"Scanners Live in Vain" is a science fiction short story by American writer Cordwainer Smith, the pen name of Paul Linebarger. The story was the first to be published in Smith's future history called the Instrumentality of Mankind and the first to appear under the pseudonym of Cordwainer Smith. It was initially published in the semi-professional magazine Fantasy Book in 1950, five years after it was written.
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- The Instrumentality of Mankind
- contained in Beyond the End of Timeanthology
- contained in Decade: The 1950santhology
- contained in First Voyagesanthology
- contained in Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction: Sixth Seriesanthology
- contained in Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonderanthology
- contained in Scanners and Otherscollection
- contained in Supernovas: Award Winning and Nominee Science Fictionanthology
- contained in The Best of Cordwainer Smithcollection
- contained in The Great SF Stories 12 (1950)anthology
- contained in The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smithcollection
- contained in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Oneanthology
- contained in We, Robotsanthology
- contained in When the People Fellcollection
- contained in You Will Never Be the Samecollection