Index | Opus # | Title | Type | Setting | Published | Date | reprints | Characters | Awards | Notes | I.U.C. |
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1 | 1 | Coldest Place, The | Short story | Known Space | Worlds of If, Dec 1964 | 1964-12 | Tales of Known Space; Three Books of Known Space; Hitting the Skids in Pixeltown, ed. Orson Scott Card, Keith Olexa & Christian O'Toole, Phobos Books 2003 |
Eric the Cyborg & Howie | Summary 1st published story; printed about the time that scientists determined with radar pulses that Mercury doesn't keep one face to the sun after all. |
K.S. 01 (1985) | |
2 | 2 | World of Ptavvs | Novella | Known Space | Worlds of Tomorrow, March 1965 | 1965-03 | n/a | Luke Garner; Kzanol; Larry Greenberg |
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3 | 3 | Wrong-Way Street | Short story | Time Travel/Parallel Universe | Galaxy, April 1965 | 1965-04 | anthology, The Ninth Galaxy Reader, edited by Frederik Pohl, 1966;
anthology, Voyagers in Time, edited by Robert Silverberg, cloth and paper; anthology, First Flights to the Moon, edited by Hal Clement, cloth; Convergent Series; Portugese anthology, Viajantes No Tiempo, as "Rua de Sentido Unico," from Galleria Panorama; Anthology, Twelve Great Science Fiction Stories, ed. Robert Silverberg. Grosset & Dunlap, 1970, paper; anthology, Die Morder Mohammeds, as "Falsche Richtung," Marion von Schroder Verlag, 1970; as "Tweerichtingsverkeer," in Alfo Een copyright 1973 Muelenhoff Nederland bv |
Mike Capoferri, Terry Holmes | Nebula nominee | Summary E-book stand-alone |
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4 | 4 | One Face | Short story | Known Space: prototype | Galaxy, June 1965 | 1965-06 | The Shape of Space; Inconstant Moon (Gollancz/Sphere); Convergent Series; French, Galaxie, Juin 1967 as "La Face Cachee de la Terre"; paper, anthology, Science Fiction-Verhalen, Meulenhoff, Amsterdam, as "De Schaduzijde"; Alpha 8, ed. Robert Silverberg, Berkley 1977 |
Verd Spacercaptain; Chanda Metalminds; Lourdi Coursefinder; Strac Astrophysics; Jimm Farmer |
Summary stand-alone, NOT a known Space story though it contains names and themes that were later folded into Known Space |
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5 | 5 | Becalmed in Hell | Short story | Known Space | Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1965 | 1965-07 | anthology, World's Best Science Fiction: 1966, edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr; anthology, Nebula Award Stories 1965, edited by Damon Knight (cloth and paper); anthology, Twenty Years of Fantasy and Science Fiction, edited by Edward L. Ferman and Robert P. Mills (cloth and paper); Anthology, A Science Fiction Argosy, Damon Knight ed. Simon & Schuster, 1972 All the Myriad Ways; Inconstant Moon (Gollancz/Sphere); Tales of Known Space; Dutch anthology, De Speekselboom (Nebula Award Stories I) as "Dobberen in de Hel," ed. Damon Knight, Uitgeverij Luiingh--Laren N.H.; anthology, Der Gigant, as "Pann in der Holle," from science-Fiction-Erzahlungen; Playgrounds of the Mind; Three Books of Known Space; Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2000; Exploring the Horizons, ed. Gardner Dozois, SFBC 2000 |
Eric the Cyborg & Howie | Nebula nominee | Summary E-book sequel to "The Coldest Place" |
K.S. 02 (1985) |
6 | 6 | Warriors, The | Short story | Known Space: Man-Kzin Wars | Worlds of If, February 1966 | 1966-02 | The Shape of Space; Tales of Known Space; Man-Kzin Wars Vol. 1; Three Books of Known Space; Man-Kzin Wars: The Best of All Possible Wars, ed. Larry Niven, Baen 1998 |
Steve Weaver, Ann Harrison, Jim Davis, Sue Bhang, Kzin | Summary 1st Man-Kzin War story |
K.S. 18 (2360) | |
7 | 7 | Eye of an Octopus | Short story | Known Space | Galaxy, February 1966 | 1966-02 | Tales of Known Space; Three Books of Known Space |
Henry Bedrosian, Christopher Luden, Abe Cooper, martians | Summary Discovery of Martians |
K.S. 04 (1996) | |
8 | 8 | Bordered in Black | Short story | Known Space: prototype | Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1966 | 1966-04 | The Shape of Space; Inconstant Moon (Gollancz/Sphere); anthology, SF:3, Author's Choice, edited by Harry Harrison; Convergent Series; N-Space |
Carver Rappaport, Winston Turnbull, William "Wall" Kameon | Summary stand-alone, not a Known Space story though the Hyperspace "blind spot" was later incorporated into Known Space. |
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9 | 9 | By Mind Alone | Short story | stand-alone | Worlds of If, June 1966 | 1966-06 | n/a | Summary stand-alone story about teleportation |
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10 | 10 | World of Ptavvs | Novel | Known Space | paper, Ballantine, 1966; Hardcover, MacDonald; paper, Sphere | 1966-08 | French hardback, Le Monde De Ptavvs, 1974 from Editions Opta. Glorious interior illos.; as Kzanol de Ruimtepraat, from Prism, Het Nederlandse Pocketboek. Copyright 1970 by Het Spetrum; as El Mundo De Los Ptaavs, paper, Edaf, Madrir, 1976; German, as Das Doppelhirn, paper, Bastei Lubbe, 1977; Italian, as Stasi Interrotta, 1976, Fanucci Editore, Eddie Jones cover; paper, as De Wereld Van De Ptavvs, 1979, Elsevier SF Elevier Nederland B.V., Amsterdam/Brussel; Three Books of Known Space; World of Ptavvs/A Gift from Earth/Neutron Star |
Luke Garner, Larry Greenberg, Kzanol, Lloyd Masney, Charles "Lit" Shaeffer. Expanded version of the novella. | Review First Luke Garner story; gives detailed history of the Slavers and their artifacts (including bandersnatchi, stasis fields, stage trees and sunflowers, all of which play significant roles in later Known Space stories). |
K.S. 07 (2106) | |
11 | 11 | How the Heroes Die | Short story | Known Space | Galaxy, October 1966 | 1966-10 | The Shape of Space; Inconstant Moon (Gollancz/Sphere); Tales of Known Space; Three Books of Known Space |
John "Jack" Carter, Rufus Doolittle, Michael Shute, Gondot, Lee Cousins, Hurley, Alf Harness, Lew Harness, Timmy; Martians | Summary murder on Mars, and Martians |
K.S. 05 (2040) | |
12 | 12 | Neutron Star | Short story | Known Space | Worlds of If, October 1966 | 1966-10 | anthology, Where Do We Go From Here? Ed. Isaac Asimov; anthology, The Hugo Winners, ed. Isaac Asimov; anthology, The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction, compiled by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg; Anthology, Stories From The Hugo Winners Vol. 2, by Isaac Asimov, Fawcett, 1972 French, Galaxie, Mars 1968, as "L'etoile Invisible"; in Galactica, Hungarian; Speculations, ed. Thomas E. Sanders, Glencoe Press 1973; Science Fiction. English and American Short Stories, ed. V. S. Muravyev, Moscow: Progress Publishers 1979; Neutron Star; World of Ptavvs/A Gift from Earth/Neutron Star; Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction Firsts, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Beaufort 1984; Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology, ed. Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Bluejay 1986; Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century, ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Crown/Avenel 1987; Cosmic Critiques, ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg, Writer's Digest 1990; The Super Hugos, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Baen 1992; Crashlander; The SF Collection, ed. Edel Brosnan, Chancellor Press 1994 |
Beowulf Shaeffer; Sigmund Ausfaller, puppeteers | Hugo winner | Summary E-Book First Beowulf Shaeffer story; first story set in the hyperdrive era of Known Space. |
K.S. 22 (2644) |
13 | 13 | At the Core | Short story | Known Space | Worlds of If, November 1966 | 1966-11 | anthology, The Second If Reader of Science Fiction, edited by Frederik Pohl (cloth and paperback); Neutron Star; French, Galaxie, Avril 1968 as "Jusqu'au Coeur"; CATASTROPHES! ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh, First Fawcett Crest Printing, July 1981; World of Ptavvs/A Gift from Earth/Neutron Star; Crashlander |
Beowulf Shaeffer, puppeteers | Summary E-book Beowulf discovers the core of the galaxy is exploding. First appearance of Long Shot |
K.S. 24 (2646) | |
14 | 14 | At the Bottom of a Hole | Short story | Known Space | Galaxy, December 1966 | 1966-12 | The Shape of Space; Inconstant Moon (Gollancz/Sphere); Tales of Known Space; Three Books of Known Space |
Luke Garner; Lit Shaeffer; Martians; Muller | Summary Martians |
K.S. 08 (2112) | |
15 | 15 | Relic of the Empire, A | Short story | Known Space | Worlds of If, Dec 1966 | 1966-12 | anthology-textbook, The Great Science Fiction Series, with commentary; Neutron Star; in Galactica, Hungarian; World of Ptavvs/A Gift from Earth/Neutron Star; Playgrounds of the Mind |
Richard Harvey Schultz-Mann | Summary 1st story that ties the world of Luke Garner to the world of Beowulf Shaeffer |
K.S. 23 (2645) | |
16 | 16 | Soft Weapon, The | Short story | Known Space | World of If, February 1967 | 1967-02 | Neutron Star; as "L'Arme Molle," in Galaxie, Septembre 1971; World of Ptavvs/A Gift from Earth/Neutron Star; Playgrounds of the Mind |
Nessus; Jason Papandreou; Anne-Marie Papandreou; Chuft-Captain; Flyer; Slaverstudent; Telepath | Summary Introduction of Nessus; later made into "The Slaver Weapon," an animated Star Trek script, with Spock in Nessus' role. |
K.S. 31 (2658) | |
17 | 17 | Long Night, The | Short story | stand-alone | Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1967 | 1967-03 | Inconstant Moon (Gollancz); Convergent Series; Mathenauts, ed. Rudy Rucker, Arbor House 1987; N-Space |
unnamed protagonist | Summary a.k.a. "Convergent Series" |
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18 | 18 | Flatlander | Short story | Known Space | Worlds of If, March 1967 | 1967-03 | anthology, Seven Trips Through Time and Space, edited by Groff Conklin; Neutron Star; World of Ptavvs/A Gift from Earth/Neutron Star; Crashlander |
Beowulf Shaeffer; Sharrol; Elephant; Gregory Pelton | Nebula nominee | Summary E-book First appearance of Outsiders |
K.S. 25 (2646) |
19 | 19 | Ethics of Madness, The | Short story | Known Space: prototype | Worlds of If, April 1967 | 1967-04 | Neutron Star; World of Ptavvs/A Gift from Earth/Neutron Star |
Douglas Hooker; Greg Loeffler | Summary First description of Plateau; dates and technology make this story inconsistent with Known Space chronology. Chronologically this is the last story set in pre-hyperdrive Known Space. |
K.S. 21a (2425) | |
20 | 20 | Safe at Any Speed | Short story | Known Space | Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1967 | 1967-05 | The Shape of Space; Tales of Known Space; anthology, 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories, edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander; Three Books of Known Space |
unnamed protagonist | Summary The "Last" Known Space story |
K.S. 40 (3101) | |
21 | 21 | Adults, The | Short story | Known Space | Galaxy, June 1967 | 1967-06 | Protector | Summary Review Protector part 1 |
K.S. 12 (2125) | ||
22 | 22 | Jigsaw Man, The | Short story | Known Space | Dangerous Visions (anthology), Edited by Harlan Ellison; Doubleday (later editions from Berkley, Sphere and Signet) | 1967-08 | All the Myriad Ways; Tales of Known Space; The Road to Science Fiction #3, edited by James Gunn; French anthology, Dangereuses Visions, J'ai Lu, 1976, paper; The Survival of Freedom, ed. Jerry E. Pournelle & John F. Carr, Fawcett Crest 1981; Three Books of Known Space; Graphic version, Deepest Dimension Terror Anthology. Limited-edition comic books from Revolutionary Comics, August, 1993, #2; Anthology, Survival of Freedom, ed. Jerry Pournelle; The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. Garyn G. Roberts, Prentice-Hall 2001 |
Warren Lewis Knowles | Hugo nominee | Summary E-book 1st organ transplant story, paving the way for the Gil Hamilton stories. |
K.S. 06 (2099) |
23 | 23 | Handicapped, The | Short story | Known Space | Galaxy, December 1967 | 1967-12 | Neutron Star; anthology, World's Best Science Fiction 1968, edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr; World of Ptavvs/A Gift from Earth/Neutron Star |
Garvey; Jilson | Summary Grogs, a.k.a. "Handicap" |
K.S. 26 (2647) | |
24 | 24 | Slowboat Cargo | serial | Known Space | serial: Worlds of If, February, March and April 1968 | 1968-02 | n/a | A Gift from Earth serialization | |||
25 | 25 | Deceivers, The | Short story | Known Space | Galaxy, April 1968 | 1968-04 | Tales of Known Space; German anthology, Galaxy 13, 1969, as "Bedienung Inbegriffen" from Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München; Three Books of Known Space; Alternate Hilarities #6, 1994 |
Luke Garner; Lloyd Masney | Summary a.k.a. "Intent to Deceive" |
K.S. 09 (2113) | |
26 | 26 | Neutron Star | Collection | Known Space: Collection | paper, Ballantine; Hardcover, MacDonald; paper, Sphere | 1968-04 | Italian, abridged and filled out with cartoons, as Reliquia Dell'Imperio, from Urania; German paperback, from Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag; as Neutronster, paper, 1970 & 1979, Meulenhoff, Amsterdam; World of Ptavvs/A Gift from Earth/Neutron Star |
Beowulf Shaeffer | Collection info Collected stories of Beowulf Shaeffer, as well as other Known Space stories. Contents: "Neutron Star" "At the Core" "A Relic of the Empire" "The Soft Weapon" "Flatlander" "The Ethics of Madness" "The Handicapped" "Grendel" |
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27 | 27 | Grendel | Short story | Known Space | Neutron Star | 1968-04 | World of Ptavvs/A Gift from Earth/Neutron Star; Crashlander |
Beowulf Shaeffer; Emil Horne; Lloobee; Margo Tellefsen; Larchmont Bellamy | Summary At one point, Emil is referred to as "Jilson" |
K.S. 27 (2648) | |
28 | 28 | Dry Run | Short story | stand-alone | Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1968 | 1968-05 | The Shape of Space; Convergent Series; Portugese, as "Tentativa Simulada," in Magazine de ficcão cientifica, Julho 1971 |
Murray Simpson | Summary crime story with a metaphysical twist |
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29 | 29 | Deadlier Weapon, The | Short story | stand-alone | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 1968 | 1968-06 | The Shape of Space; Inconstant Moon (Gollancz); Convergent Series; Swedish anthology, Arets Rysare 7, Forlags Ab Semic |
unnamed protagonist | Summary crime story, not SF; Frequently asked question: is this a true story? No. |
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30 | 30 | There is a Tide | Short story | Known Space | Galaxy, July 1968 | 1968-06 | A Hole in Space; Tales of Known Space; Nederland anthology, as "Er Is Een Getij" in Het Heelal Van Der Dromers; German anthology, Galaxy 12, as "Das Glucksdspiel," Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München, 1969; Three Books of Known Space |
Louis Wu; Trinocs | Summary First appearance of Louis Wu and his "sabbaticals" |
K.S. 34 (2830) | |
31 | 31 | Wait it Out | Short story | Known Space | Future Unbounded, program book for Westercon 1968 | 1968-07 | (revised) anthology, Tomorrow's Worlds, edited by Robert Silverberg (cloth and paper); All the Myriad Ways; Inconstant Moon (Gollancz); Tales of Known Space; anthology, The Science Fictional Solar System, edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh; German anthology, Abenteuer Weltraum, paper, as "Gestrandet Auf Pluto," 1981, Bastei Lubbe; Playgrounds of the Mind; Three Books of Known Space; Science Fiction, Science Fact, and You, Robert J. Lowenherz & Lila Lowenherz, Amsco 1996 |
Sammy Cross; Jerome Glass; unnamed protagonist | Summary Harlan Ellison called this a "new wave" story. |
K.S. 03 (1989) | |
32 | 32 | For a Foggy Night | Short story | Time Travel/Parallel Universe | Decal, fanzine edited by Donald A. Cochran, July 1968 issue | 1968-07 | All the Myriad Ways; Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1971; Tales from the Spaceport Bar, ed. George H. Scithers & Darrell Schweitzer, Avon 1987; N-Space |
unnamed protagonist | Summary stand-alone |
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33 | 33 | Like Banquo's Ghost | Short story | stand-alone | Worlds of If, September 1968 | 1968-08 | The Shape of Space; semiprozine, Alternities, Autumn/Winter 1980; Convergent Series |
unnamed protagonist; Butch | Summary stand-alone |
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34 | 34 | Gift from Earth, A | Novel | Known Space | paper, Ballantine; cloth MacDonald; cloth SFBC (British book club); cloth, Walker (American); paper, Sphere | 1968-09 | Paper, from Bastei Lube, as Planet Der Verlornen, 1972 & 1982; Italian, as Uno Donan Dalla Terra, from Futuro, 1973; as Een Geschenk Van De Aarde, paper, Meulenhoff Amsterdam, 1976; paper, 1979, Hayakawa Publishing, Inc.; Three Books of Known Space; World of Ptavvs/A Gift from Earth/Neutron Star |
Matthew Keller; Jesus Pietro Castro; Millard Parlette; Harry Kane, Jayhawk Hood; Laney Mattson; Polly Tournquist; Major Jansen | Review detailed description of Mt. Lookatthat and Matt Keller's psychic power: "Plateau Eyes" |
K.S. 21 (2410) | |
35 | 35 | Meddler, The | Short story | stand-alone | Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1968 | 1968-10 | The Shape of Space; Convergent Series; N-Space |
Bruce Cheseborough, Jr.; Lester Dunhaven Sinclair the third; Handel; Adler | Summary sci-fi noir crime mash-up |
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36 | 36 | All the Myriad Ways | Short story | Time Travel/Parallel Universe | Galaxy, October 1968 | 1968-10 | Anthology, Worlds of Maybe, edited by Robert Silverberg, 1970; All The Myriad Ways; graphic, Psycho, November 1972 (as "All The Ways and Means to Die"); anthology, Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction, with memoir, cloth and paper, Wideview Books; Graphic adaptation in Unknown Worlds of Sci Fi, Sept. 1975, with interview; N-Space; The Way It Wasn't, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carol Publishing Group/Citadel Twilight 1996; The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century, ed. Harry Turtledove & Martin H. Greenberg, Ballantine Del Rey, 2001 |
Gene Trimble | Hugo nominee | Summary E-book Niven's take on divergent timelines |
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37 | 90 | Down in Flames | non-fiction | Known Space: about | fanzine, Trumpet, No. 10, 1969 [not #9 as reported elsewhere] | 1969-00 | N-Space; reprinted at larryniven.org |
Summary Read It! Destruction of Known Space, inspired by a conversation with Norman Spinrad. Never written beyond the outline phase; Niven started writing Ringworld shortly after instead. Though this saw print in 1969, it appears much further down the list in Niven's published bibliographies. |
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38 | 37 | Organleggers, The | Short story | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | Galaxy, January 1969 | 1969-01 | The Shape of Space; World's Best Science Fiction 1970, edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr; Inconstant Moon (Gollancz/Sphere); The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton; Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction # 3: Supermen, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Signet 1984; Flatlander; Supernatural Sleuths, ed. Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Penguin/Roc 1996; Israeli edition, along with The Patchwork Girl, data in Hebrew; Graphic version, as ÒA.R.M. A Tale of Known Space" adapted by Bill Spangler, Adventure Comics: Malibu Graphics Inc. September, October, November 1990. |
Gil Hamilton; Luke Garner; Jackson Bera; Owen Jennison; Julio Ordaz; Kenneth Graham; Taffy Grimes; Loren | Summary First Gil Hamilton story, featuring Luke Garner as Gil's boss. A.k.a. Death By Ecstacy |
K.S. 10 (2123) | |
39 | 38 | Exercise in Speculation: The Theory and Practice of Teleportation | non-fiction | non-fiction | Galaxy, March 1969 | 1969-03 | All the Myriad Ways | Summary Dicussion of teleportation as personal transportation and even as an interstellar drive. |
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40 | 39 | Not Long Before the End | Short story | Magic Universe: Warlock | Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1969 | 1969-04 | anthology, Nebula Awards Stories Five, edited by James Blish (cloth and paper); All the Myriad Ways; Inconstant Moon (Gollancz); anthology, The Golden Road, edited by Damon Knight; graphic, Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction, May 1975; The Magic May Return; The Time of the Warlock, SteelDragon 1984; The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, ed. Edward L. Ferman, Octopus 1985; Barbarians, ed. Robert Adams, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, NAL/Signet 1986; The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories, ed. Tom Shippey, Oxford University Press 1994; Treasures of Fantasy, ed. Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism 1997; The Magic Goes Away Collection; Anthology, Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Chancellor Press 1991. UK HB |
Warlock; Hap the barbarian; Glirendree; Sharla | Hugo nominee, Nebula nominee | Summary 1st Warlock story |
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41 | 40 | Shape of Space, The | Collection | n/a | Ballantine 1969 | 1969-01 | as Letztes Signal von Alpha Centauri, paper, Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, München | Collection info Early Niven collection, later combined into Convergent Series. Contents: "The Warriors" "Safe at Any Speed" "How the Heroes Die" "At the Bottom of a Hole" "Bordered in Black" "Like Banquo's Ghost" "One Face" "The Meddler" "Dry Run" "The Long Night" (as "Convergent Series") "The Deadlier Weapon" "The Organleggers" (as "Death by Ecstasy") |
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42 | 42 | Passerby | Short story | Léshy | Galaxy, September 1969 | 1969-12 | All the Myriad Ways; Inconstant Moon (Gollancz); N-Space |
unnamed protagonist | Summary Léshy Circuit |
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43 | 43 | Get a Horse! | Short story | Svetz | Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1969 | 1969-10 | Anthology, The Best From Fantasy and Science Fiction, 19th series, edited by Edward L. Ferman; The Flight of the Horse (as "The Flight of the Horse"); The Saturday Evening Post, June-July 1974; graphic, Questar, Golden Press; graphic, Starstream, edited by Roger Elwood; Unicorns!, ed. Jack M. Dann & Gardner R. Dozois, Ace 1982; Anthology, Roger Caras' Treasury of Great Horse Stories, ed. Roger Caras and Martin Greenberg, Galahad, 1993; Rainbow Mars |
Hanville Svetz; Ra Chen | Summary First Svetz story, renamed "Flight of the Horse." |
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44 | 46 | Unfinished Story | Short story | Magic Universe: Warlock | Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1969 | 1969-12 | All the Myriad Ways as "Unfinished Story #1"; American Journal of Physics, Febrary 1975; The Time of the Warlock, SteelDragon 1984; Playgrounds of the Mind |
Warlock | Summary short short story |
W. 02 | |
45 | 41 | Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex | non-fiction | DC Universe | Knight, December 1969 | 1969-12 | Ad Astra, issue three (British newszine); graphic underground, dramatized: More Existentialist Fun Comics; anthology, Superheroes, edited by Michael Parry, London: Sphere 1978; Heyne Science Fiction Magazin 12; All The Myriad Ways; Alien Sex, ed. Ellen Datlow, Dutton, paper, Roc/Penguin 1990; Penthouse Comix Vol 1, No. 5, January 1995; Gothic APA 15, Spring (March) 1999; N-Space; The Man from Krypton: A Closer Look at Superman, ed. Glenn Yeffeth, Benbella Books, May 1, 2006; Reprinted at larryniven.org |
Summary Read It! Entertaining speculation on Superman's sex life on Earth, including a discussion of how to preserve the Kryptonian race. Often quoted, but almost never illustrated, thanks to DC Comics' legal department. |
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46 | 44 | Misspelled Magician, The | Short story | stand-alone | serial: Worlds of If, May-June and July-August 1970 | 1970-05 | French, "Drole De Magicien," in Galaxie, Mai and Juin 1971 | Collaboration, co-written with David Gerrold, a.k.a. "The Misspelled Magishun"; expanded as The Flying Sorcerers | |||
47 | 47 | Leviathan! | Short story | Svetz | Playboy, August 1970 | 1970-08 | anthology: Last Train to Limbo, Playboy Press; The Flight of the Horse; SeaSerpents!, ed. Jack M. Dann & Gardner R. Dozois, Ace 1989; Playgrounds of the Mind; The Playboy Book Of Science Fiction: Forty-five Years Of Uncensored Tomorrows, ed. Alice K. Turner, HarperPrism 1998; Rainbow Mars |
Hanville Svetz; Ra Chen | Summary Svetz meets Moby Dick |
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48 | 45 | Bird in the Hand | Short story | Svetz | Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1970 | 1970-10 | anthology, World's Best Science Fiction 1971, edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr; The Flight of the Horse; anthology, Phoenix Feathers, edited by Barbara Silverberg; Rainbow Mars |
Hanville Svetz; Ra Chen; Zeera Southworth | Summary Svetz, cars and Rocs. Niven's published bibliographies mistakenly list the publication year as 1969, not 1970. |
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49 | 58 | Ringworld | Novel | Known Space: Ringworld | paper, Ballantine, 1970; paper, Sphere; cloth, Gallancz; cloth, Holt, Rinehart and Winston |
1970-10 | Spanish, as Mundo Anillo from Ediciones Martínez Roca, S.A.; as Burattinai Nel Cosmo, from Andromeda (Dell'Oglio); paper, 1972 and 1976, as Ringwelt, from Bastei Lubbe (West Germany); hardback, as L'Anneau-Monde, from Editions Opta, Paris, 1973 (nice interior covers); paper, as Ringwereld, 1972, Elsevier Nederland B.V., Amsterdam/Brussels, reprinted 1980; cloth, 1978, Hayakawa Publishing, inc.; British Editions: Science Fiction Book Club, Newton Abbot, February, 1973; (Bound in purple paper boards with gold lettering on the spine). Orion/Gollancz hardcover, Volume VIII in the "SF Masterworks" hardcover series; Easton Press, leather-bound edition Serbian and Croatian language editions Audio book: Blackstone Audio Books, read by Patrick Cullen, January 1996 Audio book: Books On Tape, read by Connor OÕBrien, 1997. |
Louis Wu; Nessus; Teela Brown; Speaker-To-Animals | Hugo winner, Nebula winner, Ditmars winner, Locus winner | Review Niven's best-known novel; brings together Nessus & Louis Wu from previous Known Space stories; spawned 3 sequels and a role-playing game, among others. Though it was first printed in 1970, it appears farther down the list in Niven's published bibliographies. |
K.S. 35 (2850) |
50 | 103 | Last Necronomicon, The | Short story | stand-alone | fanzine, APA-L 315 #4 | 1971-00 | IS #4 (fanzine), October 1971; reprinted at larryniven.org |
Read It! short short story; Niven invokes Lovecraft. Niven appears to have written it in response to criticism about the mistakes in the first edition of Ringworld. Niven's published bibliographies list it much further down, but Carol Phillips' research indicates it appeared in October 1971. |
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51 | 54 | All the Myriad Ways | Collection | n/a | Ballantine, 1971, paper | 1971-06 | German, as Myriaden, from Bastei Lubbe, 1973; Japan, paper, 1979, Hayakawa Publishing Inc. |
Collection Info Contents: "All the Myriad Ways" "Passerby" "For a Foggy Night" "Wait it Out" "The Jigsaw Man" "Not Long Before the End" "Unfinished Story" (as "'Unfinished Story #1") "Unfinished Story #2" "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" "The Theory and Practice of Teleportation" (as "Exercise in Speculation: The Theory and Practice of Teleportation") "The Theory and Practice of Time Travel" "Inconstant Moon" "What Can You Say About Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers?" "Becalmed in Hell" |
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52 | 55 | Inconstant Moon | Short story | stand-alone | All the Myriad Ways | 1971-06 | Anthology, Best Science Fiction for 1972, edited by Frederik Pohl; Inconstant Moon (Gollancz/Sphere); The Hugo Winners, Volume 3 edited by Isaac Asimov; anthology, The Best of All Possible Worlds, edited by Spider Robinson; paper, anthology, Heyne Science Fiction, Jahresband 1982, as "Weschelhafter Mond," 1982 by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München; The World Treasury of Science Fiction, ed. David G. Hartwell, Little Brown 1989; N-Space; anthology, Armageddons, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 1999; anthology, Masterpieces, Orson Scott Card, editor, Ace, 2001 |
Stan & Leslie | Hugo winner | Review E-Book Made into an episode of "Outer Limits," mid 1990s |
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53 | 56 | Unfinished Story #2 | Short story | stand-alone | All the Myriad Ways | 1971-06 | n/a | Summary short short story |
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54 | 57 | What Can You Say About Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers? | Short story | stand-alone | All the Myriad Ways | 1971-06 | N-Space | Tom Findlay; Hal Grant; Joy Benjamin; Carol Howards; Howards | Summary The American Dental Association says they are bad for children's teeth |
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55 | 48 | No Exit | Short story | stand-alone | Fantastic, June 1971 | 1971-06 | Available as an e-Book from fictionwise.com | Collaboration, co-written with Hank Stine (who has since become Jean Marie Stine; the e-Book edition lists Jean Marie Stine as Niven's co-author). | |||
