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1 | 1 | Coldest Place, The | 1964-12 | Known Space [all] | Summary Niven's first published story saw print right around the same time that scientists determined with radar pulses that Mercury doesn't keep one face to the sun after all. |
2 | 2 | World of Ptavvs | 1965-03 | Known Space [all] | Expanded into novel form in 1966, see World of Ptavvs |
3 | 3 | Wrong-Way Street | 1965-04 | Time Travel/Parallel Universe | Summary Ebook A stand-alone time-travel story. Niven credits his editor, Fred Pohl, with a great deal of help with this story: "He published my second story, "Wrong Way Street," in Galaxy. The title is his. He felt it needed a new first chapter for coherency, and he wrote that too." Note that the story reappears in Convergent Series without the hyphen in the title. |
4 | 4 | One Face | 1965-06 | Known Space: Prototype | Summary Stand-alone, NOT a Known Space story though it contains names and themes that were later folded into Known Space |
5 | 5 | Becalmed in Hell | 1965-07 | Known Space [all] | Summary Ebook sequel to Coldest Place, The |
6 | 6 | Warriors, The | 1966-02 | Known Space: Man-Kzin Wars | Summary 1st Man-Kzin War story |
7 | 7 | Eye of an Octopus | 1966-02 | Known Space [all] | Summary Discovery of Martians |
8 | 8 | Bordered in Black | 1966-04 | Known Space: Prototype | Summary stand-alone, not a Known Space story though the Hyperspace "blind spot" was later incorporated into Known Space. |
9 | 9 | By Mind Alone | 1966-06 | stand-alone | Summary stand-alone story about teleportation |
10 | 10 | World of Ptavvs | 1966-08 | Known Space [all] | Review Expanded version of the novella World of Ptavvs |
11 | 11 | How the Heroes Die | 1966-10 | Known Space [all] | Summary murder on Mars, and Martians |
12 | 12 | Neutron Star | 1966-10 | Known Space [all] | Summary Ebook First Beowulf Shaeffer story first story set in the hyperdrive era of Known Space. |
13 | 13 | At the Core | 1966-11 | Known Space [all] | Summary Ebook Beowulf discovers the core of the galaxy is exploding. First appearance of Long Shot |
14 | 14 | At the Bottom of a Hole | 1966-12 | Known Space [all] | Summary Martians |
15 | 15 | Relic of the Empire, A | 1966-12 | Known Space [all] | Summary 1st story that ties the world of Luke Garner to the world of Beowulf Shaeffer |
16 | 16 | Soft Weapon, The | 1967-02 | Known Space [all] | Summary Introduction of Nessus later made into "The Slaver Weapon," an animated Star Trek script, with Spock in Nessus' role. See: Slaver Weapon, The |
17 | 18 | Flatlander | 1967-03 | Known Space [all] | Summary Ebook First appearance of Outsiders |
18 | 17 | Long Night, The | 1967-03 | stand-alone | Summary a.k.a. "Convergent Series" |
19 | 19 | Ethics of Madness, The | 1967-04 | Known Space: Prototype | 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. |
20 | 20 | Safe at Any Speed | 1967-05 | Known Space [all] | Summary The "Last" Known Space story |
21 | 21 | Adults, The | 1967-06 | Known Space [all] | Summary Protector part 1 |
22 | 22 | Jigsaw Man, The | 1967-08 | Known Space [all] | Summary Ebook 1st organ transplant story, paving the way for the Gil Hamilton stories. |
23 | 23 | Handicapped, The | 1967-12 | Known Space [all] | Summary Grogs, a.k.a. "Handicap" |
24 | 24 | Slowboat Cargo | 1968-02 | Known Space [all] | A Gift from Earth serialization |
25 | 25 | Deceivers, The | 1968-04 | Known Space [all] | Summary a.k.a. "Intent to Deceive" |
27 | 27 | Grendel | 1968-04 | Known Space [all] | Summary At one point, Emil is referred to as "Jilson," a name from Handicapped, The |
26 | 26 | Neutron Star | 1968-04 | Known Space: Collection | Collected stories of Beowulf Shaeffer, as well as other Known Space stories. Contents: Neutron Star At the Core Relic of the Empire, A Soft Weapon, The Flatlander Ethics of Madness, The Handicapped, The Grendel |
28 | 28 | Dry Run | 1968-05 | stand-alone | Summary crime story with a metaphysical twist |
29 | 29 | Deadlier Weapon, The | 1968-06 | stand-alone | Summary crime story, not SF Frequently asked question: "Is this a true story?" Answer: No. |
30 | 30 | There is a Tide | 1968-06 | Known Space [all] | Summary First appearance of Louis Wu and his "sabbaticals," as well as Trinocs. |
31 | 31 | Wait it Out | 1968-07 | Known Space [all] | Summary Harlan Ellison called this a "new wave" story. |
32 | 32 | For a Foggy Night | 1968-07 | Time Travel/Parallel Universe | Summary stand-alone |
33 | 33 | Like Banquo's Ghost | 1968-08 | stand-alone | Summary stand-alone |
34 | 34 | Gift from Earth, A | 1968-09 | Known Space [all] | Review detailed description of Mt. Lookatthat and Matt Keller's psychic power: "Plateau Eyes" |
35 | 35 | Meddler, The | 1968-10 | stand-alone | Summary sci-fi noir crime mash-up |
36 | 36 | All the Myriad Ways | 1968-10 | Time Travel/Parallel Universe | Summary Ebook Niven's take on divergent timelines |
37 | 90 | Down in Flames | 1969-00 | Known Space: About | 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. |
38 | 37 | Organleggers, The | 1969-01 | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | Summary First Gil Hamilton story, featuring Luke Garner as Gil's boss. A.k.a. "Death By Ecstasy" |
39 | 40 | Shape of Space, The | 1969-01 | n/a | Early Niven Collection, later combined into Convergent Series. Contents: At the Bottom of a Hole Bordered in Black Deadlier Weapon, The Dry Run How the Heroes Die Like Banquo's Ghost Long Night, The Meddler, The One Face Organleggers, The Safe at Any Speed Warriors, The |
40 | 38 | Exercise in Speculation: The Theory and Practice of Teleportation | 1969-03 | non-fiction [all] | Summary Discussion of teleportation as personal transportation and even as an interstellar drive. |
41 | 39 | Not Long Before the End | 1969-04 | Magic Universe: Warlock | Summary 1st Warlock story |
42 | 43 | Get a Horse! | 1969-10 | Svetz | Summary First Svetz story, renamed "Flight of the Horse." |
