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When the People Fell

Cordwainer Smith

First published April 1959
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series The Instrumentality of Mankind

Publications (26)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 1959 Galaxy Magazine, April 1959 Galaxy Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 147
May 1959 Galaxy, No. 73 Strato Publications MAGAZINE 137
March 1961 The Fifth Galaxy Reader Doubleday Anthology 247
September 1961 The Fifth Galaxy Reader Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 247
February 1963 The Fifth Galaxy Reader Pocket Books Anthology 228
August 1971 Stardreamer Beagle Books Collection 129
May 1978 Perilous Planets: An Anthology of Way-Back-When Futures Weidenfeld & Nicolson Anthology 223
May 1979 The Instrumentality of Mankind Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 71
May 1979 The Instrumentality of Mankind Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 71
February 1980 Perilous Planets Avon Anthology 209
June 1980 Perilous Planets Orbit / Futura Anthology 223
July 1985 The Instrumentality of Mankind Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 71
July 1985 The Instrumentality of Mankind Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 71
November 1988 The Instrumentality of Mankind VGSF / Gollancz Collection 71
March 1989 The Instrumentality of Mankind Victor Gollancz Collection 71
June 1993 The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith NESFA Press Collection 119
December 2001 Worldmakers: SF Adventures in Terraforming St. Martin's Griffin Anthology 50
August 2002 Worldmakers: SF Adventures in Terraforming St. Martin's Griffin Anthology
September 2007 When the People Fell Baen Books Collection
September 2007 When the People Fell Baen Books Collection 8
April 2011 Worldmakers: SF Adventures in Terraforming St. Martin's Griffin Anthology
September 2011 The Instrumentality of Mankind Gateway / Orion Collection
August 2012 When the People Fell Baen Books Collection 201
September 2012 Science Fiction Gems, Volume Four Armchair Fiction Anthology 149
March 2017 When the People Fell Project Gutenberg Canada Chapbook
January 2018 The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith NESFA Press Collection 135