science Fiction #15, (May 1959, ed. Lothar Heinecke, publ. Moewig, DM 1.50, 128pp, pb, magazine) Cover: Emsh - [VERIFIED]
• The Third Galaxy Reader, (Jul 1960, ed. H. L. Gold, publ. Permabooks, #M4172, $0.35, xv+235pp, pb, anth) - [VERIFIED]
• Best SF Three, (Sep 1960, ed. Edmund Crispin, publ. The Science Fiction Book Club (UK), #46, 5/6, 224pp, hc, anth) Cover: C. W. Bacon
• Best SF Three, (1962, ed. Edmund Crispin, publ. Faber and Faber, 6/-, 224pp, tp, anth)
• You Will Never Be the Same, (1963, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Regency Books, #RB 309, $0.50, 156pp, pb, coll) Cover: Ron Bradford - [VERIFIED]
• Best SF Three, (1963, ed. Edmund Crispin, publ. Faber and Faber, 6/-, 224pp, tp, anth) - [VERIFIED]
• Galaxie (2ème série), #20 December 1965, (Dec 1965, ed. Alain Dorémieux, publ. OPTA, F2.50, 164pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Dember - [VERIFIED]
• Under Old Earth and Other Explorations, (1970, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Panther, 0-586-03302-5, £0.25, 188pp, pb, coll) Cover: Paul Brierley - [VERIFIED]
• The Mirror of Infinity: A Critics' Anthology of Science Fiction, (May 1970, ed. Robert Silverberg, publ. Canfield Press, $, xi+324pp, tp, anth) Cover: Fred Cantor - [VERIFIED]
• The Mirror of Infinity: A Critics' Anthology of Science Fiction, (May 1970, ed. Robert Silverberg, publ. Harper & Row, $6.95, xi+324pp, hc, anth) Cover: Fred Cantor - [VERIFIED]
• You Will Never Be the Same, (Sep 1970, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Berkley Medallion, 0-425-01894-6, $0.75, 176pp, pb, coll) Cover: Paul Lehr - [VERIFIED]
• The Mirror of Infinity: A Critics' Anthology of Science Fiction, (Jul 1971, ed. Robert Silverberg, publ. Sidgwick & Jackson, 0-283-48473-X, £2.50, xi+312pp, hc, anth)
• Supernatural Cats, (1972, ed. Claire Necker, publ. Doubleday, 0-385-07561-8, $6.95, xiv+439pp, hc, anth) Cover: Margo Herr
• A Science Fiction Argosy, (Mar 1972, ed. Damon Knight, publ. Simon & Schuster, 0-671-21126-9, $9.95, 828pp, hc, anth) Cover: Wendell Minor - [VERIFIED]
• A Science Fiction Argosy, (May 1972, ed. Damon Knight, publ. Simon & Schuster / SFBC, #2710, $3.98, xii+819pp, hc, anth) Cover: Wendell Minor - [VERIFIED]
• The Mirror of Infinity: A Critics' Anthology of Science Fiction, (1973, ed. Robert Silverberg, publ. Perennial Library / Harper & Row, 0-06-080306-1, $1.50, xiv+303pp, pb, anth) - [VERIFIED]
• A Science Fiction Argosy, (Apr 1973, ed. Damon Knight, publ. Gollancz, 0-575-01520-9, £, 832pp, hc, anth)
• As Tomorrow Becomes Today, (1974, ed. Charles W. Sullivan, publ. Prentice-Hall, 0-13-050021-6, $4.95, xv+456pp, tp, anth)
• Supernatural Cats, (Jan 1974, ed. Claire Necker, publ. Warner Paperback Library, 0-446-59370-2, $1.75, 446pp, pb, anth) Cover: Tony Ruta - [VERIFIED]
• Les seigneurs de l'instrumentalité: Tome 1, (Jul 1974, Cordwainer Smith, publ. OPTA (Club du Livre d'Anticipation #50), 2-7201-0002-1, 391pp, hc, omni) - [VERIFIED]
• Sternträumer, (1975, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Insel (Phantastische Wirklichkeit: Science Fiction der Welt), 3-458-05863-X, DM 16.50, 254pp, hc, coll)
• The Best of Cordwainer Smith, (Jul 1975, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Nelson Doubleday / SFBC, #1180, $2.49, [8]+342pp, hc, coll) Cover: Janice C. Tate - [VERIFIED]
• The Best of Cordwainer Smith, (Sep 1975, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Ballantine, 0-345-24581-4, $1.95, xix+377pp, pb, coll) Cover: Darrell Sweet - [VERIFIED]
• You Will Never Be the Same, (Oct 1975, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Garland Publishing, 0-8240-1429-4, $11.00, 176pp, hc, coll)
