Dr. Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, writing as "Cordwainer Smith": Space Lords - his second collection of stories (all part of the "Instrumentality of Mankind" series) in it's first book appearance. These are great stories.

Prologue
Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons
The Dead Lady of Clown Town
Drunkboat
The Ballad of Lost C'Mell
A Planet Named Shayol
Epilogue