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Overview: Laurence van Cott Niven (born 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His best-known works are Ringworld (1970), which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards, and, with Jerry Pournelle, The Mote in God’s Eye (1974) and Lucifer’s Hammer (1977). The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America named him the 2015 recipient of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics. It also often includes elements of detective fiction and adventure stories. His fantasy includes the series The Magic Goes Away, rational fantasy dealing with magic as a non-renewable resource.
Genre: Fiction > Sci-Fi/Fantasy
A Hole in Space (1974) SSC
Stories from science fiction’s master storyteller, including "Rammer", "A Hole in Space", "The Fourth Profession" and the Louis Wu story "There Is a Tide", as well as a discussion of non-planetary structures for human habitation (including the Ringworld) called "Bigger Than Worlds."
Content:
Rammer (this story was later expanded into the novel A World Out of Time)
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
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The Hole Man
The Fourth Profession
All the Myriad Ways (1971) SSC
An early collection of short works by this Nebula and Hugo Award winning author. Cover art is actually by Dean Ellis.
Contents:
All the Myriad Ways (1968); Passerby (1969); For a Foggy Night (1968); Wait It Out [Known Space] (1968); The Jigsaw Man [Known Space] (1967); Not Long Before the End (1969); Unfinished Story No. 1 (1970); Unfinished Story No. 2 (1971); Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex (essay, 1969); Exercise in Speculation: The Theory and Practice of Teleportation (essay, 1969); The Theory and Practice of Time Travel (essay, 1971) Inconstant Moon (1971); What Can You Say About Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers? (1971); Becalmed in Hell [Known Space] (1965).
Convergent Series This impressive collection of Larry Niven’s short stories — science fiction, fantasy, contemporary fiction, and mixed genres (detective-noir-meets-aliens) — shows the range of this Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author’s fiction, with many clever twists. A feast for lovers of the short story.
Contents
Bordered in Black (1966)
One Face (1965)
Like Banquo’s Ghost (1968)
The Meddler (1968)
Dry Run (1968)
Convergent Series (1967)
The Deadlier Weapon (1968)
The Nonesuch (1974)
Singularities Make Me Nervous (1974)
The Schumann Computer (1979)
Assimilating Our Culture, That’s What They’re Doing! (1978)
Grammar Lesson (1977)
The Subject Is Closed (1977)
Cruel and Unusual (1977)
Transfer of Power (1978)
Cautionary Tales (1978)
Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation (1977)
Plaything (1974)
Mistake (1976)
Night on Mispec Moor (1974)
Wrong Way Street (1965)
Crashlander Crashlander Beowulf Shaeffer has long been one of the most popular characters in Known Space. Now, for the first time ever, Larry Niven brings together all the Beowulf Shaeffer stories-including a brand-new one-in one long tale of exploration and adventure! PLUS-an all-new framing story that pulls together all of Beowulf Shaeffer’s adventures and allows Shaeffer and his family to make a clean start at life once and for all!
Contents
Neutron Star – Beowulf Shaeffer uncovers one of the puppeteers’ greatest secrets.
At the Core – Beowulf Shaeffer learns something that scares the puppeteers into fleeing Known Space.
Flatlander – Beowulf Shaeffer meets the love of his life and discovers a haunted planet.
Grendel – Beowulf Shaeffer solves a mystery, foils a kidnapping, and rescues an alien.
The Borderland of Sol – Beowulf Shaeffer stops a mass murderer and destroys the ultimate weapon.
Procrustes – An exciting new story in which Beowulff Shaeffer loses his head—literally.
PLUS—an all-new framing story that pulls together all of Beowulf Shaeffer’s adventures and allows Shaeffer and his family to make a clean start at life once and for all!
Inconstant Moon (1973) SSC (UK collection, includes "Known Space" and non-"Known Space" stories.)