• Ötvenedik, (1977, ed. Kuczka Péter, publ. Kozmosz Könyvek (Hungary) (Kozmosz Fantasztikus Könyvek), 963-211-179-6, 525pp, pb, anth) Cover: Korga György - [VERIFIED]
• The Best of Cordwainer Smith, (Oct 1977, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-27202-1, $2.25, xix+377pp, pb, coll) Cover: Darrell Sweet - [VERIFIED]
• Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology, (Jun 1978, ed. Patricia Warrick, Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander, publ. Harper & Row, 0-06-011626-9, $14.95, xviii+476pp, hc, anth) Cover: Mark Rubin - [VERIFIED]
• The Road to Science Fiction #3: From Heinlein to Here, (Dec 1979, ed. James Gunn, publ. Mentor / New American Library, 0-451-61784-3, $2.75, xi+656pp, pb, anth) Cover: Paul Stinson - [VERIFIED]
• Les Seigneurs de l'Instrumentalité Tome 1, (1980, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Science Fiction #7056), 2-253-02435-X, 378pp, pb, omni) Cover: Gérard Ruffin - [VERIFIED]
• Die besten Stories von Cordwainer Smith, (Sep 1980, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction #6708), 3-8118-6708-3, DM 7.80, 415pp, pb, coll) Cover: Carl Lundgren - [VERIFIED]
• The Great Science Fiction Series, (Nov 1980, ed. Joseph Olander, Martin Harry Greenberg, Frederik Pohl, publ. Harper & Row, 0-06-013382-1, $16.95, x+419pp, hc, anth) Cover: Jon Weiman
• Fantastic Creatures, (1981, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, publ. Franklin Watts, 0-531-04342-8, 155pp, hc, anth) Cover: Neil Waldman
• The Golden Age of Science Fiction, (Oct 1981, ed. Kingsley Amis, publ. Hutchinson, 0-09-145770-X, £6.95, 370pp, hc, anth)
• L'astronave d'oro, (1982, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Fanucci Editore (Sidera nello spazio e nel tempo #4), 5,000 Lit, 3+206pp, tp, coll)
• Die Fünfziger Jahre II, (Apr 1982, ed. Hans Joachim Alpers, Werner Fuchs, publ. Hohenheim (Edition SF im Hohenheim Verlag), 3-8147-0019-8, DM 28.00, 374+[1]pp, hc, anth) Cover: Oliviero Berni - [VERIFIED]
• Science Fiction A to Z, (Aug 1982, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, publ. Houghton Mifflin, 0-395-31285-X, $21.95, xvii+651pp, hc, anth)
• The Golden Age of Science Fiction, (1983, ed. Kingsley Amis, publ. Penguin Books, 0-14-006382-X, £2.95, 365pp, pb, anth) Cover: Mick Brownfield - [VERIFIED]
• Magicats!, (Jun 1984, ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois, publ. Ace, 0-441-51530-4, $2.95, xvii+270pp, pb, anth) Cover: Ann Meisel - [VERIFIED]
• Magicats!, (Sep 1984, ed. Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann, publ. Ace, 0-441-51531-2, $2.95, xvii+270pp, pb, anth) Cover: Ann Meisel
• Magicats!, (Jul 1985, ed. Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann, publ. Ace, 0-441-51531-2, $2.95, xvii+270pp, pb, anth) Cover: Ann Meisel - [VERIFIED]
• The Best of Cordwainer Smith, (Jul 1985, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction), 0-345-32302-5, $3.50, xix+377pp, pb, coll) Cover: Darrell Sweet - [VERIFIED]
• Magicats!, (Mar 1986, ed. Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann, publ. Ace, 0-441-51532-0, $2.95, xvii+270pp, pb, anth) Cover: Ann Meisel - [VERIFIED]
• Le rêveur aux étoiles, (Sep 1987, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5266), 2-266-02039-0, 344pp, pb, coll) Cover: W. Siudmak - [VERIFIED]
• Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology, (1988, ed. Patricia S. Warrick, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, publ. Harper & Row, 0-06-046941-2, xi + 522pp, anth)