56 | 49 | There's a Wolf in My Time Machine | Short story | Svetz | Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1971 | 1971-06 | The Flight of the Horse; anthology, Zoo 2000, edited by Jane Yolen; Robert Adams' Book of Alternate Worlds, ed. Robert Adams, Pamela Crippen Adams & Martin H. Greenberg, NAL/Signet 1987; The Ultimate Werewolf, ed. Byron Preiss, David Kellor, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt, Dell 1991; Tomorrow Bites, ed. Greg Cox & T. K. F. Weisskopf, Baen 1995; British anthology Wizards of Odd: Comic Tales of Fantasy, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1996; Rainbow Mars |
Hanville Svetz; Ra Chen; Wrona | Summary Svetz meets a new pet |
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57 | 53 | Flying Sorcerers, The | Novel | stand-alone | Ballantine, 1971 | 1971-08 | n/a | Purple | Review Collaboration, co-written with David Gerrold, expanded version of "The Mispelled Magician" |
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58 | Pastel Terror, The | script | Star Trek | Fanzine Deck 6, Aug. 1971 | 1971-08 | Fanzine T-Negative #17, 1972 | Read it! Outline for a Star Trek plot, never offered to the show; may have also appeared in APA-L, verification TK |
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59 | 86 | My Universe and Welcome To It! | introduction | Known Space: about | fanzine, Speculation, October 1971 (awaiting verification--ed.) | 1971-10 | Tales of Known Space | Summary Introduction |
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60 | 51 | Rammer | Short story | The State | Galaxy, November 1971 | 1971-11 | anthology, The Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, edited by Lester Del Rey; anthology, The Best from Galaxy, volume 1; A Hole in Space; anthology, Best Science-Fiction Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1977; Anthology, Science Fiction Story-Reader (Germany), Munich: Wllhelm Heyne Verlag Playgrounds of the Mind; Audio book: Great Science Fiction Stories, AudioText, 1997, read by Pat Bottino. |
Jerome Corbell | Summary Chapter 1 of A World Out Of Time |
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61 | 61 | Cloak of Anarchy | Short story | Known Space | Analog, March 1972 | 1972-03 | Anthology, Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year #2, edited by Lester Del Rey (hardcover); anthology, 2020 Vision, edited by Jerry Pournelle; Tales of Known Space; anthology, Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction 5: Tin Stars, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, NAL/Signet 1986; Thought Probes: Philosophy Through Science Fiction Literature, Second Edition, ed. Fred D. Miller, Jr. & Nicholas D. Smith, Prentice-Hall 1988; N-Space; The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories, ed. Tom Shippey, Oxford University Press 1992; Three Books of Known Space; Decades of Science Fiction, ed. Applewhite Minyard, NTC Publishing 1997; reprinted at larryniven.org |
Ron Cole; Russel; Jill Hayes | Summary The story that led to a duel (see "Convention Stories") |
K.S. 16 (2135) | |
62 | 50 | Fourth Profession, The | Short story | Léshy | Quark 4, edited by Samuel R. Delany and Marilyn Hacker | 1972-08 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year, edited by Terry Carr; anthology, The 1972 Annual World's Best SF, edited by Donald A. Wollhein; A Hole in Space; Yugoslav magazine, Sirius, broj 61, as "Cetvrta Vjestina"; Project Solar Sail, ed. Arthur C. Clarke, NAL/Roc 1990; N-Space |
Ed Frazer; William Morris; Monks; Louise Schu | Hugo nominee | Summary Monks and bartenders |
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63 | 52 | What Good is a Glass Dagger? | Short story | Magic Universe: Warlock | Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1972 | 1972-09 | The Flight of the Horse; The Time of the Warlock, SteelDragon 1984; Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy: Witches & Wizards, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Bonanza 1985; A Magic-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic, ed. Margaret Weis & Martin H. Greenberg, Warner Aspect 1998 Playgrounds of the Mind; The Magic Goes Away Collection |
Warlock; Clubfoot; Wavyhill; Aran the Peacemonger | Summary E-book Werewolves and necromancy and trolls, oh my! |
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64 | 69 | Defenseless Dead, The | Short story | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | Ten Tomorrows, anthology, edited by Roger Elwood, paper | 1973-00 | The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton; Playgrounds of the Mind; Flatlander; Graphic edition: as ÒThe Defenseless Dead, A Tale of Known SpaceÓ, Adventure Comics: Malibu Graphics, February, March, April 1991. |
Gil Hamilton; Luke Garner; Jackson Bera; Taffy Grimes; Anubis; Holden Chambers; Charlotte Chambers; Leviticus Hale | Summary "Corpsicles" and an unexpected hiding place for an organlegger |
K.S. 11 (2124-5) | |
65 | 59 | Flash Crowd | Short story | Flash Crowd/ Teleportation | Three Trips in Time and Space, anthology, edited by Robert Silverberg (cloth and paper, Dell) | 1973-00 | The Flight of the Horse; Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Science Fiction Novels, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Bonanza 1985 |
Barry Jerome "Jerryberry" Jansen; George Bailey; Janice Wolfe; Robin Whyte | Summary First "flash crowd" story; Jansen is spelled "Jensen" in The Flight of the Horse printing |
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66 | 62 | Recipes | non-fiction | non-fiction | Collection, Cooking Out of this World, edited by Anne McCaffrey | 1973-00 | n/a | recently reprinted; recipes including: Irish Coffee, Busted Kneecap, Dry Martini | |||
67 | 60 | Inconstant Moon | Collection | n/a | Gollancz, hardcover; Sphere paperback | 1973-00 | n/a | Collection info Sphere edition contents: "Inconstant Moon" "Bordered in Black" "How the Heroes Die" "At the Bottom of a Hole" "One Face" "Becalmed in Hell" "Death by Ecstasy" Gollancz edition includes: "The Long Night" (as "Convergent Series") "The Deadlier Weapon" "Wait it Out" "Not Long Before the End" "Passerby" |
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68 | 66 | Theory and Practice of Time Travel, The | non-fiction | non-fiction | Vertex, April 1973 | 1973-04 | anthology textbook Looking Ahead: The Visions of Science Fiction, edited by Dick Allen and Lori Allen; All the Myriad Ways |
Summary speculative |
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69 | 67 | Alibi Machine, The | Short story | Flash Crowd/ Teleportation | Vertex, June 1973 | 1973-06 | anthology, Antigrav, edited by Philip Strick; A Hole in Space |
McAllister; Lt. Donaho; Capt. Hennessey | Summary teleportation crime story |
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70 | 68 | All the Bridges Rusting | Short story | Flash Crowd/ Teleportation | Vertex, August 1973 | 1973-08 | A Hole in Space; Bridging the Galaxies |
Karin Sagan; Jerryberry Jansen; Robin Whyte; Gemini Jones | Summary teleportation as a form of space travel |
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71 | 63 | Protector | Novel | Known Space | paper, Ballantine, 1973; paper, Futura (British) | 1973-09 | as Il Defensore, hardback, dall'Oglio editore 1975; as Der Baum Des Lebens, Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, München, paper; as Protecteur, Editions Albin Michael, 1976, paper; paper, as Beschermheer, Elsevier Nederland B.V., Amsterdam/Brussels 1977; paper, 1979, Japan, Hayakawa Publishing Inc.; Audio Book: Books on Tape, 1998, read by Connor OÕBrien |
Jack Brennan; Luke Garner; Elroy Truesdale; Pak Protectors; Alice Jordan | Ditmars winner, Hugo nominee | Review Brand-new assumption introduced to Known Space: humanity is descended from the Pak. The novel contains "The Adults" plus a second section called "Vandervecken," which takes place in 2340. |
K.S. 17 (2124 - 2341) |
72 | 64 | Flight of the Horse, The | Collection | Svetz | paper, Ballantine 1973; paper, Orbit (British) | 1973-09 | Italian, as Il Tempo Di Svetz, Futuro; paper, Japan, Tokyo Sogensha Co., Ltd.; German, paper, as Der Flug Des Pferdes 1981, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München |
Hanville Svetz; Ra Chen | Collection info Contents: "Get a Horse!" (as "Flight of the Horse") "Bird in the Hand" "Leviathan!" "There's a Wolf in my Time Machine" "Death in a Cage" "What Good is a Glass Dagger?" "Flash Crowd" Afterword |
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73 | 65 | Death in a Cage | Short story | Svetz | The Flight of the Horse | 1973-09 | Rainbow Mars | Hanville Svetz; Ra Chen | Summary Svetz meets Death? |
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74 | Afterword | non-fiction | non-fiction | Flight of the Horse | 1973-09 | n/a | A word how the Svetz stories came to be written. | ||||
75 | Slaver Weapon, The | script | Star Trek | TV show | 1973-12 | Adapted as a short story and published in Star Trek Log #10 by Alan Dean Foster | Based on "The Soft Weapon." Airdate Dec. 15, 1973. This script (and the book adaptation that followed) sparked the ongoing debate about the existence of Kzinti in the Star Trek universe. | ||||
76 | 70 | Hole Man, The | Short story | stand-alone | Analog, January 1974 | 1974-01 | A Hole in Space; anthology, The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4, edited by Terry Carr; anthology, The Hugo Winners, Volume 3, edited by Isaac Asimov; anthology, Black Holes, edited by Jerry Pournelle; textbook, with commentary, Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology, the SFWA-SFRA anthology, ed. Patricia S. Warrick, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Harper & Row 1978; The Best of Analog, ed. Ben Bova, Baronet 1978; N-Space; Ascent of Wonder, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, Tor 1994 |
Andrew Lear; Captain Childrey | Hugo winner | Summary E-book Quantum Black Hole as a murder weapon |
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77 | 71 | $16,940 | Short story | stand-alone | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, February 1974 | 1974-02 | A Hole in Space | Kelsey; Horatio; Carson | Summary crime, not SF; short blackmail story |
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78 | 72 | Bigger Than Worlds | non-fiction | non-fiction | Analog, March 1974 | 1974-03 | fanzine, Speculation, as "Alternatives to Worlds"; A Hole in Space; collection, The Endless Frontier, edited by Jerry Pournelle, November 1979; Playgrounds of the Mind; Skylife, ed. Gregory Benford & George Zebrowski, Harcourt 2000 |
Summary discussion of the Ringworld and other macrostructures. Illustrated by Ames |
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79 | 73 | Kind of Murder, A | Short story | Flash Crowd/ Teleportation | Analog, April 1974 | 1974-04 | A Hole in Space; anthology, Alfred Hitchcock's Your Share of Fear, 1982, Davis Publications, edited by Cathleen Jordan; Futurecrime, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Fine 1992; Cyber-Killers, ed. Ric Alexander, Orion/Millennium 1997 |
Capt. Hennessey | Summary teleportation crime story |
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80 | 74 | Hole in Space, A | Collection | n/a | paper, Ballantine, 1974; paper, Orbit | 1974-06 | as Die Lucke Im System, paper, abridged, Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, München | Collection info Contents: "Rammer" "The Alibi Machine" "The Last Days of the Permanent Floating Riot Club" "A Kind of Murder" "All the Bridges Rusting" "There Is a Tide" "Bigger Than Worlds" "$16,940" "The Hole Man" "The Fourth Profession" |
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81 | 75 | Last Days of the Permanent Floating Riot Club, The | Short story | Flash Crowd/ Teleportation | A Hole in Space | 1974-06 | n/a | Benny Sherman; James "Get-It-All" Goethals; Willie Lordon; Lou Garcia; Orrie Black; Jerryberry Jansen | Summary final teleportation crime story; shows Riot Control in action |
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82 | 76 | Plaything | Short story | stand-alone | Worlds of If, August 1974 | 1974-08 | anthology, The Best from If, Volume III, ed. James Baen, Award 1976; anthology, 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories, edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander; Convergent Series |
Summary stand-alone; alien adolescents encounter a probe from Earth |
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83 | 77 | Night on Mispec Moor | Short story | Léshy | Vertex, August 1974 | 1974-08 | Convergent Series; N-Space; Robert Adams' Book of Soldiers, ed. Robert Adams, Pamela Crippen Adams & Martin H. Greenberg, NAL Signet 1988; Phantom Regiments, ed. Robert Adams, Pamela Crippen Adams & Martin H. Greenberg, Baen 1990 |
Tom‡s Vatch | Summary Sci-fi sword-and-sorcery horror story |
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84 | 81 | Singularities Make Me Nervous | Short story | stand-alone | Stellar, original anthology edited by Judy-Lynn Del Rey | 1974-09 | Convergent Series; Italian anthology, Stellar, as "Me Cose Strane Mi Innervosiscono," from Longanesi & C., Milano |
George Cox | Summary time travel paradox |
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85 | Land of the Lost: "Downstream" | script | Land of the Lost | TV show | 1974-09 | n/a | Collaboration, co-written with David Gerrold; airdate September 28, 1976 | ||||
86 | 78 | Mote in God's Eye, The | Novel | Motie | cloth, Simon & Schuster, 1974; coth, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (British), paper, Orbit | 1974-10 | Japanese, paper, 1974, Tokyo Sogensha Co., Ltd.; Italian, cloth, as La Strada Delle Stelle, Cosmo; as De Splitter Im Auge Gottes, paper and hardback from Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München, 1977; as De Splinter In Gods Oog, paper, Elsevier, Amsterdam; as La Poussiere Dans L'Oeil De Dieu, paper, Albin Michel, 1981; SFBC, August 1993; QPB, 1987, trade paperback, exact reproduction of original hardback, minus ISBN; Easton Press, leather bound gilt edge hardcover, June 1992. |
Rod Blaine; Sally Fowler; Horace Bury; Kevin Renner; Moties | Hugo nominee, Nebula nominee | Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle, set in Pournelle's Codominium universe |
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87 | 79 | Nonesuch, The | Short story | stand-alone | Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1974 | 1974-12 | Convergent Series | Doris MacAran | Summary retake on Little Red Riding Hood |
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88 | Land of the Lost: "Hurricane" | script | Land of the Lost | TV show | 1974-12 | n/a | Collaboration, co-written with David Gerrold; airdate December 21, 1974 | ||||
89 | Land of the Lost: "Circle" | script | Land of the Lost | TV show | 1974-12 | n/a | Collaboration, co-written with David Gerrold; airdate December 28, 1975 | ||||
90 | 138 | De Stranden Van Serius Vier | Collection | n/a | Dutch, collected stories. Meulenhoff Science Fiction, 1975 | 1975-00 | n/a | collected stories from various sources | |||
91 | 87 | ARM | Short story | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | Epoch, edited by Roger Elwood and Robert Silverberg | 1975-00 | The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton; anthology, The 13 Crimes of Science Fiction, edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh; Flatlander; The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s, ed. Isaac Asimov, Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1992; Sci-Fi Private Eye, ed. Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Penguin/Roc 1997 |
Gil Hamilton; Luke Garner; Jackson Bera; Julio Ordaz; Taffy Grimes; Raymond Sinclair; Officer-One Valpredo; Janice Sinclair; Andrew Porter; Bernath Peterfi | Hugo nominee | Summary E-book Murder of Raymond Sinclair, inventor of Sinclair Molecule Chain and an inertial-reduction field |
K.S. 13 (2126) |
92 | 80 | Borderland of Sol, The | Short story | Known Space | Analog, January 1975 | 1975-01 | Tales of Known Space; anthology, Black Holes, edited by Jerry Pournelle; German anthology, Im Grenzland Der Sonne, Wilhelm Meyne Verlag, München; In Sirius broj 55 (Yugoslavian fanzine), as Tu Negdje Blizu Sola; anthology, The Hugo Winners Vol. 4, 1985; Playgrounds of the Mind; Beyond the Stars, ed. Isaac Asimov, Severn House 1987; Crashlander |
Beowulf Shaeffer; Sigmund Ausfaller; Carlos Wu; Julian Forward | Hugo winner | Summary E-book Quantum Black Hole as a murder weapon |
K.S. 28 (2650) |
93 | 83 | Galaxy Stars: Jerry Pournelle | non-fiction | non-fiction: The Ghetto | Galaxy, July 1975 | 1975-07 | n/a | Bio of Jerry Pournelle | |||
94 | 82 | Inferno | Novel | stand-alone | serial: Galaxy, August-October 1975 | 1975-08 | novel, Pocket Books, paper; cloth, Allan Wingate (British); cloth, Gregg Press; paper, Tokyo Sogensha Co., Ltd.; cloth, as Questo E L'Inferno, 1978, Armenia Editore, Milano; Textbook Binding, Gregg Press, June 1979. |
Allen Carpentier; Benito | Ditmars nominee, Hugo nominee, Nebula nominee | Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle; Retelling of Dante's Inferno |
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95 | 84 | Tales of Known Space | Collection | Known Space: Collection | paper, Ballantine, 1975 | 1975-08 | Japanese, paper, from Hayakawa; as Historias Del Espacio Reconocido, paper, 1978, Edaf, Madrid; British edition: Orbit, paper, February 1992; Three Books of Known Space |
Collection info Overview of Known Space. Contents: "Timeline for Known Space" "My Universe and Welcome to It!" "The Coldest Place" "Becalmed in Hell" "Wait it Out" "Eye of an Octopus" "How the Heroes Die" "The Jigsaw Man" "At the Bottom of a Hole" "The Deceivers" (as "Intent to Deceive") "Cloak of Anarchy" "The Warriors" "The Borderland of Sol" "There Is a Tide" "Safe at Any Speed" "Afterthoughts" "Bibliography: The Worlds of Larry Niven" "About the Cover" by Rick Sternbach |
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96 | 85 | Afterthoughts | non-fiction | Known Space: about | Tales of Known Space | 1975-08 | n/a | Summary "parting thoughts" on Known Space, as if. Shares an "Opus number" with "Timeline for Known Space" in Niven's published bibliographies. |
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97 | 85 | Timeline for Known Space | non-fiction | Known Space: about | Tales of Known Space | 1975-08 | Updated in Three Books of Known Space | Summary Like the title says. Shares an "Opus number" with "Afterthoughts" in Niven's published bibliographies. |
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98 | Bibliography: The Worlds of Larry Niven | non-fiction | non-fiction | Tales of Known Space | 1975-08 | Updated in Three Books of Known Space | bibliography | ||||
99 | 95 | World Out Of Time, A | Novel | The State | cloth, Holt, Rinehart and Winston; paper, Ballantine | 1976-00 | as Buiten De Tijd, Deltos Elsevier, Amsterdam; Italian, as Mondo Senze Tempo, 1977 from Editrice Nord, Milano; Argentine, paper, as Un Mundo Fuera Del Tiempo, Buenos Aires, 1978; Japanese, cloth, 1979, Hayakawa Publishing, inc.; as Un Monde Hors Du Temps, Editions Albin Michel, 1978, Paris; Israel, paper (data not in English letters); British Edition: Orbit, paper, August 1986. |
Jerome Corbell | Ditmars winner | Review "Fix-up" novel made up of "Rammer," "Children of the State" and "Down and Out." |
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100 | 94 | Magic Goes Away, The | Short story | Magic Universe: Warlock | Odyssey, summer 1976 | 1976-00 | n/a | Warlock | World Fantasy nominee | expanded into an illustrated novella, 1978 | |
101 | 93 | Mistake | Short story | stand-alone | Stellar #2, original anthology edited by Judy-Lynn del Rey | 1976-00 | anthology, 100 Great Science Fiction Stories, edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Joseph D. Olander; Convergent Series; Science Fiction and Fantasy Story-A-Month 1989 Calendar, ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg, Pomegranate 1988 |
Elroy Barnes | Summary In space, no one can hear you take a pill |
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102 | 91 | Building the Mote in God's Eye | non-fiction | Motie | Galaxy, January 1976 | 1976-01 | collection, A Step Further Out by Jerry Pournelle; That Buck Rogers Stuff, by Jerry Pournelle, ed. Gavin Claypool, Los Angeles: Extequer Press, November 1977; N-Space |
Summary Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle |
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103 | 92 | Down and Out | Short story | The State | Galaxy, February 1976 | 1976-02 | A World Out of Time; anthology, The Best from Galaxy, Vol. IV, edited by James Baen; anthology, The Best of My Years, edited by James Baen |
Jerome Corbell | Summary Included in the novel A World Out Of Time |
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104 | 88 | Long Arm of Gil Hamilton, The | Collection | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | paper, Ballantine, 1976 | 1976-02 | as De Lange Arm Van Gil Hamilton, Dutch, from Prisma Science Fiction | Gil Hamilton | Collection info First collection of Gil Hamilton stories. Contents: "The Organleggers" (as "Death by Ecstasy") "The Defenseless Dead" "ARM" Afterword: The Last Word about SF Detectives |
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105 | 89 | Afterword: The Last Word about SF Detectives | non-fiction | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton | 1976-02 | n/a | afterword to the Gil Hamilton collection | |||
106 | 112 | Locusts, The | Short story | stand-alone | Analog, June 1979 | 1976-06 | Anthology, The 1980 Annual World's Best SF, edited by Donald A. Wollheim; Limits; N-Space |
Hugo nominee | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes |
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107 | 96 | Children of the State | serial | The State | Serial, Galaxy, September, October, November 1976 | 1976-09 | A World Out of Time | Jerome Corbell | Serial that became A World Out Of Time, along with "Rammer" and "Down and Out." | ||
108 | 106 | Flare Time | Short story | Léshy | Andromeda 3, anthology, edited by Peter Weston, Futura, London | 1977-00 | Amazing Science Fiction Stories, November 1982; Limits; Medea: Harlan's World, ed. Harlan Ellison, Phantasia 1985; N-Space |
Summary Takes place on Medea: Harlan's World |
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109 | 98 | Lucifer's Hammer | Novel | stand-alone | Novel, cloth, Playboy Press; paper, Fawcett Books; paper, Futura; Ballentine Del Rey, trade paperback, January 1998 | 1977-00 | Japanese, paper, 1980, Hayakawa Publishing, Inc.;
as Luzifer's Hammer, paper, 1980, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München; as De Hamer Van Lucifer, paper, 1980, A.W. Bruna & Zoon Utrecht/Antwerpen; Israel, paper (data not in English letters); Comic adaptation by Innovation Comics, November 1993 (final 4 out of 6 issues never completed); Audio Book: Books on Tape, 1999, read by Connor OÕBrien, in two parts |
Hugo nominee | Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle |
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110 | 100 | Subject is Closed, The | Short story | Draco Tavern | Cosmos, May 1977, as Three Vignettes | 1977-05 | Convergent Series;
anthology, Aliens!, edited by Gardner Dozois and Jack M. Dann (as Four Vignettes); Niven's Laws; Another Round at the Spaceport Bar, ed. George H. Scithers & Darrell Schweitzer, Avon, April 1989; The Draco Tavern |
Rick Schumann | Summary Three Vignettes, along with "Cruel and Unusual" and "Grammar Lesson." The fourth vignette is "Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing!" |
D.T. 01 | |
111 | 101 | Grammar Lesson | Short story | Draco Tavern | Cosmos, May 1977, as Three Vignettes | 1977-05 | Convergent Series; anthology, Aliens!, edited by Gardner Dozois and Jack M. Dann (as Four Vignettes); Niven's Laws; The Draco Tavern |
Rick Schumann | Summary Three Vignettes, along with "Cruel and Unusual" and "The Subject is Closed." The fourth vignette is "Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing!" |
D.T. 02 | |
112 | 99 | Cruel and Unusual | Short story | Draco Tavern | Cosmos, May 1977, as Three Vignettes | 1977-05 | Convergent Series; anthology, Aliens!, edited by Gardner Dozois and Jack M. Dann (as Four Vignettes); Niven's Laws; The Draco Tavern |
Rick Schumann | Summary Three Vignettes, along with "The Subject is Closed" and "Grammar Lesson." The fourth vignette is "Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing!" |
D.T. 20 | |
113 | 97 | Words in Science Fiction, The | non-fiction | non-fiction | The Craft of Science Fiction, anthology, edited by Reginald Bretnor | 1977-07 | anthology, Antigrav, edited by Philip Strick [incorrect listing?-ed]; reprinted at larryniven.org |
Summary Read it! essay on writing sci-fi |
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114 | 102 | Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation | Short story | Time Travel/ Parallel Universe | Analog, August 1977 | 1977-08 | Convergent Series;
Microcosmic Tales, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Taplinger 1980; Japanese, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, 1981, along with an extensive interview with photos; Anthology, Time Machines: The Best Time Travel Stories Ever Written ed. Bill Adler, Jr., Carroll & Graf, December 1997 hardbound |
Summary Title stolen from a mathematics paper by Frank J. Tipler |
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115 | An Introduction to Jerry Pournelle | introduction | non-fiction: The Ghetto | That Buck Rogers Stuff, by Jerry Pournelle, edited by Gavin Claypool. November 1977. Extequer Press | 1977-11 | n/a | Like the title says | ||||
116 | Slaver Weapon, The | Short story | Star Trek | Ballantine, adaptation by Alan Dean Foster, Star Trek Log #10, 1978 | 1978-00 | n/a | Adaptation of the script "The Slaver Weapon" for the animated Star Trek TV series, based on "The Soft Weapon"; original airdate Dec. 15, 1973 | ||||
117 | 105 | Transfer of Power | Short story | stand-alone | Ariel The Book of Fantasy, Volume 3 (Paperback), edited by Thomas Durwood | 1978-00 | Convergent Series; anthology, paper, Nirwana, as "Machtsoverdracht," 1981, Meulenhoff Nederland B.V., Amsterdam |
Sarol; Guppry | Summary Set on Lord Dunsany's "Edge of the World" |
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118 | 118 | Patchwork Girl, The | Novella | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | illustrated trade paperback, Ace Books, 1978 | 1978-00 | Flatlander | Gil Hamilton; Hove Watson; Marion Shaeffer; Chris Penzler Naomi Horne; Laura Drury; Harry McCavity; Taffy Grimes | Review Gil goes to the moon. Illustrations by Fernando. |
K.S. 14 (2126) | |
119 | 104 | Cautionary Tales | Short story | stand-alone | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July-August 1978 | 1978-00 | Convergent Series;
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Anthology, Vol 1; Asimov's Masters of Science Fiction, 1978; Asimov's Choice: Extraterrestrials & Eclipses, Dale Books, 1978; Japanese, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine; Science Fiction Masterpieces, ed. Isaac Asimov, Galahad 1986; Isaac Asimov's Choice, ed. Anon., Hale 1986; Playgrounds of the Mind |
Gordon | Summary Why does immortality always come with a price? |
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120 | Soothsayer of Known Space | Interview | non-fiction | Future Life, July 1978 | 1978-07 | n/a | interview | ||||
121 | Most and Least-Favored Films of Famous SF Authors, The | Interview | non-fiction | Future Life, August 1978 | 1978-08 | n/a | interview | ||||
122 | Speculations on the Next Breakthrough in Entertainment | Interview | non-fiction | Future Life, October 1978 | 1978-10 | n/a | interview | ||||
123 | 107 | Magic Goes Away, The | Novella | Magic Universe: Warlock | illustrated trade paperback, Ace Books, 1978 | 1978-10 | cloth, Ace; paper, Ace; cloth, 1980, Tokyo Sogensha Co., Ltd. With illustrations (maybe augmented); German, paper, as Wenn Der Zauber Vergeht... 1981, Bastei Lubbe, with illustrations; in Japanese, Tokyo Sogensha Co., Ltd.; The Time of the Warlock, SteelDragon 1984; Graphic adaptation by DC Comics, ed. Julius Schwartz, Paul Kupperberg, script, Jan Duursema, illustrations, 1986; The Magic Goes Away Collection |
Warlock; Clubfoot; Wavyhill Mirandee; Orolandes; Roze-Kattee | Review Last Warlock story; expanded from "The Magic Goes Away." |
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124 | 108 | Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing! | Short story | Draco Tavern | Destinies, Nov-Dec 1978, edited by James Baen | 1978-11 | Convergent Series; anthology, Aliens!, edited by Gardner Dozois and Jack M. Dann (as Four Vignettes); anthology, The Best of Destinies, edited by James Baen; Niven's Laws; Playgrounds of the Mind; The Draco Tavern |
Rick Schumann | Summary Fourth vignette, along with "Cruel and Unusual," "Grammar Lesson" and "The Subject is Closed" |
D.T. 03 | |
125 | What Will be Earth's next Great Energy Source? | Interview | non-fiction | Future Life, November 1978 | 1978-11 | n/a | interview | ||||
126 | Introduction to Fred Saberhagen's Empire of the East | introduction | non-fiction | Empire of the East, by Fred Saberhagen, Ace books | 1979-00 | n/a | Introduction. EMPIRE OF THE EAST is a compendium of 3 Saberhagen novels. Two are reprints of The Black Mountains and The Broken Lands while the third novel is new for this volume. | ||||
127 | Outline for Mordred | outline | Buck Rogers | Mordred, by John Eric Holmes, Ace, January, 1980 | 1979-00 | n/a | a Buck Rogers novel, based on characters created by Philip Francis Nowlan, with Jerry Pournelle | ||||
128 | Outline for Roger's Rangers | outline | Buck Rogers | Roger's Rangers, by John Silbersack, Ace, August 1983 | 1979-00 | n/a | a Buck Rogers novel, based on characters created by Philip Francis Nowlan, with Jerry Pournelle | ||||
129 | 117 | Future Histories | non-fiction | non-fiction | SFWA Bulletin, special issue on future histories, Fall 1979, volume 14, number 3, issue 71 | 1979-00 | n/a | Summary Special SFWA issue on future histories |
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130 | Silverlock's Progress? | introduction | non-fiction | Silverlock, by John Myers Myers | 1979-00 | n/a | introduction to the reprint of Silverlock | ||||
131 | Outline for Warrior's World | outline | Buck Rogers | Warrior's World, by Richard S. McEnroe, Ace, October 1981 | 1979-00 | n/a | a Buck Rogers novel, based on characters created by Philip Francis Nowlan, with Jerry Pournelle | ||||
132 | 109 | Schumann Computer, The | Short story | Draco Tavern | Destinies, Jan-Feb 1979, edited by James Baen | 1979-01 | Convergent Series; French anthology, paper, Univers 1980, as "Le Chirpsithra," J'ai Lu; Niven's Laws; The Draco Tavern |
Rick Schumann | Summary Draco Tavern; discussion of artificial intelligence |
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133 | What Would You Produce Given a $10 Billion Budget? | Interview | non-fiction | Future Life, January 1979 | 1979-01 | n/a | interview | ||||
134 | Given the opportunity, would you travel in space? | Interview | non-fiction | Future Life, February 1979 | 1979-02 | n/a | interview | ||||
135 | 115 | In the Cellar | Short story | stand-alone | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1979 | 1979-02 | Japanese, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine; reprinted at larryniven.org |
Summary Read It! short "hard-boiled" sci-fi |
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136 | 113 | Convergent Series | Collection | n/a | Ballantine, paper, 1979 | 1979-03 | Paperback, Orbit (British) August 1986 | Locus winner | Collection Info Some stories appeared previously in The Shape of Space, which had since gone away. Contents: "Introduction" "Bordered in Black" "One Face" "Like Banquo's Ghost" "The Meddler" "Dry Run" "The Long Night" (as "Convergent Series") "The Deadlier Weapon" "The Nonesuch" "Singularities Make Me Nervous" "The Schumann Computer" "Assimilating our Culture, That's What They're Doing!" "Grammar Lesson" "The Subject is Closed" "Cruel and Unusual" "Transfer of Power" "Cautionary Tales" "Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation" "Plaything" "Mistake" "Night on Mispec Moor" "Wrong-Way Street" |
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137 | 114 | Introduction to Convergent Series | introduction | non-fiction | Convergent Series | 1979-03 | n/a | Explanation of why some stories are reprinted from The Shape of Space | |||
138 | 110 | Shall We Indulge in Rishathra? | non-fiction | Known Space: about | Science Fiction Review, March-April 1979 | 1979-03 | N-Space | Summary With cartoons by William Rotsler. "Rishathra" is a Ringworld ritual. |
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139 | 111 | Spirals | Short story | stand-alone | Destinies, April-June 1979, edited by James Baen | 1979-04 | anthology, The Endless Frontier, edited by Jerry Pournelle, November 1979; anthology, The Best of Destinies, edited by James Baen; Limits |
Jack Halfey; Cornelius L. Riggs; Admiral Robert McLeve; Dot Hoffman; Ty Plauger; Jill Plauger | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle |
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140 | 145 | Staying Rich | non-fiction | non-fiction | Future Life, July 1979 | 1979-07 | Niven's Laws; Worlds of If Sep/Nov 1986; N-Space |
Summary essay |
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141 | 116 | Ringworld Engineers, The | Novel | Known Space: Ringworld | serial, Galileo, July, September, November 1979 and January 1980 | 1979-07 | Novel, inbound signatures, limited edition, from Phantasia Press, August 1986;
novel, cloth, Holt, Rinehart & Winston; goatskin, issue of 26, Phantasia [Niven has "Q"]; paper, ballantine; cloth, Holt, Rinehart & Winston (SFBC); paper, Orbit (British), May 1992, cover by Fred Gambino; Japanese, cloth, 1981, Hayakawa Publishing, Inc.; cloth, as Les Ingenieurs De L'Anneau-Monde, 1982, Nouvelles Editions Opta; paper, as Die Ringwelt-Ingenieure, 1982, Bastei Lubbe; serial in Rigel SF Magazine, July - October 1984; Audio book: Books on Tape, 1997, read by Connor OÕBrien |
Louis Wu; Hindmost; Chmeee; Teela Brown | Hugo nominee | Review 1st Sequel to Ringworld; first evidence of the Pak on the Ringworld |
K.S. 36 (2878-81) |
142 | Larry Niven, Science Fiction's Master World Builder | Interview | non-fiction | Questar Science Fiction/Fantasy Adventure, August 1979 | 1979-08 | n/a | interviewed by Dr. Jeffery Elliot |
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143 | Preface: The Freedom of Choice | introduction | non-fiction | A Step Farther Out; Jerry Pournelle, Ph.D., Ace, 1979 | 1979-09 | n/a | Preface to A Step Farther Out | ||||
144 | 121 | Retrospective | Short story | Dream Park | Destinies, summer 1980 | 1980-00 | Playgrounds of the Mind | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes |
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145 | Memoir | non-fiction | non-fiction | Galaxy, ed. Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Playboy 1980 | 1980-00 | n/a | no other data | ||||
146 | 119 | From Macrostructures Engineering: Progress Report | non-fiction | non-fiction | Lunacon '80 program book | 1980-00 | n/a | Summary Like the title says |
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147 | Introduction: The Known Space Series | introduction | Known Space: about | The Great Science Fiction Series, ed. Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Harper & Row , hardcover | 1980-00 | n/a | introduction to "A Relic of the Empire" | ||||
148 | 120 | Green Marauder, The | Short story | Draco Tavern | Destinies, Feb-March 1980, edited by James Baen | 1980-02 | anthology, Dream's Edge, edited by Terry Carr (cloth and paper, Sierra Club Books);
anthology, Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Tenth Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois, E.P. Dutton; Limits; Top Science Fiction, ed. Josh Pachter, Dent 1984; Niven's Laws; Tales from the Spaceport Bar, ed. George H. Scithers & Darrell Schweitzer, Avon 1987; Playgrounds of the Mind; Sirius (Yugoslavian fanzine), broj 145 The Draco Tavern |
Rick Schumann | Summary Draco Tavern; a look at prehistoric Earth and the beings who built a civilization there. |
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149 | What Role can and should science fiction writers play in working with America's major corporations in planning for the future of society? | Interview | non-fiction | Future Life, March 1980 | 1980-03 | n/a | interview | ||||
150 | What explains the present lack of citizen interest in and support for the U.S. space program? | Interview | non-fiction | Future Life, June 1980 | 1980-06 | n/a | interview | ||||
151 | 127 | Magic May Return, The | Collection | Magic Universe | Ace Books, trade paperback, illustrations and cover by Alicia Austin | 1981-00 | The Magic Goes Away Collection | edited by Larry Niven. Contents: Introduction "Not Long Before the End" "Earthshade" by Fred Saberhagen "Manaspill" by Dean Ing "...But Fear Itself." by Steven Barnes "Strength" by Poul Anderson and Mildred Downey Broxon |
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152 | Introduction | introduction | non-fiction | The Magic May Return | 1981-00 | n/a | Introduction to The Magic May Return | ||||
153 | Memoir | non-fiction | non-fiction | Galaxy Volume 2, ed. Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Playboy Paperbacks 1981 | 1981-00 | n/a | no other data | ||||
154 | 123 | Real Thing, The | Short story | Draco Tavern | German first publication, Tor Zu Den Sternen 1981 | 1981-00 | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1982; Limits; Niven's Laws; Aliens and UFO's, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Smithmark 1993; The Draco Tavern |
Rick Schumann | Summary Draco Tavern; Rick goes sun-diving via virtual reality |
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155 | 131 | Oath of Fealty | Novel | stand-alone | limited edition with inbound signatures, from Phantasia Press | 1981-00 | cloth, Timescape Books (Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books); paper, Orbit (British); paper, Pocket Fiction (Simon & Schuster/Pocket) |
Prometheus Award nominee | Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle |
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156 | 126 | Dream Park | Novel | Dream Park | Novel, cloth, limited edition with inbound signatures, from Phantasia Press | 1981-00 | Trade paperback, Ace Books;
cloth, Book Club edition, Ace; paper, Ace; British Edition: Orbit, paper, October 1994. |
Alex Griffin; Arthur Cowles; Marty Bobbick; Ollie Norliss; Tony McWhirter; Gwen Ryder | Review Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes |
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157 | 122 | On The Marching Morons | non-fiction | non-fiction | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 1981 | 1981-01 | n/a | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Isaac Asimov |
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158 | 128 | War Movie | Short story | Draco Tavern | Stellar #7, paper, edited by Judy-Lynn del Rey | 1981-07 | Limits; Niven's Laws; Playgrounds of the Mind; The Draco Tavern |
Rick Schumann | Summary Draco Tavern; the real reason the Chirps came to Earth? |
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159 | 129 | Limits | Short story | Draco Tavern | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 1981 | 1981-09 | anthology, paper, Isaac Asimov's Aliens and Outworlders, 1983, Davis, edited by Shawna McCarthy; Limits; Niven's Laws; Light Years and Dark, ed. Michael Bishop, Berkley 1984; Playgrounds of the Mind; The Draco Tavern |
Rick Schumann | Summary Draco Tavern; why are humans obsessed with limits? |
D.T. 08 | |
160 | 130 | Theory and Practice of Instant Learning, The | non-fiction | non-fiction | Herald-Examiner, Sunday, Oct. 18 1981 | 1981-10 | Niven's Laws | Summary essay |
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160a | 146 | Theory and Practice of Instant Learning, The | Mistakenly given two listings in Niven's published bibliographies | ||||||||
161 | 125 | Roentgen Standard, The | non-fiction | non-fiction | Omni, "Lastword," July 1980 | 1980-07 | Limits; Niven's Laws |
Summary Read It Printed in Limits as "Yet Another Modest Proposal." Niven's published bibliographies list it as October 1981, but Carol's research indicates it appeared in July 1980 |
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162 | 124 | Oath of Fealty | Short story | stand-alone | section in Omni, Oct. 1981 | 1981-10 | Oath of Fealty | Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle | |||
163 | 132 | Talisman | Short story | Magic Universe | Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1981 | 1981-11 | Limits; More Magic; The Magic Goes Away Collection; Invisible Encounter & Other Science Fiction Stories, By J. D. Crayne (a.k.a. Dian Girard), downloadable "MobiPocket" eBook |
Sparthera; Sung Jo Ka | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Dian Girard |
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164 | 137 | Reflex | Novella | Motie | Anthology, There Will Be War, edited by Jerry Pournelle | 1982-00 | n/a | Rod Blaine | Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle | ||
165 | 135 | Notebooks of Mack Sikes, The | review | non-fiction | SFWA Forum | 1982-00 | fanzine, Science Fiction Review, issue 19 | no other data | |||
166 | How I Stole the Belt Civilization | non-fiction | non-fiction: The Ghetto | The Best of Randall Garrett; Pocket, Jan 1982, paper, edited by Robert Silverberg. | 1982-01 | n/a | memoir about Randall Garrett and his writing | ||||
167 | 134 | Wristwatch Plantation, The | comic strip | Star Trek | Houston Chronicle, March 1 -July 17, 1982 | 1982-03 | n/a | Summary Collaboration, co-created with Sharman Di Vono and Ron Harris, syndicated by the L.A. Times Syndicate and carried in several newspapers. |
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168 | 133 | Lion in his Attic, The | Short story | Magic Universe | Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1982 | 1982-07 | Limits; More Magic; Playgrounds of the Mind; The Magic Goes Away Collection |
Durily; Karskon; Thone; Estrayle; Rordray; Merle | Summary E-book based on Niven's favorite restaurant |
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169 | 136 | Descent of Anansi, The | Novel | Dream Park | Tor, 1982 (paper) | 1982-10 | British: Orbit (Futura, Macdonald & co.), 1984 | Review Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes; segment appeared in Analog, October 1982 |
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170 | 139 | Teardrop Falls, A | Short story | Berserker | Omni, June 1983 | 1983-06 | Limits; Berserker Base, novel by Fred Saberhagen, Tor 1985; Playgrounds of the Mind |
Hilary Gage | Summary Set in Fred Saberhagen's berserker universe |
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171 | 140 | Integral Trees, The | Novel | The State: The Smoke Ring | serial, Analog, October 1983, November 1983, December 1983, January 1984 | 1983-10 | cloth, March 1984, Del Rey (Ballantine);
paper. February 1985; paper, Futura Publications, 1985; as De Integraalbomen, paper, from Meulenhoff, Amsterdam, 1985; Audio: Blackstone Audio Books, read by Pat Bottino, May 1996; The Integral Trees (omnibus). |
Locus winner, Hugo nominee, Nebula nominee | Review first Smoke Ring novel |
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172 | 141 | Niven's Laws | Collection | n/a | small hardback. Principal Speaker's book published by Owlswick Press for Philcon, Dec. 1984 | 1984-12 | n/a | Collection info Contents: introduction by Jerry Pournelle. "The Schumann Computer" "Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing!" "Grammar Lesson" "The Subject Is Closed" "Cruel and Unusual" "The Green Marauder" "Limits" "War Movie" "The Real Thing" "Table Manners" (as "Folk Tale") "Niven's Laws" "Convention Stories" "Staying Rich" "The Theory and Practice of Instant Learning" "If Idi Amin Had Had the Bomb" "Yet Another Modest Proposal: The Roentgen Standard" (as "The Roetgen Standard") "In Memoriam: Howard Grote Littlemead" "Why Men Fight Wars and What You Can Do about It" "Collaborations" "Five Years to Infinity" |
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173 | 142 | Table Manners | Short story | Draco Tavern | Niven's Laws | 1984-00 | Limits; Far Frontiers, ed. Jerry Pournelle & Jim Baen, Baen 1985; The Draco Tavern |
Rick Schumann | Summary Draco Tavern; a.k.a. "Folk Tale." Rick goes hunting, the old-fashioned way. |
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174 | 143 | Niven's Laws | non-fiction | non-fiction | Niven's Laws | 1984-00 | The Faces of Science Fiction, photographs and preface by Patti Perret, Bluejay Books, Inc.
