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• viii • Timeline from The Instrumentality of Mankind • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1975) • essay by John J. Pierce [as by J. J. Pierce]
• xi • Cordwainer Smith: The Shaper of Myths • (1975) • essay by John J. Pierce [as by J. J. Pierce]
• 1 • Scanners Live in Vain • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1950) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• 40 • The Lady Who Sailed the Soul • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1960) • novelette by Genevieve Linebarger and Cordwainer Smith [as by Cordwainer Smith]
• 67 • The Game of Rat and Dragon • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1955) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 84 • The Burning of the Brain • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1958) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 95 • The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1964) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 114 • 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]
• 124 • The Dead Lady of Clown Town • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1964) • novella by Cordwainer Smith
• 210 • Under Old Earth • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1966) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• 257 • Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1961) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• 283 • Alpha Ralpha Boulevard • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1961) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• 315 • The Ballad of Lost C'mell • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1962) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• 338 • A Planet Named Shayol • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1961) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith