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Scanners Live in Vain

Cordwainer Smith

First published January 1950
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series The Instrumentality of Mankind

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2001 Retro Hugo Award Best Novelette Runner-up
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (75)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1950 Fantasy Book, Vol. 1, No. 6 Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. MAGAZINE 32
January 1952 Beyond the End of Time Permabooks Anthology 210
December 1953 Science and Sorcery Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. Anthology 9
1963 You Will Never Be the Same Regency Books Collection 49
April 1970 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One Doubleday Anthology 288
May 1970 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 288
September 1970 You Will Never Be the Same Berkley Medallion Collection 55
July 1971 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 354
July 1971 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 354
1972 Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol Two Sphere Anthology |2
1972 Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume Two Sphere Anthology |2
November 1972 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 354
1973 Survival Printout Vintage Books Anthology 255
April 1973 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 354
1975 Science Fiction Hall of Fame: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time Avon Anthology 354
July 1975 The Best of Cordwainer Smith Nelson Doubleday / SFBC Collection 9
September 1975 The Best of Cordwainer Smith Ballantine Books Collection 1
September 1975 The Best of Cordwainer Smith Ballantine Books Collection 1
October 1975 You Will Never Be the Same Garland Publishing Collection 55
1976 Decade: The 1950s Macmillan UK Anthology
March 1977 Decade: the 1950s Pan Books Anthology 71
October 1977 The Best of Cordwainer Smith Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 1
October 1977 The Best of Cordwainer Smith Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 1
1978 Decade: The 1950s St. Martin's Press Anthology 71
April 1978 Decade: The 1950s St. Martin's Press Anthology 71
May 1978 Science and Sorcery Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. Anthology 3
May 1981 First Voyages Avon Anthology 173
September 1984 The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) DAW Books Anthology 70
September 1984 The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Anthology 70
July 1985 The Best of Cordwainer Smith Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 1
July 1986 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 354
October 1987 Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder Warner Books Anthology 191
1988 Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction: Sixth Series Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 375
June 1988 The Rediscovery of Man VGSF / Gollancz Collection 1
September 1988 The Rediscovery of Man Gollancz Collection 1
November 1988 Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder Victor Gollancz Anthology 190
November 1988 Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder VGSF / Victor Gollancz Anthology 190
April 1989 Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder Warner Books Anthology 190
June 1993 The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith NESFA Press Collection 65
April 1997 Decades of Science Fiction NTC Publishing Group Anthology 214
April 1997 Decades of Science Fiction NTC Publishing Group Anthology 214
August 1998 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 288
May 1999 The Rediscovery of Man Millennium / Orion Collection 1
2001 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One The Easton Press Anthology 288
March 2001 Science Fiction: 101 ibooks Anthology 294
2003 The Rediscovery of Man Gollancz / Orion Collection 1
February 2003 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 Tor Anthology 290
February 2005 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 Orb Anthology 290
October 2005 Science Fiction: 101 ibooks Anthology 294
September 2007 When the People Fell Baen Books Collection
September 2007 When the People Fell Baen Books Collection 6
September 2008 Scanners Live in Vain Wonder eBooks Chapbook
February 2010 The Rediscovery of Man Gollancz / Orion Collection
April 2010 Scanners and Others: Three Science Fiction Stories Wildside Press Collection 7
August 2012 When the People Fell Baen Books Collection 113
November 2012 The Rediscovery of Man Gateway / Orion Collection
May 2014 Science Fiction: 101: Exploring the Craft of Science Fiction Roc / New American Library Anthology 265
May 2014 Science Fiction: 101: Exploring the Craft of Science Fiction Open Road Integrated Media Anthology |265
November 2016 The Best of Cordwainer Smith Blackstone Audio Collection |9
November 2016 The Best of Cordwainer Smith Blackstone Audiobooks Collection |3
November 2016 The Best of Cordwainer Smith Blackstone Audiobooks Collection |3
November 2016 The Best of Cordwainer Smith Blackstone Audiobooks Collection |3
April 2017 The Best of Cordwainer Smith Phoenix Pick Collection
April 2017 The Best of Cordwainer Smith Phoenix Pick Collection
December 2017 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One, 1929-1964 Blackstone Audio Anthology |288
January 2018 The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith NESFA Press Collection 81
February 2018 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 Tor Anthology
July 2018 Scanners Live in Vain Project Gutenberg Canada Chapbook
October 2018 Scanners Live in Vain Faded Page Chapbook
November 2018 Supernovas: Award Winning and Nominee Science Fiction PageTurner Editions Anthology |5
March 2019 Supernovas: Award Winning and Nominee Science Fiction Wordwooze Publishing Anthology |5
December 2020 We, Robots Ad Astra / Head of Zeus Anthology |506
December 2020 We, Robots Ad Astra / Head of Zeus Anthology |506
December 2021 We, Robots Apollo / Head of Zeus Anthology |506
June 2024 Scanners Live in Vain Project Gutenberg Chapbook