October 1984;
expanded in N-Space and again in Analog, November 2002 |
Summary essay on how the universe works |
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175 | 144 | Convention Stories | non-fiction | non-fiction: The Ghetto | Niven's Laws | 1984-00 | Playgrounds of the Mind (As part of "Ghetto? But I Thought...") | Summary Like the title says |
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176 | 147 | If Idi Amin Had Had The Bomb | non-fiction | non-fiction | Niven's Laws | 1984-00 | n/a | Summary essay on modern warfare |
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177 | 148 | In Memoriam: Howard Grote Littlemead | Poem | Motie | Niven's Laws | 1984-00 | n/a | Summary Poem |
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178 | 149 | Why Men Fight Wars and What You Can Do About It | non-fiction | non-fiction | Niven's Laws | 1984-00 | Playgrounds of the Mind | Summary essay on modern warfare |
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179 | 150 | Collaborations | non-fiction | non-fiction: The Ghetto | Niven's Laws | 1984-00 | Scatterbrain | Summary essay on collaboration |
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180 | Five Years to Infinity | non-fiction | non-fiction | Niven's Laws | 1984-00 | n/a | Summary essay on possible futures |
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181 | 152 | Equipment, Method and the Rest | non-fiction | non-fiction | The Science Fiction Source Book, by David Wingrove; Longman House, 1984 | 1984-03 | n/a | essay on writing sci-fi | |||
182 | 153 | More Magic | Collection | Magic Universe | Trade paperback, June 1984, Berkley Fantasy (Ace) | 1984-06 | The Magic Goes Away Collection | edited by Larry Niven, illustrations by Alicia Austin | |||
183 | 154 | Time of the Warlock, The | Collection | Magic Universe: Warlock | Illus. Dennis Wolf. SteelDragon Press. Cloth, limited | 1984-12 | n/a | Collection Info Collected Warlock stories. Contents: "Not Long Before the End" "What Good is a Glass Dagger?" "The Magic Goes Away" "Unfinished Story" (as "Unfinished Story #1") "Notes for Contributors to The Magic May Return" Afterword |
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184 | Afterword | non-fiction | Magic Universe | The Time of the Warlock, SteelDragon 1984 | 1984-12 | n/a | Like the title says | ||||
185 | Notes for Contributors to The Magic May Return | non-fiction | Magic Universe | The Time of the Warlock, SteelDragon 1984 | 1984-12 | n/a | Like the title says | ||||
186 | 151 | Limits | Collection | n/a | Del Rey Books, February 1985, paper | 1985-02 | Ballantine books, 1985, cloth and paper;
SFBC, First hardcover edition, March 1985; British editions: MacDonald, hardcover, November 1986; Futura/Orbit, paper, August 1986; Orbit, paper, February, 1992 |
Collection info Contents: Introduction "The Lion in his Attic" "Spirals" "A Teardrop Falls" "Talisman" "Flare Time" "The Locusts" "Yet Another Modest Proposal: The Roentgen Standard" "Table Manners" "The Green Marauder" "War Movie" "The Real Thing" "Limits" |
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186a | 156 | Limits | Mistakenly given two listings in Niven's published bibliographies | ||||||||
187 | Introduction | introduction | non-fiction | Limits | 1985-02 | n/a | introduction to Limits | ||||
188 | 155 | Footfall | Novel | stand-alone | Del Rey (Ballantine), May 1985. Cloth. Michael Whelan cover | 1985-05 | cloth, Victor Collancz Co., 1985;
British editions: Sphere, paper, September 1986; Orbit, paper, August 1991; Bra Spanning, as Invasion; SFBC, hardbound, December 1985. |
Fithp; Wade Curtis; Nat Reynolds | Hugo nominee | Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle |
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189 | Second Thoughts | non-fiction | non-fiction | Medea: Harlan's World, ed. Harlan Ellison, Phantasia 1985 | 1985-06 | n/a | Collaboration, co-written with Hal Clement, Thomas M. Disch & Frederik Pohl | ||||
190 | Biology, Ecology, Xenology | non-fiction | non-fiction | Medea: Harlan's World, ed. Harlan Ellison, Phantasia, Jun 1985 | 1985-06 | n/a | Like the title says | ||||
191 | 157 | Tell Me A Story | non-fiction | non-fiction | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future vol. 2, ed. Algis Budrys, Bridge 1986 | 1986-00 | n/a | Advice for writers | |||
192 | Memoir | non-fiction | non-fiction | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology, ed. Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Bluejay 1986 | 1986-00 | n/a | no other data | ||||
193 | Review of "Contact" | review | non-fiction | Science Fiction Review, August 1986 | 1986-08 | n/a | Film review | ||||
194 | 173 | Alien in our Minds, The | non-fiction | non-fiction | Aliens, The Anthropology of Science Fiction, anthology, ed. George E. Slusser and Eric S. Rabkin, Southern Illinois University Press, 1987 | 1987-00 | N-Space | Summary essay on communication |
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195 | Bulletin Symposium: What Should Science Fiction Be? | non-fiction | non-fiction | Bulletin of the SFWA, spring 1987 | 1987-00 | n/a | non-fiction | ||||
196 | 158 | Smoke Ring, The | Novel | The State: The Smoke Ring | serial, Analog, January-April 1987 | 1987-01 | cloth, Ballentine Del Rey Books, May 1987;
paper, April, 1988; British Edition: hardcover, MacDonald, August 1987; paper, Orbit, August 1988; SFBC, hardcover, November 1987 Audio: Blackstone Audio Books, read by Pat Bottino, September 1996; The Integral Trees (omnibus) |
Review sequel to The Integral Trees |
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197 | 159 | Legacy of Heorot, The | Novel | Avalon | cloth, Simon & Schuster, July 1987 | 1987-07 | paper, Pocket Books; British edition: Gollancz, 1987; Dutch edition: Uitgeverij Luitingh B.V, 1987, as Heorot |
Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle & Steven Barnes; maps by Alexis Wolser |
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198 | 169 | Review of "The Prisoner" | review | non-fiction | Reason Magazine, July 1987 | 1987-07 | n/a | no other data | |||
199 | Introduction to Man-Kzin Wars I | introduction | Known Space: about | Man-Kzin Wars, ed. Larry Niven, Baen 1988 | 1988-00 | Man-Kzin Wars: The Best of All Possible Wars, ed. Larry Niven, Baen 1998 | Like the title says | ||||
200 | 161 | Dreadful White Page, The | Short story | stand-alone | Surplus Wyvern Press, Portland ME | 1988-00 | Playgrounds of the Mind | Summary "Postcard Story" |
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201 | 163 | Gripping Hand, The | Novella | Motie | unpublished | 1988-00 | The Gripping Hand | Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle; 1st section of The Gripping Hand (formerly The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye); retitled "Snow Ghost" | |||
202 | 164 | Curse | Short story | stand-alone | unpublished | 1988-00 | n/a | no other data | |||
203 | 165 | Next Time | Short story | stand-alone | The Drabble Project, ed. Rob Meades & David B. Wake, Beccon Publications 1988 | 1988-00 | n/a | a 100-word "drabble" for The Drabble Project | |||
204 | 170 | Horror Stories for Bright People | review | non-fiction | Reason Magazine, February 1988 | 1988-02 | n/a | Review of Greg Benford's In the Ocean of Night, Across the Sea of Suns, and Great Sky River | |||
205 | Introduction to Ward Moore's Bring the Jubilee | introduction | non-fiction | Bring the Jubilee, by Ward Moore, The Easton Press, 1988 | 1988-05 | n/a | Collector's edition reprint of the 1955 classic, in the "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" line of leatherbound limited editions. Art by A.C. Farley. | ||||
206 | 160 | Tale of the Jinni and the Sisters, The | Short story | stand-alone | Argos SF & F, Penrhyn Publishing | 1988-07 | Arabesques 1, ed. Susan Shwartz, August 1988, Avon & Pan Books; N-Space |
Summary A tale of Scherezade, based on the classic Arabian Nights |
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207 | 162 | Brenda | Novella | Motie | New Destinies, spring 1988 | 1988-07 | War World #2, Death's Head Rebellion, ed. Jerry Pournelle, Baen 1990; N-Space |
Brenda Curtis | Summary Sauron supermen |
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208 | Read This | essay | non-fiction | The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 1988 | 1988-09 | n/a | book review? | ||||
209 | Bulletin Symposium: The Worse Mistake You Ever Made | non-fiction | non-fiction | Bulletin of the SFWA, 1989 Summer Volume 23 number 2 issue 104 | 1989-00 | n/a | non-fiction | ||||
210 | 174 | Criticism | non-fiction | non-fiction: The Ghetto | New Destinies, Vol. VII, ed. Jim Baen, Baen 1989 | 1989-00 | Playgrounds of the Mind | Summary essay on critics and criticism |
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211 | Ringworld Retrospective | non-fiction | non-fiction | The Best of the Nebulas, ed. Ben Bova, Tor 1989 | 1989-00 | n/a | Like the title says. A look back at the impact of Ringworld. | ||||
212 | 176 | Return of William Proxmire, The | Short story | Time Travel/Parallel Universe | What Might Have Been? Volume I: Alternate Empires, ed. Gregory Benford & Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam Spectra 1989 | 1989-00 | What Might Have Been? Volumes I & II, ed. Gregory Benford & Martin H. Greenberg, SFBC 1990; N-Space; Requiem, ed. Yoji Kondo, Tor 1992 |
William Proxmire | Hugo nominee | Summary Shown to Robert Heinlein a few weeks before his death |
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213 | 171 | Murder of Halley's Comet, The | Short story | The Fleet (David Drake shared universe) | The Fleet, Book 3: Breakthrough, paper, Ace/Fawcett, May 1989 | 1989-05 | n/a | Collaboration, co-written with David Drake | |||
214 | Read This | essay | non-fiction | The New York Review of Science Fiction, May 1989 | 1989-05 | n/a | book review? | ||||
215 | 167 | Wishing Game, The | Short story | Magic Universe: Warlock | Aboriginal SF May/Jun 1989; Arabesques II, Susan Shwartz, ed., Avon Books | 1989-06 | Chattacon 12 program guide, Hixon, Tennessee, January 1987; A Century of Fantasy 1980-1989, ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg, MJF Books 1996; Playgrounds of the Mind |
Clubfoot; Mirandee; Kreezerast the Frightener | Summary final tale of the Warlock's companions |
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216 | 175 | Man-Kzin Wars II | anthology | Known Space: Man-Kzin Wars | paper, Baen Books, 1989 | 1989-08 | n/a | Anthology edited by Larry Niven and James Baen, with a new introduction by Niven. | |||
216a | Introduction to Man-Kzin Wars II | introduction | Known Space: about | Man-Kzin Wars II | 1989-08 | Scatterbrain | Summary Like the title says |
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217 | 166 | Portrait of Daryanree the King, The | Short story | Magic Universe | Aboriginal SF Sep/Oct 1989 | 1989-09 | Achilles' Choice; Playgrounds of the Mind; More Tales from the Forbidden Planet, ed. Roz Kaveney, Titan 1990, Illustrated by Don Lawrence. |
Summary First American rights unsold. Sent to Argos. Argos collapsed. Antho rights promised to Susan Shwartz for Arabesques III. Sold to Titan Books (England) |
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218 | 172 | Barsoom Project, The | Novel | Dream Park | Ace Books, paper, 1989 | 1989-09 | SFBC February 1990, First HB; British Edition: Pan, April 1990, trade and HB |
Alex Griffin; Arthur Cowles; Marty Bobbick; Ollie Norliss; Tony McWhirter; Gwen Ryder | Review Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes; sequel to Dream Park |
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219 | Response to "The New Generation Gap" | essay | non-fiction | The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 1989 | 1989-09 | n/a | Appears alongside essays on "The New Generation Gap" by Clarke, Delaney, Dickson, Leiber, Brin and others. | ||||
220 | Read This | essay | non-fiction | The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 1989 | 1989-11 | n/a | book review? | ||||
221 | Blind Alleys | non-fiction | non-fiction | Bulletin of the SFWA, 1990 Spring volume 24, number 1, issue 107 | 1990-00 | n/a | non-fiction | ||||
222 | Avogadro's World | Children's story | stand-alone | unpublished | 1990-00 | n/a | Collaboration with Jerry Pournelle and Wendy All, never completed. | ||||
223 | Ghost Ships, The | Novel | The State: The Smoke Ring | unpublished | 1990-00 | n/a | Summary rejected novel of strange supernova-born life-forms |
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224 | Mom and the Kids | Short story | The Fleet (David Drake shared universe) | The Fleet, Book 4: Sworn Allies, paper, Ace/Fawcett, March 1990 | 1990-03 | All the Way to the Gallows, David Drake, Baen 1996 | Summary Collaboration, co-written with David Drake |
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225 | 177 | Madness Has Its Place | Short story | Known Space: Man-Kzin Wars | Man-Kzin Wars III | 1990-08 | N-Space; Three Books of Known Space; Isaac Asimov's War, ed. Gardner Dozois, Ace 1993; Man-Kzin Wars: The Best of All Possible Wars, ed. Larry Niven, Baen 1998 |
Jack Strather; Anton Brillov; Phoebe Garrison | Summary First Known Space story since The Ringworld Engineers in 1979; describes Sol's first response to the Kzin invasion |
K.S. 19 (2375-83) | |
226 | 177A | N-Space | Collection | n/a | A Tor Book, published by Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., September 1990 | 1990-08 | n/a | Collection info Major retrospective of Niven's career from 1964-1990. Contents: Introduction: "The Maker of Worlds" by Tom Clancy On Niven Dramatis Personae Foreword: Playgrounds for the Mind excerpt from World of Ptavvs "Bordered in Black" "The Long Night" (as "Convergent Series") "All the Myriad Ways" excerpt from A Gift from Earth "For a Foggy Night" "The Meddler" "Passerby" "Down in Flames" excerpt from Ringworld "The Fourth Profession" "Shall We Indulge in Rishathra?" with cartoons by Bill Rotsler "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" "Inconstant Moon" "What Can You Say About Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers?" "Cloak of Anarchy" excerpt from Protector "The Hole Man" "Night on Mispec Moor" "Flare Time" "The Locusts," with Steven Barnes excerpt from The Mote in God's Eye, with Jerry Pournelle "Building the Mote in God's Eye," with Jerry Pournelle "Brenda" "The Return of William Proxmire" "The Tale of the Jinni and the Sisters" "Madness has its Place" "Niven's Laws" (includes "Niven's Laws for Writers" and "Staying Rich") "The Kiteman" (prefaced by "Blowing Smoke") "The Alien In Our Minds" "Space" Bibliography of Larry Niven |
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227 | Dramatis Personae | non-fiction | non-fiction: The Ghetto | N-Space | 1990-08 | n/a | Summary Who's Who in Niven's career |
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228 | Foreword: Playgrounds for the Mind | non-fiction | non-fiction | N-Space | 1990-08 | n/a | Summary Introduction to N-Space |
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229 | Blowing Smoke | non-fiction | non-fiction | N-Space | 1990-08 | n/a | discussion of the Smoke Ring | ||||
230 | 190 | Kiteman, The | Short story | The State: The Smoke Ring | N-Space | 1990-08 | n/a | Summary short story set in the Smoke Ring |
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231 | 191 | Space | non-fiction | non-fiction | N-Space | 1990-08 | n/a | Summary essay on the Citizens Advisory Council for a National Space Policy. Includes some text from their report, "How to Save Civilization and Make a Little Money," not to be confused with the essay in Scatterbrain of the same name. |
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232 | Bibliography | non-fiction | non-fiction | N-Space | 1990-08 | n/a | bibliography, updated in Bridging the Galaxies | ||||
233 | Review of Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett | review | non-fiction | The New York Review of Science Fiction, August 1990 | 1990-08 | n/a | book review | ||||
