see also: Cordwainer Smith's stories of the Underpeople
"The Dead Lady of Clown Town" is my favorite, but "The Ballad of Lost C'Mell" is right up there, too. Hard to find, but not out of print..
When he wrote them fifty years ago, there wasn't a way to get there -- maybe now there is. It'd be nice to hope the Instrumentality was coming, too.
