We the Underpeople (Omnibus)

Novel and short stories: 1 Norstrilia [Novel] 2 Alpha Ralpha Boulevard 3 Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons 4 The Ballad of Lost C'Mell 5 The Dead Lady of Clown Town 6 Under Old Earth Humans are kept stagnantly happy by the 'Instrumentality' totalitarian government. Underpeople are slave humanoids bred from animals. Planet Norstrilia is the only source of drug stroon that makes man immortal, where Rod McBan is a boy, yet owns Earth. On Earth, he joins C'Mell and the Underpeople to bring back freedom. In a far-flung future, planoforming ships knit together a galaxy ruled from Earth by mysterious Lords of the Instrumentality. The Underpeople, created from animals to do the work of utopia, had no rights, and could be disposed of at the whim of a human. But their Leader, the cat woman C'Mell, had a plan for gaining their freedom. The Dead Lady Of Clown Town -- Under Old Earth -- Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons -- Alpha Ralpha Boulevard -- The Ballad Of Lost C'mell -- Norstrilia. Cordwainer Smith ; Selected By Hank Davis ; [introduction By Robert Silverberg].