43 | 46 | Unfinished Story | 1969-12 | Magic Universe: Warlock | Summary short short story, later renamed "Unfinished Story #1." |
45 | 42 | Passerby | 1969-12 | Léshy | Summary Léshy Circuit |
44 | 41 | Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex | 1969-12 | DC Universe | 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. |
46 | 44 | Misspelled Magician, The | 1970-05 | stand-alone | Collaboration, co-written with David Gerrold, a.k.a. "The Misspelled Magishun" expanded as Flying Sorcerers, The |
47 | 47 | Leviathan! | 1970-08 | Svetz | Summary Svetz meets Moby Dick |
48 | 45 | Bird in the Hand | 1970-10 | Svetz | Summary Svetz, cars and Rocs. Niven's published bibliographies mistakenly list the publication year as 1969, not 1970. |
49 | 58 | Ringworld | 1970-10 | Known Space: Ringworld | Review Niven's best-known novel brings together Nessus & Louis Wu from previous Known Space stories Ringworld has spawned 3 sequels and a role-playing game, among other things. Though it was first printed in 1970, it appears farther down the list in Niven's published bibliographies. |
53 | 54 | All the Myriad Ways | 1971-06 | n/a | Contents: All the Myriad Ways Passerby For a Foggy Night Wait it Out Jigsaw Man, The Not Long Before the End Unfinished Story Unfinished Story #2 Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex Exercise in Speculation: The Theory and Practice of Teleportation Theory and Practice of Time Travel, The Inconstant Moon What Can You Say About Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers? Becalmed in Hell |
50 | 49 | There's a Wolf in My Time Machine | 1971-06 | Svetz | Summary Svetz meets a new pet |
54 | 56 | Unfinished Story #2 | 1971-06 | stand-alone | Summary short short story |
55 | 48 | No Exit | 1971-06 | stand-alone | Summary 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). |
51 | 55 | Inconstant Moon | 1971-06 | stand-alone | Summary Ebook Made into an episode of "Outer Limits," mid 1990s |
52 | 57 | What Can You Say About Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers? | 1971-06 | stand-alone | Summary The American Dental Association says they are bad for children's teeth. First appeared in All the Myriad Ways |
57 | 53 | Flying Sorcerers, The | 1971-08 | stand-alone | Review Collaboration, co-written with David Gerrold, expanded version of Misspelled Magician, The |
56 | Pastel Terror, The | 1971-08 | Star Trek | Summary Read It! Outline for a Star Trek plot, never offered to the show also appeared in APA-L. | |
59 | 103 | Last Necronomicon, The | 1971-10 | stand-alone | Summary Read It! Niven's published bibliographies list it much further down, but Carol Phillips' research indicates it appeared in October 1971. |
58 | 86 | My Universe and Welcome To It! | 1971-10 | Known Space: About | Summary Introduction to Known Space. |
60 | 51 | Rammer | 1971-11 | The State [all] | Summary Chapter 1 of World Out Of Time, A |
61 | 61 | Cloak of Anarchy | 1972-03 | Known Space [all] | Read It! The story that led to a duel see Convention Stories |
62 | 50 | Fourth Profession, The | 1972-08 | Léshy | Summary Monks and bartenders |
63 | 52 | What Good is a Glass Dagger? | 1972-09 | Magic Universe: Warlock | Summary Ebook Werewolves and necromancy and trolls, oh my! |
64 | 60 | Inconstant Moon | 1973-02 | n/a | Sphere (paperback) editions do not contain "The Long Night" (as "Convergent Series"),
"The Deadlier Weapon",
"Wait it Out",
"Not Long Before the End" and "Passerby" however, the Gollancz (hardcover) editions do. contents: At the Bottom of a Hole Becalmed in Hell Bordered in Black How the Heroes Die Inconstant Moon One Face Organleggers, The Deadlier Weapon, The Long Night, The Not Long Before the End Passerby Wait it Out |
65 | 66 | Theory and Practice of Time Travel, The | 1973-04 | non-fiction [all] | Summary speculative |
66 | 67 | Alibi Machine, The | 1973-06 | Flash Crowd/Teleportation | Summary teleportation crime story |
67 | 68 | All the Bridges Rusting | 1973-08 | Flash Crowd/Teleportation | Summary teleportation as a form of space travel |
68 | 62 | Recipes | 1973-08 | non-fiction [all] | From Amazon.com: "Anne McCaffrey's cookbook, featuring real (you can cook them) recipes created by science fiction and fantasy writers such as Harlan Ellison, Ursula K. Le Guin, Avram Davidson and of course Anne McCaffrey herself. Mixed in with the recipes are stories and anecdotes about how they were created - some longer than the recipes!" This classic from 1973 was revised and re-released by Wildside Press in 1992. The included Niven recipes (irish coffee and others) seem to be intended for a bartender rather than a chef, but then that's the role Niven often finds himself performing at conventions. |
71 | Afterword | 1973-09 | non-fiction [all] | A word how the Svetz stories came to be written. | |
72 | 63 | Protector | 1973-09 | Known Space [all] | Review Brand-new assumption introduced to Known Space: humanity is descended from the Pak. The novel 's second section is called "Vandervecken," and takes place in 2340. The first part is Adults, The |
69 | 59 | Flash Crowd | 1973-09 | Flash Crowd/Teleportation | Summary This story introduced "flash crowds," instant mobs that are a by-product of cheap, worldwide teleportation technology. Niven wrote several sequels to this story, further addressing the various issues posed by instantaneous travel (and suggesting interesting solutions). Jansen is spelled "Jensen" in the Flight of the Horse printing. This story was recently expanded and re-published as Red Tide |
74 | 69 | Defenseless Dead, The | 1973-09 | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | Summary "Corpsicles" and an unexpected hiding place for an organlegger |
73 | 64 | Flight of the Horse, The | 1973-09 | Svetz | Contents: Get a 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 |
70 | 65 | Death in a Cage | 1973-09 | Svetz | Summary Svetz meets Death? |
75 | Slaver Weapon, The | 1973-12 | Star Trek | 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. Based on Soft Weapon, The | |
76 | 70 | Hole Man, The | 1974-01 | stand-alone | Summary Ebook Quantum Black Hole as a murder weapon |
77 | 71 | $16,940 | 1974-02 | stand-alone | Summary crime, not SF short blackmail story |
78 | 72 | Bigger Than Worlds | 1974-03 | non-fiction [all] | Summary discussion of the Ringworld and other macrostructures. Illustrated by Ames |
79 | 73 | Kind of Murder, A | 1974-04 | Flash Crowd/Teleportation | Summary teleportation crime story |
81 | 75 | Last Days of the Permanent Floating Riot Club, The | 1974-06 | Flash Crowd/Teleportation | Summary The final story in Niven's teleportation/crime cycle shows Jerryberry's "Riot Control" concept in action. |
80 | 74 | Hole in Space, A | 1974-06 | n/a | Contents: $16,940 Alibi Machine, The All the Bridges Rusting Bigger Than Worlds Fourth Profession, The Hole Man, The Kind of Murder, A Last Days of the Permanent Floating Riot Club, The Rammer There is a Tide |
83 | 77 | Night on Mispec Moor | 1974-08 | Léshy | Summary Sci-fi sword-and-sorcery horror story |
82 | 76 | Plaything | 1974-08 | stand-alone | Summary stand-alone alien adolescents encounter a probe from Earth |
84 | 81 | Singularities Make Me Nervous | 1974-09 | stand-alone | Summary time travel paradox |
85 | Land of the Lost: "Downstream" | 1974-09 | Land of the Lost | Collaboration, co-written with David Gerrold airdate September 28, 1974 | |
86 | 78 | Mote in God's Eye, The | 1974-10 | Motie | Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle, set in Pournelle's Codominium universe. See the sequel, Gripping Hand, The |
87 | 79 | Nonesuch, The | 1974-12 | stand-alone | Summary retake on Little Red Riding Hood |
88 | Land of the Lost: "Hurricane" | 1974-12.21 | Land of the Lost | Collaboration, co-written with David Gerrold airdate December 21, 1974 | |
89 | Land of the Lost: "Circle" | 1974-12.28 | Land of the Lost | Collaboration, co-written with David Gerrold airdate December 28, 1974. | |
90 | 138 | De Stranden Van Serius Vier | 1975-00 | n/a | Dutch, collected Niven stories from various sources. Contents: De Schaduwzijde (One Face) De Stranden van Sirius Vier (Bordered in Black) Vechtjassen (The Warriors) Veilig bij Elke Snelheid (Safe at Any Speed) Buik als Eigen Baas (The Long Night) De Bemoeial (The Meddler) Al het Mogelijke (All the Myriad Ways) Niet Lang voor het Eind (Not Long Before the End) Het Vierde Beroep (The Fourth Profession) Stuwer (Rammer) Er Zit een Wolf in Mijn Tijdmachine (There's a Wolf in My Time Machine) Wat Heb Je aan een Glazen Dolk? (What Good Is a Glass Dagger?) De Dood in de Kooi (Death in a Cage) Het Gat van Lear (The Hole Man) |
91 | 80 | Borderland of Sol, The | 1975-01 | Known Space [all] | Summary Quantum Black Hole as a murder weapon |
92 | 83 | Galaxy Stars: Jerry Pournelle | 1975-07 | non-fiction: The Ghetto | Bio of Jerry Pournelle, with whom Niven had recently published The Mote in God's Eye and Inferno and was hard at work on Lucifer's Hammer. |
93 | 82 | Inferno | 1975-08 | Inferno | Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle Retelling of Dante's Inferno. |
95 | 85 | Afterthoughts | 1975-08 | Known Space: About | Summary "parting thoughts" on Known Space, as if. Shares an "Opus number" with "Timeline for Known Space" in Niven's published bibliographies. |
96 | 85 | Timeline for Known Space | 1975-08 | Known Space: About | Summary Like the title says. Shares an "Opus number" with "Afterthoughts" in Niven's published bibliographies. |
94 | 84 | Tales of Known Space | 1975-08 | Known Space: Collection | Collection info Overview of Known Space. Contents: "About the Cover" by Rick Sternbach Timeline for Known Space My Universe and Welcome To It! Coldest Place, The Becalmed in Hell Wait it Out Eye of an Octopus How the Heroes Die Jigsaw Man, The At the Bottom of a Hole Deceivers, The Cloak of Anarchy Warriors, The Borderland of Sol, The There is a Tide Safe at Any Speed Afterthoughts Bibliography: The Worlds of Larry Niven |
97 | Bibliography: The Worlds of Larry Niven | 1975-08 | non-fiction [all] | A broad but incomplete bibliography, helpfully broken out into different categories. | |
98 | Many Many Worlds of Larry Niven, The | 1975-09 | non-fiction [all] | Interview by Alan Brennert, illustrated. Accompanying Howard Chaykin's adaptation of All the Myriad Ways | |
99 | 87 | ARM | 1975-11 | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | Summary Ebook Murder of Raymond Sinclair, inventor of Sinclair Molecule Chain and an inertial-reduction field |
100 | 94 | Magic Goes Away, The | 1976-00 | Magic Universe: Warlock | expanded into an illustrated novella, 1978. |
101 | 93 | Mistake | 1976-00 | stand-alone | Summary In space, no one can hear you take a pill |
102 | 91 | Building the Mote in God's Eye | 1976-01 | Motie | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle |
104 | 88 | Long Arm of Gil Hamilton, The | 1976-02 | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | Collection info First collection of Gil Hamilton stories. Contents: Organleggers, The Defenseless Dead, The ARM Afterword: The Last Word about SF Detectives |
105 | 89 | Afterword: The Last Word about SF Detectives | 1976-02 | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | Niven speaks candidly about his early attempts to write his "Gil Hamilton" Sci-fi/crime stores, and about some of the predictions that have and haven't come true. |
103 | 92 | Down and Out | 1976-02 | The State [all] | Summary Included in the novel World Out Of Time, A |
106 | 97 | Words in Science Fiction, The | 1976-07 | non-fiction [all] | Summary Read It! essay on writing sci-fi |
107 | 135 | Notebooks of Mack Sikes, The | 1976-08 | non-fiction [all] | Read It! A tongue-in-cheek poke at some of the classics of 20th-century SF, as imagined by a little-known pulp writer named "Harvey McIlroy Sikes." |
108 | Implications of Genetic Engineering, The | 1976-08 | non-fiction [all] | Summary | |