234 | A.R.M. A Tale of Known Space | comic book | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | Adapted by Bill Spangler, Adventure Comics: Malibu Graphics Inc., Sept.-Nov 1990 | 1990-09 | n/a | Comic book based on "The Organleggers" | ||||
235 | My Favorite Story | essay | non-fiction | The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 1990 | 1990-10 | n/a | essay | ||||
236 | Introduction to Man-Kzin Wars IV | introduction | Known Space: about | Man-Kzin Wars IV, ed. Larry Niven, Baen 1991 | 1991-00 | n/a | Like the title says | ||||
237 | Defenseless Dead, The A Tale of Known Space | comic book | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | Adventure Comics: Malibu Graphics Inc., Feb.-April 1991 | 1991-02 | n/a | Comic book based on "The Defenseless Dead" | ||||
238 | 179 | Achilles' Choice | Novel | Saturn | A Tor Book, published by Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., March 1991. Illustrated. | 1991-03 | n/a | Saturn | Review Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes. Also includes the short story "The Portrait of Daryanree the King." |
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239 | World of Ptavvs/A Gift from Earth/Neutron Star | Collection | Known Space: Collection | BOMC/QPBC, Jun 1991 | 1991-06 | n/a | Omnibus of the first three books in the "Known Space" series | ||||
240 | 180 | Fallen Angels | Novel | stand-alone | paper, Baen Books | 1991-07 | n/a | Wade Curtis, Nat Reynolds | Prometheus winner, Seiun winner (Japan) | Review E-book Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle & Michael Flynn; excerpted in Amazing Science Fiction Stories, June 1991 |
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241 | Read This | essay | non-fiction | The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 1991 | 1991-09 | n/a | book review? | ||||
242 | 178 | Playgrounds of the Mind | Collection | n/a | A Tor Book, published by Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., October 1991 | 1991-10 | n/a | Collection info Sequel/companion to N-Space. Contents: "Thraxisp: A Memoir" "A Teardrop Falls" excerpt from Inferno with Jerry Pournelle excerpt from A World Out Of Time "Rammer" excerpt from "The Ethics of Madness" "Becalmed in Hell" "Wait it Out" "A Relic of the Empire" excerpt from Lucifer's Hammer with Jerry Pournelle "The Soft Weapon" "The Borderland of Sol" excerpt from The Ringworld Engineers "What Good is a Glass Dagger?" excerpt from The Magic Goes Away "The Defenseless Dead" excerpt from The Patchwork Girl "Leviathan!" excerpt from Oath of Fealty, with Jerry Pournelle "Unfinished Story" "Cautionary Tales" "The Dreadful White Page" "Retrospective" with Steven Barnes, section from Dream Park "The Green Marauder" "Assimilating our Culture, That's What They're Doing!" "War Movie" "Limits" "The Lost Ideas" "Bigger Than Worlds" "Ghetto? But I Thought..." "Adrienne and Irish Coffee" "One Night at the Draco Tavern" "Trantorcon Report" "Why Men Fight Wars and What You Can Do About It" "Comics" "The Green Lantern Bible" excerpt "Criticism" excerpt from The Legacy of Heorot, with Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes "The Portrait of Daryanree the King" "The Wishing Game" "The Lion in His Attic" excerpt from Footfall, with Jerry Pournelle "Works in Progress" excerpt from The Gripping Hand, as The Mote Around Murcheson's Eye with Jerry Pournelle excerpt from Fallen Angels, with Jerry Pournelle and Michael Flynn "Wanted Fan" excerpt from The California Voodoo Game, with Steven Barnes, "Letter" |
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243 | Thraxisp: A Memoir | non-fiction | non-fiction: The Ghetto | Playgrounds of the Mind | 1991-10 | n/a | Summary Essay on Joel Hagen's world-building project |
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244 | 183 | Lost Ideas, The | non-fiction | non-fiction | Playgrounds of the Mind | 1991-10 | n/a | Summary Like the title says |
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245 | 184 | Ghetto? But I Thought... | non-fiction | non-fiction: The Ghetto | Playgrounds of the Mind | 1991-10 | n/a | Summary Essay on the "Science Fiction Ghetto." Includes the text of "Convention Stories" from Niven's Laws |
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246 | 185 | Adrienne and Irish Coffee | non-fiction | non-fiction: The Ghetto | Playgrounds of the Mind | 1991-10 | n/a | Summary Like the title says |
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247 | 186 | One Night at the Draco Tavern | play | n/a | Playgrounds of the Mind | 1991-10 | The Draco Tavern | Larry Niven | Summary Short script performed at Worldcon, Los Angeles, 1984. Won the Master's Award for "funniest." |
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248 | 187 | Trantorcon Report | non-fiction | non-fiction: The Ghetto | Playgrounds of the Mind | 1991-10 | n/a | Summary Guide to the ultimate Sci-fi convention in 23,309. A version of this appeared in APA-L #500, Dec. 11, 1974, and later reprinted in a fanzine by Marty Cantor called No Award, with cartoons by William Rotsler and others. |
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249 | 188 | Comics | non-fiction | non-fiction | Playgrounds of the Mind | 1991-10 | n/a | Summary Essay on Niven's relationship with comics and the comics industry |
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250 | 189 | From the Green Lantern Bible | non-fiction | non-fiction | Playgrounds of the Mind | 1991-10 | n/a | Excerpts from the Green Lantern "Bible" Niven worked up for DC Comics | |||
251 | Works in Progress | non-fiction | non-fiction | Playgrounds of the Mind | 1991-10 | n/a | Discussion of works in progress as of the publication of Playgrounds of the Mind | ||||
252 | Wanted Fan | filk song | stand-alone | Playgrounds of the Mind | 1991-10 | Fallen Angels | Summary Filk song set in the "Fallen Angels" fandom world |
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253 | 182 | Green Lantern: Ganthet's Tale | Graphic Novel | DC Universe | D.C. Comics | 1992-00 | n/a | Hal Jordan; Ganthet | Summary Script and art by John Byrne |
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254 | Where Next, Columbus? | non-fiction | non-fiction | Smithsonian Magazine | 1992-00 | Bridging the Galaxies | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle |
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255 | Review of Cosmic Time Travel: A Scientific Odyssey, by Barry Parker | review | non-fiction | The New York Review of Science Fiction, January 1992 | 1992-01 | n/a | book review | ||||
256 | 181 | California Voodoo Game, The | Novel | Dream Park | Ballantine, 1992 | 1992-02 | n/a | Review Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes; sequel to Dream Park |
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257 | Read This | essay | non-fiction | The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 1992 | 1992-10 | n/a | book review? | ||||
258 | 192 | Gripping Hand, The | Novel | Motie | Hardcover and paperback, Pocket Books, 1993 | 1993-02 | n/a | Rod Blaine; Kevin Renner | Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle; sequel to The Mote in God's Eye |
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259 | Bridging the Galaxies | Collection | n/a | San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions | 1993-11 | n/a | Collection Info Guest of Honor book for ConFrancisco. Contents: Introduction "Procrustes" "Where Next, Columbus?" "It's Only a Story" "Tabletop Fusion" "The South Los Angeles Broadcasting System" "The Color of Sunfire" "Intercon Trip Report" "The Léshy Circuit" "All the Bridges Rusting" Bibliography |
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260 | Introduction to Bridging the Galaxies | introduction | non-fiction | Bridging the Galaxies | 1993-11 | n/a | Introduction | ||||
261 | Procrustes | Novella | Known Space | Bridging the Galaxies | 1993-11 | Crashlander; Scatterbrain |
Beowulf Shaeffer; Sharrol; Feather Filip; Carlos Wu | Summary E-book Beowulf loses his head, but takes it surprisingly well |
K.S. 29 (2654) | ||
262 | It's Only a Story | Short story | stand-alone | Bridging the Galaxies | 1993-11 | n/a | Larry Niven; Charles Dickens | Summary written for an anthology called The Midnight Miracle edited by Jerry Biederman and Christopher Owens |
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263 | Tabletop Fusion | non-fiction | non-fiction | Bridging the Galaxies | 1993-11 | Scatterbrain | Summary article about tabletop fusion |
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264 | South Los Angeles Broadcasting System, The | Short story | stand-alone | Bridging the Galaxies | 1993-11 | How to Save the World, ed. Charles Sheffield, Tor 1995 | Summary a non-SF story set in the wake of the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles. |
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265 | Color of Sunfire, The | Short story | Known Space | Bridging the Galaxies | 1993-11 | n/a | Richard Harvey Schultz-Mann; unnamed protagonist | Summary Read It! Mention of an alien race called the Pleione; description of Silvereyes (Beta Hydri I); description of the Puppeteer homeworld |
K.S. 33 (2686) | ||
266 | Intercon Trip Report: August 12, 1991 | non-fiction | non-fiction: The Ghetto | Bridging the Galaxies | 1993-11 | Scatterbrain | Summary Like the title says |
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267 | Léshy Circuit, The | script | Léshy | Bridging the Galaxies | 1993-11 | n/a | Summary Unfinished Script for Planetarium Show |
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268 | Bibliography | non-fiction | non-fiction | Bridging the Galaxies | 1993-11 | n/a | bibliography updated from N-Space, source of the "opus numbers" found in this database | ||||
269 | Crashlander | Collection | Known Space: Collection | paper, Del Rey, 1994 | 1994-04 | n/a | Collection info Beowulf Shaeffer omnibus. Contents: "Ghost" "Neutron Star" "At the Core" "Flatlander" "Grendel" "The Borderland of Sol" "Procrustes" |
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270 | Ghost | Short story | Known Space | Crashlander | 1994-04 | n/a | Beowulf Shaeffer; Sharrol; Sigmund Ausfaller; Ander Smittarasheed | Summary Beowulf Shaeffer; 8-part Crashlander framing story |
K.S. 30 (2656) | ||
271 | Millennial Project, The | review | n/a | First Foundation News! June 1994 | 1994-06 | n/a | review | ||||
272 | Foreword to Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre: Fright Court | introduction | non-fiction | Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre: Fright Court, by Batton Lash, comic-strip collection published by Exhibit A Press | 1995-00 | n/a | Following the 2002 San Diego Comic-Con, Niven wrote "I met Batton Lash at last. He's Wolff and Byrd, Attorneys for the Macabre. I wrote an introduction for his second coffee-table book." Turns out the book in question was published in 1995!—Ed. | ||||
273 | Flatlander | Collection | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | paper, Del Rey, 1995 | 1995-06 | n/a | Gil Hamilton | Collection info Gil Hamilton omnibus. Contents: "The Organleggers" as "Death By Ecstacy" "The Defenseless Dead" "ARM" The Patchwork Girl "The Woman in Del Rey Crater" Afterword: Science/Mystery Fiction |
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274 | Woman in Del Rey Crater, The | Short story | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | Flatlander | 1995-06 | Scatterbrain | Gil Hamilton; Hecate Bauer-Stanson; Maxim Shreve | Summary
Gil still solving crimes on the moon |
K.S. 15 (2127) | ||
275 | Afterword: Science/Mystery Fiction | non-fiction | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | Flatlander | 1995-06 | n/a | discussion of the combination of two genres | ||||
276 | Song of the Night People | Novella | Known Space: Ringworld | Sisters of the Night, anthology, edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Barbara Hambly, Warner Aspect | 1995-10 | The Ringworld Throne | Short story of "The Vampire Nest" that became embedded in The Ringworld Throne | ||||
277 | Beowulf's Children | Novel | Avalon | A Tor Book, published by Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., November 1995, Hardcover and paperback | 1995-11 | Hardcover and paperback, as The Dragons of Heorot, Gollancz (British); | Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle & Steven Barnes; sequel to The Legacy of Heorot |
A. 2 | |||
278 | Regulating the Body Business | non-fiction | non-fiction | Scientific American, March 1996 | 1996-03 | n/a | discussion of organlegging | ||||
279 | Ringworld Throne, The | Novel | Known Space: Ringworld | hardcover, Del Rey, 1996; paper tk | 1996-06 | Omni Comics adaptation (excerpts) by Richard Corben | Louis Wu; Hindmost; Acolyte; Tunesmith; Bram | Review 2nd sequel to Ringworld; Louis encounters more Pak Protectors |
K.S. 37 (2882-93) | ||
280 | Catfish and Red Meat Flavoring | non-fiction | non-fiction | Collection, Serve It Forth: Cooking With Anne McCaffrey, ed, John Gregory Betancourt, Warner Books, October 1996 | 1996-10 | n/a | more recipes | ||||
281 | Three Books of Known Space | Collection | Known Space: Collection | Del Rey, 1996, paper | 1996-11 | n/a | Collection Info An anthology made up of World of Ptavvs, A Gift from Earth, and Tales of Known Space, with "Madness Has Its Place" replacing "The Borderland of Sol." Contents: "Timeline for Known Space" "My Universe and Welcome Back!" "The Coldest Place" "Becalmed in Hell" "Wait it Out" "Eye of an Octopus" "How the Heroes Die" "The Jigsaw Man" World of Ptavvs "At the Bottom of a Hole" "The Deceivers" (as "Intent to Deceive") "Cloak of Anarchy" "The Warriors" "Madness Has its Place" A Gift from Earth "There Is a Tide" "Safe at Any Speed" "Afterthoughts" "Bibliography: The Worlds of Larry Niven" |
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282 | Timeline for Known Space | non-fiction | Known Space: about | Three Books of Known Space | 1996-11 | n/a | updated timeline from Tales of Known Space | ||||
283 | My Universe and Welcome Back! | introduction | Known Space: about | Three Books of Known Space | 1996-11 | n/a | new introduction for the new Known Space collection | ||||
284 | Afterthoughts | non-fiction | Known Space: about | Three Books of Known Space | 1996-11 | n/a | Like the title says | ||||
285 | Bibliography: The Worlds of Larry Niven | non-fiction | Known Space: about | Three Books of Known Space | 1996-11 | n/a | Annotated by "universe," lists latest publication only. Updated from the Tales of Known Space version. | ||||
286 | Destiny's Road | Novel | Avalon | A Tor Book, published by Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., June 1997 | 1997-06 | Mass-market paperback, Tor Science Fiction, May 1998; Orbit, paper, May 1998 |
Review Stand-alone set in the same universe as the Heorot books |
A. 3 | |||
287 | Choosing Names | Short story | Known Space: Man-Kzin Wars | Man-Kzin Wars VIII | 1998-09 | n/a | New Man-Kzin story | K.S. 20 (2383) | |||
288 | Wisdom | non-fiction | non-fiction | Altair #4 1999 | 1999-00 | n/a | no other data | ||||
289 | Rainbow Mars | Collection | Svetz | A Tor Book, published by Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., March 1999 | 1999-03 | hardcover, Orbit (British); paper, Little Brown/Orbit |
Review New Svetz story and collection. Contents: "Rainbow Mars" "Get a Horse!" (as "The Flight of the Horse") "Bird in the Hand" "Leviathan!" "There's a Wolf in My Time Machine" "Death in a Cage" "Afterword: Svetz and the Beanstalk" |
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290 | Rainbow Mars | Novella | Svetz | Rainbow Mars | 1999-03 | n/a | Hanville Svetz; Ra Chen; Zeera Southworth | New Svetz novella on Mars | s. 6 | ||
291 | Afterword: Svetz and the Beanstalk | non-fiction | Svetz | Rainbow Mars | 1999-03 | n/a | How Rainbow Mars came to be written | ||||
292 | Getting Your Dime's Worth | introduction | DC Universe | Mystery in Space, DC Comics, September 1999 | 1999-09 | n/a | introduction to DC Pulp Fiction Library's Mystery in Space by Gardner Fox, Alex Toth, et. al. | ||||