• The Great SF Stories: #17 (1955), (Jan 1988, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, publ. DAW Books (DAW Collectors #733), 0-88677-256-7, $3.95, 349pp, pb, anth) Cover: Jim Burns - [VERIFIED]
• Space-Fighters, (Apr 1988, ed. Charles G. Waugh, Martin Harry Greenberg, Joe Haldeman, publ. Ace Books, 0-441-77786-4, $3.50, 296pp, pb, anth) Cover: Walter Velez - [VERIFIED]
• The Rediscovery of Man, (Jun 1988, Cordwainer Smith, publ. VGSF / Gollancz (VGSF Classics #25), 0-575-04165-X, £3.50, xix+377pp, pb, coll) Cover: John Avon
• The Rediscovery of Man, (Sep 1988, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Gollancz, 0-575-04352-0, £11.95, xix+377pp, hc, coll) Cover: John Avon - [VERIFIED]
• Sternträumer, (1991, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Suhrkamp (Phantastische Bibliothek #193), 3-518-37893-7, DM 14.00, 290pp, pb, coll) Cover: Tom Breuer - [VERIFIED]
• Cats in Space and Other Places, (May 1992, ed. Bill Fawcett, publ. Baen, 0-671-72118-6, $4.99, 407pp, pb, anth) Cover: Dean Morrissey - [VERIFIED]
• The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith, (Jun 1993, Cordwainer Smith, publ. NESFA Press, 0-915368-56-0, $24.95, xvi+671pp, hc, coll) Cover: Jack Gaughan - [VERIFIED]
• The Road to Science Fiction 3: From Heinlein to Here, (Jul 1996, ed. James Gunn, publ. Borealis / White Wolf Publishing, 1-56504-821-0, $14.99, XXVII+529pp, tp, anth) Cover: Michael Scott Cohen - [VERIFIED]
• A Century of Science Fiction 1950-1959, (Feb 1997, ed. Robert Silverberg, publ. MJF Books, 1-56731-154-7, $8.98, 341pp, hc, anth) Cover: Vincent Di Fate - [VERIFIED]
• Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology, (1998, ed. Joseph Olander, Patricia Warrick, Martin Harry Greenberg, publ. HarperCollins, 0-06-046943-9, $15.62, hc, anth)
• The Rediscovery of Man, (May 1999, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Millennium / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #10), 1-85798-819-1, £6.99, xix+377pp, tp, coll) Cover: Chris Moore - [VERIFIED]
• The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century, (May 2001, ed. Harry Turtledove, Martin H. Greenberg, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-43989-9, $18.00, xii+[1]+544+[2]pp, tp, anth) Cover: Jeff Corwin - [VERIFIED]
• The Road to Science Fiction Volume 3: From Heinlein to Here, (Mar 2002, ed. James Gunn, publ. Scarecrow Press, 0-8108-4245-9, $32.50, 565pp, tp, anth)
• The Ultimate Cyberpunk, (Sep 2002, ed. Pat Cadigan, publ. ibooks, 0-7434-5239-9, $16.00, xiv+399pp, tp, anth) Cover: Bruce Jensen - [VERIFIED]
• The Rediscovery of Man, (2003, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #10), 1-85798-819-1, £6.99, xix+377pp, tp, coll) Cover: Chris Moore - [VERIFIED]
• The Rediscovery of Man, (2003, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #10), 1-85798-819-1, £6.99, xix+377pp, tp, coll) Cover: Chris Moore
• The Ultimate Cyberpunk, (May 2004, ed. Pat Cadigan, publ. ibooks, 0-7434-8652-8, $7.99, 399pp, pb, anth) Cover: Bruce Jensen
• The Space Opera Renaissance, (Jul 2006, ed. David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, publ. Tor, 0-765-30617-4, $39.95, 941pp, hc, anth) Cover: NASA - [VERIFIED]
• The Space Opera Renaissance, (Aug 2006, ed. David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, publ. Tor / SFBC, #12-15904, $34.95, 941pp, hc, anth) - [VERIFIED]
• The Space Opera Renaissance, (Jul 2007, ed. David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, publ. Orb, 0-765-30618-2, $24.95, 941pp, tp, anth) Cover: NASA
• When the People Fell, (Sep 2007, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Baen, 1-4165-2146-1, $15.00, 599pp, tp, coll) Cover: Tom Kidd
