Series

Instrumentality of Mankind

by Cordwainer Smith

4 books in reading order

  1. #5 Scanners Live in Vain Cordwainer Smith · 1950
  2. #10 The Game of Rat and Dragon Cordwainer Smith · 1955
  3. #13 Himself in Anachron Cordwainer Smith
  4. #20 The Ballad of Lost C'mell Cordwainer Smith · 1962

Also in the series

  1. The Planet Buyer Cordwainer Smith · 1964
  2. Quest of the Three Worlds Cordwainer Smith · 1965
  3. We the Underpeople Cordwainer Smith · 1968
  4. The Instrumentality of Mankind Cordwainer Smith · 1974
  5. Norstrilia Cordwainer Smith · 1975
  6. The Rediscovery of Man Cordwainer Smith · 1975
  7. The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith Cordwainer Smith · 1993
  8. When the People Fell Cordwainer Smith · 2007