Handicapped, The (#23)


DateSettingTypePublishedI.U.C.
1967-12Known Space [all] Short StoryGalaxy, December 1967
K.S. 26 (2647)


ReprintsCharactersNotes
anthology, World's Best Science Fiction 1968, edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr;
Neutron Star
World of Ptavvs/A Gift from Earth/Neutron Star
Garvey;
Jilson
Grogs, a.k.a. "Handicap"


Summary
Garvey, maker of "hands" for sentient beings who need them (such as dolphins and Bandersnatch) is introduced to the sessile Grogs of Down, who reveal to him the depth of their intelligence by telepathic means.