109 | 96 | Children of the State | 1976-09 | The State [all] | Serial that became A World Out Of Time, along with: Down and Out Rammer |
110 | 95 | World Out Of Time, A | 1976-12 | The State [all] | Review "Fix-up" novel made up of: Rammer Children of the State Down and Out |
112 | Introduction to "Telepathy, Psionics and ESP" | 1977-00 | non-fiction [all] | ||
111 | 106 | Flare Time | 1977-00 | Léshy | Summary Takes place on Medea: Harlan's World |
113 | 98 | Lucifer's Hammer | 1977-01 | stand-alone | Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle |
115 | 101 | Grammar Lesson | 1977-05 | Draco Tavern | Summary Four Vignettes, along with: Cruel and Unusual Subject is Closed, The Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing! |
116 | 99 | Cruel and Unusual | 1977-05 | Draco Tavern | Summary Four Vignettes, along with: Subject is Closed, The Grammar Lesson Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing! |
114 | 100 | Subject is Closed, The | 1977-05 | Draco Tavern | Summary Four Vignettes, along with: Cruel and Unusual Grammar Lesson Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing! |
117 | 102 | Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation | 1977-08 | Time Travel/Parallel Universe | Summary Title stolen from a mathematics paper by Frank J. Tipler |
118 | An Introduction to Jerry Pournelle | 1977-11 | non-fiction: The Ghetto | Like the title says | |
120 | 105 | Transfer of Power | 1978-00 | stand-alone | Summary Set on Lord Dunsany's "Edge of the World" |
119 | Slaver Weapon, The | 1978-00 | Star Trek | Alan Dean Foster's adaptation of the script "The Slaver Weapon" for an anthology accompanying the animated Star Trek TV series, based on "The Soft Weapon" original airdate Dec. 15, 1973 See: Slaver Weapon, The Soft Weapon, The | |
122 | Review of Involution Ocean by Bruce Sterling | 1978-05 | non-fiction [all] | ||
123 | Review of The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley | 1978-05 | non-fiction [all] | ||
121 | Review of Somerset Dreams and Other Fictions by Kate Wilhelm | 1978-05 | non-fiction [all] | ||
125 | Soothsayer of Known Space | 1978-07 | non-fiction [all] | interview | |
124 | 104 | Cautionary Tales | 1978-07 | stand-alone | Summary Why does immortality always come with a price? |
126 | Most and Least-Favored Films of Famous SF Authors, The | 1978-08 | non-fiction [all] | interview | |
127 | Speculations on the Next Breakthrough in Entertainment | 1978-10 | non-fiction [all] | interview | |
128 | 107 | Magic Goes Away, The | 1978-10 | Magic Universe: Warlock | Summary Review Last Warlock story expanded from Magic Goes Away, The |
130 | What Will be Earth's next Great Energy Source? | 1978-11 | non-fiction [all] | interview | |
129 | 108 | Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing! | 1978-11 | Draco Tavern | Summary Fourth vignette, along with: Cruel and Unusual Grammar Lesson Subject is Closed, The |
133 | Outline for Roger's Rangers | 1979-00 | Buck Rogers | With Jerry Pournelle, Niven outlined this Buck Rogers novel, based on characters created by Philip Francis Nowlan, John Silbersack is the author. | |
131 | Outline for Mordred | 1979-00 | Buck Rogers | With Jerry Pournelle, Niven outlined this Buck Rogers novel, based on characters created by Philip Francis Nowlan. John Eric Holmes is the author. | |
132 | Outline for Warrior's World | 1979-00 | Buck Rogers | With Jerry Pournelle, Niven outlined this Buck Rogers novel, based on characters created by Philip Francis Nowlan. Richard S. McEnroe is the author. | |
134 | 117 | Future Histories | 1979-00 | non-fiction [all] | Summary Special SFWA issue on future histories |
135 | Silverlock's Progress? | 1979-00 | non-fiction [all] | introduction to the reprint of Silverlock | |
137 | What Would You Produce Given a $10 Billion Budget? | 1979-01 | non-fiction [all] | interview | |
136 | 109 | Schumann Computer, The | 1979-01 | Draco Tavern | Summary Draco Tavern discussion of artificial intelligence |
138 | Given the Opportunity, Would You Travel in Space? | 1979-02 | non-fiction [all] | interview | |
139 | 115 | In the Cellar | 1979-02 | stand-alone | Summary Read It! short "hard-boiled" sci-fi |
141 | 114 | Introduction to Convergent Series | 1979-03 | non-fiction [all] | Introduction to Convergent Series |
140 | 113 | Convergent Series | 1979-03 | n/a | Some stories appeared previously in
Shape of Space, The Bordered in Black One Face Like Banquo's Ghost Meddler, The Dry Run Long Night, The Deadlier Weapon, The Nonesuch, The Singularities Make Me Nervous Schumann Computer, The Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing! Grammar Lesson Subject is Closed, The 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 Introduction to Convergent Series |
142 | 110 | Shall We Indulge in Rishathra? | 1979-03 | Known Space: About | Summary With cartoons by William Rotsler. "Rishathra" is a Ringworld ritual. |
143 | 111 | Spirals | 1979-04 | stand-alone | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle |
144 | 112 | Locusts, The | 1979-06 | stand-alone | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes |
146 | 116 | Ringworld Engineers, The | 1979-07 | Known Space: Ringworld | Review First evidence of the Pak on the Ringworld 1st Sequel to Ringworld |
145 | 145 | Staying Rich | 1979-07 | non-fiction [all] | Summary essay |
147 | Larry Niven, Science Fiction's Master World Builder | 1979-08 | non-fiction [all] | interviewed by Dr. Jeffery Elliot | |
148 | Preface: The Freedom of Choice | 1979-09 | non-fiction [all] | Preface to Jerry Pournelle's non-fiction collection A Step Farther Out | |
150 | Memoir | 1980-00 | non-fiction [all] | An introduction to the short story All the Myriad Ways | |
151 | 119 | From Macrostructures Engineering: Progress Report | 1980-00 | non-fiction [all] | Summary Read It! An essay about fandom's reaction to Ringworld, and writing The Ringworld Engineers. |