• When the People Fell, (Sep 2007, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Baen, 978-1-4165-2146-4, $6.00, ebook, coll) Cover: Tom Kidd
• The Game of Rat and Dragon, (Aug 2009, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Project Gutenberg, $0.00, ebook)
• Short Science Fiction Collection 25, (Sep 2009, ed. LibriVox, publ. LibriVox, digital audio download, anth)
• The Rediscovery of Man, (Feb 2010, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Gollancz (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)), 978-0-575-09424-6, £8.99, 400pp, tp, coll)
• Short Science Fiction Collection 033, (Mar 2010, ed. LibriVox, publ. LibriVox, digital audio download, anth)
• Scanners and Others: Three Science Fiction Stories, (Apr 2010, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Wildside Press, 978-1-55742-120-3, $3.99, 74pp, tp, coll)
• The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction, (Aug 2010, ed. Rob Latham, Veronica Hollinger, Joan Gordon, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., Arthur B. Evans, Carol McGuirk, publ. Wesleyan University Press, 978-0-8195-6955-4, $39.95, xviii+767pp, tp, anth) Cover: Georges Méliès - [VERIFIED]
• The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction, (Aug 2010, ed. Rob Latham, Veronica Hollinger, Joan Gordon, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., Arthur B. Evans, Carol McGuirk, publ. Wesleyan University Press, 978-0-8195-6954-7, $85.00, 688pp, hc, anth) - [VERIFIED]
• Was aus den Menschen wurde, (2011, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Heyne (Meisterwerke der Science Fiction), 978-3-453-52806-2, €12.99, [2]+1052+[1]pp, pb, coll) Cover: Hauptmann & Kompanie Werbeagentur - [VERIFIED]
• Was aus den Menschen wurde, (Mar 2011, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Heyne (Meisterwerke der Science Fiction), 978-3-453-52806-2, €12.99, [2]+1052+[1]pp, pb, coll) Cover: Hauptmann & Kompanie Werbeagentur
• The Mammoth Book of SF Wars, (May 2012, ed. Ian Watson, Ian Whates, publ. Robinson, 978-1-78033-040-2, £7.99, xii+497pp, tp, anth) Cover: Joe Roberts - [VERIFIED]
• The Mammoth Book of SF Wars, (Jul 2012, ed. Ian Watson, Ian Whates, publ. Running Press, 978-0-7624-4592-9, $13.95, 497pp, tp, anth)
• When the People Fell, (Aug 2012, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Baen, 978-1-4516-3829-5, $7.99, 829pp, pb, coll) Cover: Tom Kidd
• The Road to Science Fiction 3: From Heinlein to Here, (date unknown, ed. James Gunn, publ. Mentor, 0-451-62427-0, $4.95, xi+656pp, pb, anth) Cover: Paul Stinson
• The Mirror of Infinity: A Critics' Anthology of Science Fiction, (date unknown, ed. Robert Silverberg, publ. Perennial Library / Harper & Row, 0-06-080306-1, $1.95, xiv+303pp, pb, anth)
• The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith, (date unknown, Cordwainer Smith, publ. NESFA Press, 0-915368-56-0, $25.00, xvi+671pp, hc, coll) Cover: Jack Gaughan - [VERIFIED]
• The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith, (date unknown, Cordwainer Smith, publ. NESFA Press, 0-915368-56-0, $24.95, xvi+671pp, hc, coll) Cover: Jack Gaughan - [VERIFIED]
• The Rediscovery of Man, (date unknown, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #10), 978-1-85798-819-2, £7.99, xix+377pp, tp, coll) Cover: Chris Moore - [VERIFIED]
• The Road to Science Fiction 3: From Heinlein to Here, (date unknown, ed. James Gunn, publ. Mentor, 0-451-61910-2, $3.50, xi+656pp, pb, anth) Cover: Paul Stinson
• The Road to Science Fiction 3: From Heinlein to Here, (date unknown, ed. James Gunn, publ. Mentor, 0-451-61910-2, $3.50, xi+656pp, pb, anth) Cover: Paul Stinson

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