num_pages: 238
description: 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)"First Edition: May 1979" stated on the copyright page.
language: English
title: The Instrumentality of Mankind
titlecomplete: The Instrumentality of Mankind
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Space Opera, Philosophy, Collections, Anthologies, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics
ratings_count: 1512
series: L'Instrumentalité, Instrumentality of Mankind
publisher: Del Rey / Ballantine