152 | Introduction: The Known Space Series | 1980-00 | Known Space: About | introduction to Relic of the Empire, A | |
149 | 121 | Retrospective | 1980-00 | Dream Park | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes. Niven and his collaborator Steven Barnes reflect on the creation of Dream Park |
153 | 120 | Green Marauder, The | 1980-02 | Draco Tavern | Summary Draco Tavern a look at prehistoric Earth and the beings who built a civilization there. |
154 | What Role can and should science fiction writers play in working with America's major corporations in planning for the future of society? | 1980-03 | non-fiction [all] | interview | |
155 | 118 | Patchwork Girl, The | 1980-04 | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | Summary Review Gil goes to the moon. Illustrations by Fernando. Niven's published bibliographies list the publication year as 1978, while the Ace first edition says 1980. |
156 | What explains the present lack of citizen interest in and support for the U.S. space program? | 1980-06 | non-fiction [all] | interview | |
157 | 125 | Roentgen Standard, The | 1980-07 | non-fiction [all] | 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 |
158 | Introduction to Empire of the East | 1980-07 | Berserker | ||
160 | 126 | Dream Park | 1981-00 | Dream Park | Review Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes |
161 | 127 | Magic May Return, The | 1981-00 | Magic Universe [all] | edited by Larry Niven. Contents: "Earthshade" by Fred Saberhagen "Manaspill" by Dean Ing "...But Fear Itself." by Steven Barnes "Strength" by Poul Anderson and Mildred Downey Broxon Introduction Not Long Before the End |
162 | Introduction | 1981-00 | non-fiction [all] | Introduction to Magic May Return, The | |
159 | 131 | Oath of Fealty | 1981-00 | stand-alone | Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle |
163 | 122 | On The Marching Morons | 1981-01 | non-fiction [all] | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Isaac Asimov |
164 | 128 | War Movie | 1981-07 | Draco Tavern | Summary Draco Tavern the real reason the Chirps came to Earth? |
165 | 129 | Limits | 1981-09 | Draco Tavern | Summary Draco Tavern why are humans obsessed with limits? |
166 | 130 | Theory and Practice of Instant Learning, The | 1981-10 | non-fiction [all] | Summary essay |
167 | 124 | Oath of Fealty | 1981-10 | stand-alone | Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle. An excerpt from the novel. |
169 | 123 | Real Thing, The | 1981-11 | Draco Tavern | Summary Draco Tavern Rick goes sun-diving via virtual reality |
168 | 132 | Talisman | 1981-11 | Magic Universe [all] | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Dian Girard |
170 | How I Stole the Belt Civilization | 1982-01 | non-fiction: The Ghetto | brief memoir about Randall Garrett and his writing, and how it influenced Known Space. | |
171 | 134 | Wristwatch Plantation, The | 1982-03 | Star Trek | Summary Collaboration, co-created with Sharman Di Vono and Ron Harris, syndicated by the L.A. Times Syndicate and carried in several newspapers. |
172 | 133 | Lion in his Attic, The | 1982-07 | Magic Universe [all] | Summary Ebook based on Niven's favorite restaurant |
173 | 136 | Descent of Anansi, The | 1982-10 | Dream Park | Review Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes segment appeared in Analog, October 1982 |
174 | 137 | Reflex | 1983-01 | Motie | Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle. This is the space battle that was excised from the beginning of Mote in God's Eye, The |
175 | 139 | Teardrop Falls, A | 1983-06 | Berserker | Summary Set in Fred Saberhagen's berserker universe |
176 | 140 | Integral Trees, The | 1983-10 | The State: The Smoke Ring | Review first Smoke Ring novel. See the sequel, Smoke Ring, The |
177 | 152 | Equipment, Method and the Rest | 1984-03 | non-fiction [all] | Article about the equipment and methods Niven uses for writing. |
178 | 153 | More Magic | 1984-06 | Magic Universe [all] | edited by Larry Niven, illustrations by Alicia Austin. Contents: "Shadow of Wings" by Bob Shaw "Mana from Heaven" by Roger Zelazney Lion in his Attic, The Talisman |
180 | Afterword | 1984-12 | Magic Universe [all] | Like the title says: thoughts on the creation and growth of the "Warlock" mythos. | |
181 | Notes for Contributors to The Magic May Return | 1984-12 | Magic Universe [all] | Like the title says | |
184 | 147 | If Idi Amin Had Had The Bomb | 1984-12 | non-fiction [all] | Summary essay on modern warfare |
186 | 149 | Why Men Fight Wars and What You Can Do About It | 1984-12 | non-fiction [all] | Summary essay on modern warfare |
188 | Five Years to Infinity | 1984-12 | non-fiction [all] | Summary essay on possible futures | |
182 | 143 | Niven's Laws | 1984-12 | non-fiction [all] | Read It! A collection of tips for getting on in life, based on Niven's observations of the world around him. Every so often, Niven updates the list. Read the most recent revision here: Niven's Laws, 2002 |
185 | 148 | In Memoriam: Howard Grote Littlemead | 1984-12 | Motie | Summary Poem |
189 | 141 | Niven's Laws | 1984-12 | n/a | Collection info: Contents: introduction by Jerry Pournelle. Schumann Computer, The Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing! Grammar Lesson Subject is Closed, The Cruel and Unusual Green Marauder, The Limits War Movie Real Thing, The Table Manners Niven's Laws Convention Stories Staying Rich Theory and Practice of Instant Learning, The If Idi Amin Had Had The Bomb Roentgen Standard, The In Memoriam: Howard Grote Littlemead Why Men Fight Wars and What You Can Do About It Collaborations Five Years to Infinity |
190 | 142 | Table Manners | 1984-12 | n/a | Summary |
179 | 154 | Time of the Warlock, The | 1984-12 | Magic Universe: Warlock | Collection Info Collected Warlock stories. Contents: Not Long Before the End What Good is a Glass Dagger? Unfinished Story Notes for Contributors to The Magic May Return Afterword Magic Goes Away, The |
