Handicapped, The

Publication date: 
1967-12
Publication type: 
Short Story
Published: 
Galaxy, December 1967
Opus No.: 
23
Setting: 
Known Space
I.U.C.: 
K.S. 26 (2647)
Characters: 
Garvey; Jilson
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.

Notes: 

Grogs, a.k.a. "Handicap"

Reprints: 

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