293 | Mission to Abisko | non-fiction | non-fiction | Mission to Abisko: Stories and Myths in the Creation of Scientific Truth, anthology, ed. John L. Casti and Anders Karlqvist, Anders, Perseus Books, 1999 | 1999-11 | n/a | Report on a trip to an exclusive conference at Abisko Biological Research Station in Sweden, with fellow travellers Greg Bear and Gregory Benford. | ||||
294 | Loki | Short story | stand-alone | Analog, January 2000 | 2000-01 | Scatterbrain | Summary Story with no human characters |
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295 | Smut Talk | Short story | Draco Tavern | Playboy, January 2000 | 2000-01 | Scatterbrain; The Draco Tavern; reprinted at larryniven.org |
Rick Schumann | Summary Draco Tavern; microbial hive mind or sexually transmitted disease? |
D.T. 12 | ||
296 | An Interview with Larry Niven | Interview | non-fiction | Space.com | 2000-02 | n/a | interviewed by S. James Blackman | ||||
297 | Burning City, The | Novel | Magic Universe: Golden Road | Hardcover, Pocket Books, 2000 | 2000-03 | Orbit, British hardcover; paper, Pocket; paper, Little Brown/Orbit |
Whandall Feathersnake; Willow; Sandry; Tras Praetor | Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle | |||
298 | Mars: Who Needs It? | non-fiction | non-fiction | Space.com | 2000-03 | Scatterbrain | Summary Read It! non-fiction for Space.com |
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299 | How to Save Civilization and Make a Little Money | non-fiction | non-fiction | Space.com | 2000-04 | Scatterbrain | Summary non-fiction for Space.com, has almost nothing to do with the report presented by the Citizens Advisory Council for a National Space Policy. |
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300 | Travelers | non-fiction | non-fiction | Space.com | 2000-05 | n/a | Read It! non-fiction for Space.com |
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301 | Rocket Men | non-fiction | non-fiction | Space.com | 2000-06 | n/a | Read It! non-fiction for Space.com |
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302 | Saturn's Race | Novel | Saturn | A Tor Book, published by Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., July 2000 | 2000-07 | paper, Tor | Saturn | Review Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes; prequel to Achilles' Choice |
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303 | Wisdom of Demons, The | Short story | Draco Tavern | Analog, July/August 2000 | 2000-07 | The Draco Tavern | Rick Schumann | Summary Draco Tavern; think twice before accepting gifts from the Glig. |
D.T. 11 | ||
304 | Wet Mars (Larry Niven Talks Terraforming) | non-fiction | non-fiction | Space.com | 2000-07 | n/a | Read It! non-fiction for Space.com |
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305 | Making Somebody Pay | non-fiction | non-fiction | Space.com | 2000-09 | n/a | Read It! non-fiction for Space.com |
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306 | Fly-By-Night | Novella | Known Space: Man-Kzin Wars | Asimov's Science Fiction, October/November 2000 | 2000-10 | Man-Kzin Wars IX | Beowulf Shaeffer; Fly-By-Night | Summary Beowulf is hijacked in flight |
K.S. 32 (2660) | ||
307 | Surprises | non-fiction | non-fiction | Space.com | 2000-11 | n/a | Read It! non-fiction for Space.com |
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308 | Missing Mass, The | Short story | Draco Tavern | Analog, December 2000 | 2000-12 | The Draco Tavern; reprinted at larryniven.org |
Rick Schumann | Locus winner | Summary Read It! Draco Tavern; where is the universe's extra mass? It was eaten! |
D.T. 14 | |
309 | Ice and Mirrors | Short story | Walker & Keenan | Asimov's Science Fiction, February 2001 | 2001-02 | Scatterbrain | Walker & Keenan | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Brenda Cooper |
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310 | Heights, The | Short story | Draco Tavern | Analog, May 2001 | 2001-05 | The Draco Tavern | Rick Schumann | Summary Draco Tavern; Alien flyers terrify children for profit. |
D.T. 10 | ||
311 | Ssoroghod's People | Short story | Draco Tavern | Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction, ed. Al Sarrantonio, Penguin/Roc 2001 | 2001-12 | The Draco Tavern | Rick Schumann | Draco Tavern; maybe we should go to Mars after all? | D.T. 13 | ||
312 | Albacon Trip Report | non-fiction | non-fiction: The Ghetto | posted at larryniven.org | 2002-00 | n/a | unpublished report of con after 9/11 | ||||
313 | Choosing Life | Short story | Christa | Analog, January 2002 | 2002-01 | n/a | Christa | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Brenda Cooper |
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314 | Finding Myself | Novelet | Christa | Analog, June 2002 | 2002-06 | n/a | Christa | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Brenda Cooper |
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315 | Convergence of the Old Mind, The | Short story | Draco Tavern | Analog, July/August 2002 | 2002-07 | The Draco Tavern | Rick Schumann | Summary Draco Tavern; a new meaning to the phrase "gathering one's thoughts." |
D.T. 15 | ||
316 | Free Floaters | Novella | Walker & Keenan | Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2002 | 2002-08 | n/a | Walker & Keenan | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Brenda Cooper |
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317 | Chrysalis | Short story | Draco Tavern | Analog, September 2002 | 2002-09 | The Draco Tavern | Rick Schumann | Summary Draco Tavern; aliens with severely arrested development--for good reason |
D.T. 16 | ||
318 | Niven's Laws, 2002 | non-fiction | non-fiction | Analog, November 2002 | 2002-11 | reprinted at larryniven.org | update of Niven's Laws | ||||
319 | Ones Who Stay Home, The | Short story | Draco Tavern | Analog, January 2003 | 2003-01 | The Draco Tavern | Rick Schumann | Summary Draco Tavern |
D.T. 21 | ||
320 | Scatterbrain | Collection | n/a | A Tor Book, published by Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., January 2003 | 2003-01 | paper, Tor | Collection Info Niven's career from 1990 to 2003. Contents: Introduction: Where Do I Get My Crazy Ideas? Excerpt from Destiny's Road Excerpt from The Ringworld Throne "The Woman in Del Rey Crater" "Loki" "Procrustes" "Mars: Who Needs It? "How to Save Civilization and Make a Little Money" Excerpt from The Burning City with Jerry Pournelle Excerpt from Saturn's Race with Steven Barnes "Ice And Mirrors" with Brenda Cooper The "Ice & Mirrors" Papers "Smut Talk" "Telepresence" "Learning to Love the Space Station" "Autograph Ettiquette" "Tabletop Fusion" "Collaboration" "Intercon Trip Report" "Handicap" "Did the Moon Move for You Too?" "Hugo Award Anecdotes" Introduction to Peter Hamilton story "Watching Trees Grow" Introduction to Man-Kzin Wars II Canon for the Man-Kzin Wars Epilogue: What I Tell Librarians |
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321 | Introduction: Where Do I Get My Crazy Ideas? | introduction | non-fiction | Scatterbrain | 2003-01 | n/a | Summary Introduction to Scatterbrain |
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322 | Ice and Mirrors Papers, The | non-fiction | non-fiction: The Ghetto | Scatterbrain | 2003-01 | n/a | Collaboration, e-mail discussion with Brenda Cooper | ||||
323 | Telepresence | non-fiction | non-fiction | Scatterbrain | 2003-01 | n/a | with Marvin Minsky 8.8.97 at the CACNSP meeting, Tarzana | ||||
324 | Learning to Love the Space Station | non-fiction | non-fiction | Scatterbrain | 2003-01 | n/a | essay on the ISS | ||||
325 | 168 | Autograph Ettiquette | non-fiction | non-fiction: The Ghetto | Scatterbrain | 2003-01 | n/a | Summary 600 words of tips for writers and seekers |
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326 | Handicap | non-fiction | non-fiction | Scatterbrain | 2003-01 | n/a | Summary essay on the concept of "handicap" |
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327 | Did the Moon Move for You Too? | non-fiction | non-fiction | Scatterbrain | 2003-01 | n/a | Summary brief essay on hypothetical attempts at mating in orbit |
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328 | Hugo Award Anecdotes | non-fiction | non-fiction | Scatterbrain | 2003-01 | n/a | for use at the Hugo ceremonies, 1996 | ||||
329 | Introduction to Peter Hamilton story "Watching Trees Grow" | introduction | non-fiction | Scatterbrain | 2003-01 | n/a | Summary Like the title says; a discussion of sci-fi-mystery |
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330 | Canon for the Man-Kzin Wars | non-fiction | Known Space: about | Scatterbrain | 2003-01 | n/a | Summary Like the title says |
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331 | Epilogue: What I Tell Librarians | non-fiction | non-fiction | Scatterbrain | 2003-01 | n/a | Summary essay on reading sci-fi |
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332 | Death Addict, The | Short story | Draco Tavern | Analog, May 2003 | 2003-05 | The Draco Tavern | Rick Schumann | Summary Draco Tavern; We've all met guys like him. |
D.T. 17 | ||
333 | Integral Trees, The | Collection | The State: The Smoke Ring | Ballantine Del Rey trade paperback | 2003-08 | n/a | Omnibus of two novels: The Integral Trees and The Smoke Ring | ||||
334 | Trellis, The | Novella | stand-alone | Analog, November 2003 | 2003-11 | n/a | Summary
Collaboration, co-written with Brenda Cooper |
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335 | Introduction to The Rackham Files by Dean Ing | introduction | non-fiction | Baen, February 2004 | 2004-02 | n/a | Like the title says | ||||
336 | Storm Front | Short story | Draco Tavern | Analog, March 2004 | 2004-03 | The Draco Tavern | Rick Schumann | E-book Summary Draco Tavern; intelligent life on the sun |
D.T. 18 | ||
337 | Chicxulub | Short story | Magic Universe | Asimov's Science Fiction, April/May 2004 | 2004-05 | n/a | Summary no other data |
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338 | Ringworld's Children | Novel | Known Space: Ringworld | A Tor Book, published by Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., June 2004 | 2004-06 | Time Warner UK/Orbit (British hardcover); Mass-Market paperback, Tor Books, April 5, 2005 |
Louis Wu; Hindmost; Acolyte; Tunesmith | 3rd Sequel to Ringworld; Louis saves the Ringworld. Again. | K.S. 38 (2893) | ||
339 | Preface to Ringworld's Children | non-fiction | non-fiction | Ringworld's Children | 2004-06 | n/a | further discussion of Ringworld's literary and physical parameters | ||||
340 | Boomerang | Short story | Magic Universe | Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy, ed. Al Sarrantonio, Penguin/Roc 2004 | 2004-06 | n/a | Warlock-era short story set in Australia and Siberia | ||||
341 | Rhinemaidens | Short story | Magic Universe | Asimov's Science Fiction, January 2005 | 2005-01 | n/a | no other data | ||||
342 | Burning Tower | Novel | Magic Universe: Golden Road | Pocket Books hardcover, February 2005 | 2005-02 | Mass-Market paperback, Pocket, September 26, 2006 | Whandall Feathersnake; Willow; Sandry; Tras Praetor; Burning Tower; Arshur | Collaboration, sequel to The Burning City; co-written with Jerry Pournelle | |||
343 | Magic Goes Away Collection, The | Collection | Magic Universe: Warlock | Pocket Books trade paperback, February 2005 | 2005-02 | n/a | Collecting three previous Warlock books: The Magic Goes Away, The Magic May Return, and More Magic, with a new introduction by the author. | ||||
344 | Introduction | introduction | non-fiction | The Magic Goes Away Collection | 2005-02 | n/a | introduction to The Magic Goes Away Collection | ||||
345 | Building Harlequin's Moon | Novel | stand-alone | A Tor Book, published by Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., June 2005 | 2005-06 | Mass-market paperback, Tor Science Fiction, April 4, 2006 |
Collaboration, co-written with Brenda Cooper | ||||
346 | Kath and Quicksilver | Novella | tk | Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2005 | 2005-08 | n/a | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Brenda Cooper |
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347 | Breeding Maze | Short story | Draco Tavern | Analog, September 2005 | 2005-09 | The Draco Tavern | Rick Schumann | Summary Draco Tavern; he's a Joker, a smoker, a midnight toker... sure don't wanna hurt no one... |
D.T. 22 | ||
348 | Hunting Park, The | Short story | Known Space: Man-Kzin Wars | Man-Kzin Wars XI | 2005-10 | n/a | Summary newest Known Space story as of this writing |
K.S. 39 (2899) | |||
349 | Slow Ones, The | Short story | Draco Tavern | Analog, December 2005 | 2005-12 | The Draco Tavern | Rick Schumann | Summary Draco Tavern; ride a glacier! |
D.T. 19 | ||
350 | Draco Tavern, The | Collection | Draco Tavern | A Tor Book, published by Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., January 2006 | 2006-01 | Mass-market paperback, Tor Science Fiction, November 28, 2006 | Reviews Draco Tavern omnibus with new stories and a new introduction by the author |
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351 | Introduction | introduction | non-fiction | The Draco Tavern | 2006-01 | n/a | Introduction to The Draco Tavern | ||||
352 | Playhouse | Short story | Draco Tavern | The Draco Tavern | 2006-01 | n/a | Rick Schumann | Draco Tavern | D.T. 23 | ||
353 | Lost | Short story | Draco Tavern | The Draco Tavern | 2006-01 | Eeriecon Limited Edition Chapbook, Buffalo Fantasy League, in partnership with W. Paul Ganley: Publisher | Rick Schumann | Draco Tavern | D.T. 24 | ||
354 | Losing Mars | Short story | Draco Tavern | The Draco Tavern | 2006-01 | n/a | Rick Schumann | Draco Tavern | D.T. 25 | ||
355 | Playground Earth | Short story | Draco Tavern | The Draco Tavern | 2006-01 | n/a | Rick Schumann | Draco Tavern | D.T. 26 | ||
356 | Solipsist at Dinner, The | Short story | stand-alone | Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology, Steven Savile and Alethea Kontis, Eds, paper, Tor, May 2006 | 2006-05 | n/a | Wayne Morris; Nero | Summary A short meditation on the nature of solipsism and how it relates to human aging. |
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357 | Terror Bard, The | Short story | TK | Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge, Lou Anders, Editor. Paperback, Pyr, February 5, 2007 | 2007-02 | n/a | Collaboration, co-written with Brenda Cooper | ||||
358 | Scatterbrain II (working title) | Collection | n/a | work-in-progress | 2007-00 | n/a | Sequel to Scatterbrain; no current plans to publish per LVCN 9.2.06 | ||||
359 | Burning Mountain (working title) | Novel | Magic Universe: Golden Road | work-in-progress | 2007-00 | n/a | collaboration with Jerry Pournelle; sequel to The Burning City and Burning Tower. Mentioned in the introduction to The Magic Goes Away Collection | ||||
360 | Bowl of Heaven (working title) | Novel | stand-alone | work-in-progress | 2007-00 | n/a | Collaboration with Gregory Benford; macrostructure a.k.a. "Wok World." | ||||
361 | Fleet of Worlds (working title confirmed by LVCN) | Novel | Known Space | work-in-progress | 2007-00 | n/a | collaboration with Ed Lerner set on the Puppeteer Fleet of Worlds | ||||
362 | Juggler of Worlds (working title confirmed by LVCN) | Novel | Known Space | work-in-progress | 2007-00 | n/a | collaboration with Ed Lerner set on the Puppeteer Fleet of Worlds | ||||
363 | Inferno II a.k.a. Purgatorio (working title) | Novel | stand-alone | work-in-progress | 2007-00 | n/a | Collaboration with Jerry Pournelle; 2nd sequel to Dante's Inferno | ||||
364 | Dream Park IV (working title) | Novel | Dream Park | work-in-progress | 2007-00 | n/a | Collaboration with Steven Barnes; new sequel to Dream Park, set on the Moon | ||||
365 | Moon Bowl, The (working title) | Novel | stand-alone | work-in-progress | 2007-00 | n/a | Collaboration with Jerry Pournelle & Michael Flynn. |
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