Inconstant Moon is a science fiction short story collection by American author Larry Niven that was published in 1973. "Inconstant Moon" is also a 1971 short story that is included in the collection. The title refers to "O, swear not by the moon, th’ inconstant moon", a quote from the balcony scene in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The collection was assembled from the US collections The Shape of Space and All the Myriad Ways. The original edition of this book contained twelve stories. This Sphere edition contains seven.
Contains:
Inconstant Moon novelette
Bordered in Black short story
How the Heroes Die novelette
At the Bottom of a Hole novelette
One Face novelette
Becalmed in Hell short story
Death by Ecstasy novella
Limits (1985) SSC Here is an extraordinary mix of fantasy and science fiction from one of the masters of science fiction, Larry Niven. The stories in this collection include some collaborations with authors such as Jerry Pournelle (Spirals) and Steven Barnes (The Locusts), as well as stories written by Niven himself.
Contents
Introduction
The Lion in His Attic
Spirals
A Teardrop Falls
Talisman
Flare Time
The Locusts
Yet Another Modest Proposal: The Roentgen Standard
Folk Tale
The Green Marauder
War Movie
The Real Thing
Limits
Scatterbrain Collection Another dazzling collection of fact, fiction, and wit from the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning master of hard science fiction!
Larry Niven is the New York Times bestselling author of such classic science fiction novels as Ringworld and Destiny’s Road. His previous collection, N-Space , was lauded by the Houston Post as "outstanding . . . hours of entertainment," while Publishers Weekly called it "a must for science fiction fans." A follow-up volume, Playgrounds of the Mind , was similarly praised by Kirkus Reviews : "An abundance of Niven’s curious yet disciplined inventiveness and his fun-filled knack for turning seemingly absurd notions into credible, absorbing fiction. Grand entertainment."
Now, ten years later, Scatterbrain collects an equally engaging assortment of Niven’s latest work, all in one captivating volume. Here are choice excerpts from several of his most recent novels, including his upcoming Ringworld’s Child and Rainbow Mars , as well as numerous short stories, nonfiction articles, interviews, editorials, collaborations, and correspondence. True to its title, Scatterbrain roams all over a wide variety of fascinating topics, featuring Niven’s singular insights into everything from space stations to convention etiquette. So give yourself a treat, and feel free to pick the brain-or Scatterbrain -of one of modern science fiction’s most fascinating thinkers.
Contents:
INTRODUCTION: WHERE DO I GET MY CRAZY IDEAS?
DESTINY’S ROAD Excerpted from the novel
THE RINGWORLD THRONE Excerpted from the novel
THE WOMAN IN DEL RAY CRATER
LOKI
PROCRUSTES
MARS: WHO NEEDS IT? Non-Fiction for Space.com
HOW TO SAVE CIVILIZATION AND SAVE A LITTLE MONEY Non-Fiction for Space.com
THE BURNING CITY Collaboration with Jerry Pournelle
SATURN’S RACE Collaboration with Steven Barnes
ICE AND MIRRORS Collaboration with Brenda Cooper
DISCUSSION WITH BRENDA COOPER RE: “ICE AND MIRRORS”
SMUT TALK A Draco Tavern Story
TELEPRESENCE
LEARNING TO LOVE THE SPACE STATION
AUTOGRAPH ETIQUETTE
TABLETOP FUSION
COLLABORATION
INTERCON TRIP REPORT
HANDICAP
DID THE MOON MOVE FOR YOU TOO?
HUGO AWARD ANECDOTES
INTRODUCTION TO PETE HAMILTON STORY “WATCHING TREES GROW”
INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL FOR MAN-KZIN WARS II
CANON FOR THE MAN-KZIN WARS
EPILOGUE: WHAT I TELL LIBRARIANS
The Shape of Space (1969) SSC
Contents
The Warriors (Known Space series)
Safe at Any Speed (Known Space series)
How the Heroes Die (Known Space series)
At the Bottom of a Hole (Known Space series)
Bordered in Black
Like Banquo’s Ghost
One Face
The Meddler
Dry Run
Convergent Series
The Deadlier Weapon
Death by Ecstasy (Gil Hamilton series)
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