183 | 144 | Convention Stories | 1984-12 | non-fiction: The Ghetto | Summary Like the title says |
187 | 150 | Collaborations | 1984-12 | non-fiction: The Ghetto | Summary essay on collaboration |
191 | 151 | Limits | 1985-02 | n/a | Collection info Contents: Introduction Lion in his Attic, The Spirals Teardrop Falls, A Talisman Flare Time Locusts, The Roentgen Standard, The Table Manners Green Marauder, The War Movie Real Thing, The Limits |
192 | Introduction | 1985-02 | non-fiction [all] | introduction to Limits | |
193 | 155 | Footfall | 1985-05 | stand-alone | Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle |
195 | Biology, Ecology, Xenology | 1985-06 | non-fiction [all] | Part of the writers' guide for the Medea: Harlan's World world-building seminar. | |
194 | Second Thoughts | 1985-06 | n/a | Follow-up notes by various participants in the Medea: Harlan's World world-building seminar. Other contributors include Poul Anderson, Hal Clement, Thomas M. Disch & Frederik Pohl. | |
196 | 157 | Tell Me A Story | 1986-00 | non-fiction [all] | Advice for writers |
197 | Review of Contact | 1986-08 | non-fiction [all] | Review of Carl Sagan's Contact | |
198 | Memoir | 1986-09 | non-fiction [all] | Niven describes his relationship with the editor of If, Frederik Pohl, and the writing of the award-winning Neutron Star | |
199 | 173 | Alien in our Minds, The | 1987-00 | non-fiction [all] | Summary essay on communication |
200 | Bulletin Symposium: What Should Science Fiction Be? | 1987-00 | non-fiction [all] | non-fiction | |
201 | 158 | Smoke Ring, The | 1987-01 | The State: The Smoke Ring | Review sequel to Integral Trees, The |
203 | 169 | The Prisoner Revisited | 1987-07 | non-fiction [all] | Read It! An article on the '60s TV show and the impact it had on Niven and other LASFS members. |
202 | 159 | Legacy of Heorot, The | 1987-07 | Avalon | Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle & Steven Barnes maps by Alexis Wolser. See the sequel, Beowulf's Children |
207 | Introduction to Man-Kzin Wars I | 1988-00 | Known Space: About | Like the title says | |
205 | 163 | Gripping Hand, The | 1988-00 | Motie | Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle 1st section of The Gripping Hand (formerly The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye) retitled "Snow Ghost" |
204 | 161 | Dreadful White Page, The | 1988-00 | stand-alone | Summary "Postcard Story" |
206 | 164 | Curse | 1988-00 | stand-alone | No other data. In late 2011 Tim Kyger asked Niven for a glimpse of the story. Niven looked for it, couldn't find it, wound up asking Tim to pass it along if HE ever came across it! |
208 | 165 | Next Time | 1988-00 | stand-alone | Read It! a 100-word "drabble" for The Drabble Project |
209 | 170 | Horror Stories for Bright People | 1988-02 | non-fiction [all] | Review of Greg Benford's In the Ocean of Night, Across the Sea of Suns, and Great Sky River |
210 | Sideways in Time, an introduction to Ward Moore's Bring the Jubilee | 1988-05 | non-fiction [all] | An essay about alternate history stories, published as an introduction to Bring the Jubilee, by Ward Moore, for a "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" limited-edition leatherbound reprint of the 1955 classic, featuring art by A.C. Farley. | |
212 | 162 | Brenda | 1988-07 | Motie | Summary Niven elaborates on the "Sauron supermen" mentioned briefly in Mote in God's Eye, The |
211 | 160 | Tale of the Jinni and the Sisters, The | 1988-07 | stand-alone | Summary A tale of Scherezade, based on the classic Arabian Nights |
213 | Read This | 1988-09 | non-fiction [all] | Reviews of (nonfiction): Chaos: Making a New Science, by James Gleick A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking Infinite in All Directions, by Freeman Dyson Mirror Matter, by Robert L. Forward and Joel Davis and (fiction) Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. | |
214 | Bulletin Symposium: The Worst Mistake You Ever Made | 1989-00 | non-fiction [all] | Article about why Niven considers "The Ethics of Madness" a failed story. | |
215 | 174 | Criticism | 1989-00 | non-fiction: The Ghetto | Summary essay on critics and criticism |
216 | 176 | Return of William Proxmire, The | 1989-00 | Time Travel/Parallel Universe | Summary Shown to Robert Heinlein a few weeks before his death |
217 | Ringworld Retrospective | 1989-04 | non-fiction [all] | Like the title says. A look back at the impact of Ringworld. | |
219 | Read This | 1989-05 | non-fiction [all] | Review of Deep Time: The Journey of a Single Sub-Atomic Particle from the Moment of Creation to the Death of the Universe--and Beyond, by David Darling | |
218 | 171 | Murder of Halley's Comet, The | 1989-05 | The Fleet | Summary Collaboration, co-written with David Drake |
220 | 167 | Wishing Game, The | 1989-06 | Magic Universe: Warlock | Summary final tale of the Warlock's companions |
222 | Introduction to Man-Kzin Wars II | 1989-08 | Known Space: About | Summary Like the title says | |
221 | 175 | Man-Kzin Wars II | 1989-08 | Known Space: Man-Kzin Wars | Anthology edited by Larry Niven and James Baen, with a new introduction by Niven. |
224 | 172 | Barsoom Project, The | 1989-09 | Dream Park | Review Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes Sequel to Dream Park |
223 | 166 | Portrait of Daryanree the King, The | 1989-09 | Magic Universe [all] | Summary First American rights unsold. Sent to Argos. Argos collapsed. Antho rights promised to Susan Shwartz for Arabesques III. Sold to Titan Books (England). |
225 | Response to "The New Generation Gap" | 1989-09 | non-fiction [all] | Invited response to "The New Generation Gap: A Study of SF Writers' Ages of Professional Entry into the Science Fiction Field for Six Decades of SF", by Kathryn Cramer, which was published in The New York Review of Science Fiction #11, July 1989. Appears alongside essays on "The New Generation Gap" by Clarke, Delaney, Dickson, Leiber, Brin and others. | |
