Instrumentality of Mankind - Cordwainer Smith - cover artist Michael Herring

Ballantine paperback - published July 1985

The is a variation of the identical cover art used on the 1st printing - see my Cordwainer Smith set for the other image. CR

 

contents:

viii • Timeline from The Instrumentality of Mankind • (1975) • essay by John J. Pierce [as by J. J. Pierce ]

• xi • Introduction (The Instrumentality of Mankind) • (1979) • essay by Frederik Pohl

• 1 • No, No, Not Rogov! • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1959) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith

• 21 • War No. 81-Q • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1928) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith

• 25 • Mark Elf • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1957) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith

• 40 • The Queen of the Afternoon • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1978) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith

• 71 • When the People Fell • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1959) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith

• 85 • Think Blue, Count Two • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1963) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith

• 119 • The Colonel Came Back from the Nothing-at-All • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1979) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith

• 129 • From Gustible's Planet • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1962) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith

• 136 • Drunkboat • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1963) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith

• 171 • Western Science Is So Wonderful • (1958) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith

• 186 • Nancy • (1959) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith

• 200 • The Fife of Bodidharma • (1959) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith

• 210 • Angerhelm • (1959) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith

• 233 • The Good Friends • (1963) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith

 

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