226 | Read This | 1989-11 | non-fiction [all] | Review of The Boat of a Million Years, by Poul Anderson. | |
228 | Ghost Ships, The | 1990-00 | The State: The Smoke Ring | Summary rejected novel of strange supernova-born life-forms | |
227 | Avogadro's World | 1990-00 | stand-alone | Collaboration with Jerry Pournelle and Wendy All, never completed. | |
229 | Mom and the Kids | 1990-03 | The Fleet | Summary Collaboration, co-written with David Drake | |
230 | Blind Alleys | 1990-04 | non-fiction [all] | Article about "a handful of mistakes" that writers have made, which "stupid people would never think of." | |
232 | Foreword: Playgrounds for the Mind | 1990-08 | non-fiction [all] | Summary Introduction to N-Space | |
233 | Blowing Smoke | 1990-08 | non-fiction [all] | A description and discussion of the Smoke Ring's origins, parameters and environment. | |
236 | 191 | Space | 1990-08 | non-fiction [all] | 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. |
237 | Bibliography | 1990-08 | non-fiction [all] | bibliography, updated in Bridging the Galaxies | |
238 | Review of Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett | 1990-08 | non-fiction [all] | book review | |
231 | Dramatis Personae | 1990-08 | non-fiction: The Ghetto | Summary Who's Who in Niven's career | |
239 | N-Space | 1990-08 | n/a | Major retrospective of Niven's career from 1964-1990. Contents: Introduction: "The Maker of Worlds" by Tom Clancy On Niven excerpt from World of Ptavvs excerpt from A Gift from Earth excerpt from Ringworld "The Fourth Profession" excerpt from Protector excerpt from The Mote in God's Eye, with Jerry Pournelle Dramatis Personae Foreword: Playgrounds for the Mind Bordered in Black Long Night, The All the Myriad Ways For a Foggy Night Meddler, The Passerby Down in Flames Fourth Profession, The Shall We Indulge in Rishathra? Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex Inconstant Moon What Can You Say About Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers? Cloak of Anarchy Hole Man, The Night on Mispec Moor Flare Time Locusts, The Building the Mote in God's Eye Brenda Return of William Proxmire, The Tale of the Jinni and the Sisters, The Madness Has Its Place Niven's Laws Blowing Smoke Kiteman, The Alien in our Minds, The Space Bibliography | |
234 | 177 | Madness Has Its Place | 1990-08 | Known Space: Man-Kzin Wars | Summary First Known Space story since The Ringworld Engineers in 1979 describes Sol's first response to the Kzin invasion |
235 | 190 | Kiteman, The | 1990-08 | The State: The Smoke Ring | Summary short story set in the Smoke Ring |
240 | A.R.M. A Tale of Known Space | 1990-09 | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | Comic book based on Organleggers, The | |
241 | My Favorite Story | 1990-10 | non-fiction [all] | Article about writing Inconstant Moon | |
242 | Introduction to Man-Kzin Wars IV | 1991-00 | Known Space: About | Like the title says | |
243 | Defenseless Dead, The; A Tale of Known Space | 1991-02 | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | Comic book based on Defenseless Dead, The | |
244 | 179 | Achilles' Choice | 1991-03 | Saturn | Review Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes. Mass-market paperback edition includes the short story "The Portrait of Daryanree the King" as an advertisement for the forthcoming Playgrounds of the Mind |
245 | World of Ptavvs/A Gift from Earth/Neutron Star | 1991-06 | Known Space: Collection | Omnibus of the first three books in the "Known Space" series. Contents: World of Ptavvs Gift from Earth, A Neutron Star | |
246 | 180 | Fallen Angels | 1991-07 | stand-alone | Ebook Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle & Michael Flynn excerpted in Amazing Science Fiction Stories, June 1991 |
247 | Read This | 1991-09 | non-fiction [all] | Review of Red Orc's Rage, by Philip José Farmer. | |
254 | 187 | Trantorcon Report | 1991-10 | non-fiction: The Ghetto | 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. |
251 | 184 | Ghetto? But I Thought... | 1991-10 | non-fiction: The Ghetto | Summary Essay on the "Science Fiction Ghetto." Includes the text of "Convention Stories" from Niven's Laws |
252 | 185 | Adrienne and Irish Coffee | 1991-10 | non-fiction: The Ghetto | Summary Like the title says |
249 | Thraxisp: A Memoir | 1991-10 | non-fiction: The Ghetto | Summary Essay on Joel Hagen's world-building project | |
250 | 183 | Lost Ideas, The | 1991-10 | non-fiction [all] | Summary Like the title says |
255 | 188 | Comics | 1991-10 | non-fiction [all] | Summary Essay on Niven's relationship with comics and the comics industry |
256 | 189 | From the Green Lantern Bible | 1991-10 | non-fiction [all] | Excerpts from the Green Lantern "Bible" Niven worked up for DC Comics. Some of the results of this effort can be seen in Green Lantern: Ganthet's Tale |
257 | Works in Progress | 1991-10 | non-fiction [all] | Discussion of works in progress as of the publication of Playgrounds of the Mind | |
253 | 186 | One Night at the Draco Tavern | 1991-10 | n/a | Summary Short script performed at Worldcon, Los Angeles, 1984. Won the Master's Award for "funniest." |
248 | 178 | Playgrounds of the Mind | 1991-10 | n/a | Collection info Sequel/companion to N-Space. Contents: excerpt from Inferno with Jerry Pournelle excerpt from A World Out Of Time excerpt from "The Ethics of Madness" excerpt from Lucifer's Hammer with Jerry Pournelle excerpt from The Ringworld Engineers excerpt from The Magic Goes Away excerpt from The Patchwork Girl excerpt from Oath of Fealty, with Jerry Pournelle "Retrospective" with Steven Barnes, section from Dream Park excerpt from The Legacy of Heorot, with Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes excerpt from Footfall, with Jerry Pournelle 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 excerpt from The California Voodoo Game, with Steven Barnes, Thraxisp: A Memoir Teardrop Falls, A Rammer Becalmed in Hell Wait it Out Relic of the Empire, A Soft Weapon, The Borderland of Sol, The What Good is a Glass Dagger? Defenseless Dead, The Leviathan! Unfinished Story Cautionary Tales Dreadful White Page, The Green Marauder, The Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing! War Movie Limits Lost Ideas, The 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 Portrait of Daryanree the King, The Wishing Game, The Lion in his Attic, The From the Green Lantern Bible Wanted Fan Works in Progress Criticism |
258 | Wanted Fan | 1991-10 | stand-alone | Summary Filk song set in the fandom world of Fallen Angels | |
260 | Where Next, Columbus? | 1992-00 | non-fiction [all] | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle | |
259 | 182 | Green Lantern: Ganthet's Tale | 1992-00 | DC Universe | Summary Script and art by John Byrne |
261 | Review of "Cosmic Time Travel: A Scientific Odyssey," by Barry Parker | 1992-01 | non-fiction [all] | book review | |
262 | 181 | California Voodoo Game, The | 1992-02 | Dream Park | Review Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes sequel to Dream Park |
263 | Read This | 1992-10 | non-fiction [all] | Review of Dinotopia, by James Gurney | |
264 | 192 | Gripping Hand, The | 1993-02 | Motie | Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle sequel to Mote in God's Eye, The |
265 | Bridging the Galaxies | 1993-11 | n/a | Collection Info Guest of Honor book for ConFrancisco. Contents: Introduction to Bridging the Galaxies Procrustes Where Next, Columbus? It's Only a Story Tabletop Fusion South Los Angeles Broadcasting System, The Color of Sunfire, The Intercon Trip Report: August 12, 1991 Léshy Circuit, The All the Bridges Rusting Bibliography | |
266 | Introduction to Bridging the Galaxies | 1993-11 | non-fiction [all] | Introduction | |
272 | Intercon Trip Report: August 12, 1991 | 1993-11 | non-fiction: The Ghetto | Summary Like the title says | |
274 | Bibliography | 1993-11 | non-fiction [all] | This is the most recent source of the "opus numbers" found in this database. It's an updated version of the bibliography found in N-Space | |
269 | Tabletop Fusion | 1993-11 | non-fiction [all] | Article about tabletop fusion | |
267 | Procrustes | 1993-11 | Known Space [all] | Summary Ebook Beowulf loses his head, but takes it surprisingly well | |
271 | Color of Sunfire, The | 1993-11 | Known Space [all] | Read It! Mention of an alien race called the Pleione description of Silvereyes (Beta Hydri I) description of the Puppeteer homeworld. We finally catch up to Richard Harvey Shultz-Mann, forty years after Relic of the Empire, A | |
273 | Léshy Circuit, The | 1993-11 | Léshy | Unfinished Script for Planetarium Show. As the title suggests, this is a script for a show that would take viewers on a high-speed chase through the galaxy. It includes the "right-angle turn" at a neutron star that was eventually written into Protector | |
270 | South Los Angeles Broadcasting System, The | 1993-11 | stand-alone | Summary a non-SF story set in the wake of the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles. | |
268 | It's Only a Story | 1993-11 | stand-alone | Summary written for an anthology called The Midnight Miracle, edited by Jerry Biederman and Christopher Owens. | |
275 | Foreword to The Guide to Larry Niven's Ringworld | 1994-02 | Known Space: About | A brief discussion of the Ringworld and how it's been re-engineered by fans, both professional and amateur, over the years. | |
276 | Crashlander | 1994-04 | Known Space: Collection | Beowulf Shaeffer omnibus. Contents: Ghost Neutron Star At the Core Flatlander Grendel Borderland of Sol, The Procrustes | |
277 | Ghost | 1994-04 | Known Space [all] | Summary Beowulf Shaeffer 8-part Crashlander framing story | |
278 | Larry Niven Reviews The Millennial Project | 1994-06 | n/a | A brief, encouraging review of The Millennial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps by Marshall T. Savage, Little Brown & Co, August 1994.
Read it here! | |
279 | Foreword to Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre: Fright Court | 1995-00 | non-fiction [all] | 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. | |
280 | Flatlander | 1995-06 | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | Gil Hamilton omnibus. Contents: Organleggers, The Defenseless Dead, The Patchwork Girl, The Woman in Del Rey Crater, The Afterword: Science/Mystery Fiction ARM | |
281 | Afterword: Science/Mystery Fiction | 1995-06 | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | Niven discusses the combination of two genres: mystery and Sci-fi. | |
282 | Woman in Del Rey Crater, The | 1995-06 | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | Summary Gil still solving crimes on the moon | |
283 | Song of the Night People | 1995-10 | Known Space: Ringworld | Short story of "The Vampire Nest" that became embedded in Ringworld Throne, The | |
284 | Beowulf's Children | 1995-11 | Avalon | Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle & Steven Barnes sequel to Legacy of Heorot, The | |
285 | Regulating the Body Business | 1996-03 | non-fiction [all] | Discussion of organlegging, a sci-fi crime gone real-world. | |
286 | Ringworld Throne, The | 1996-06 | Known Space: Ringworld | Review Louis encounters more Pak Protectors 2nd sequel to Ringworld | |
287 | Catfish and Red Meat Flavoring | 1996-10 | non-fiction [all] | more recipes | |
288 | Three Books of Known Space | 1996-11 | Known Space: Collection | A Known Space anthology spanning the entire timeline of Niven's future history. The book is 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! Coldest Place, The Becalmed in Hell Wait it Out Eye of an Octopus How the Heroes Die Jigsaw Man, The World of Ptavvs At the Bottom of a Hole Deceivers, The Cloak of Anarchy Warriors, The Madness Has Its Place Gift from Earth, A There is a Tide Safe at Any Speed Bibliography: The Worlds of Larry Niven Afterthoughts | |
289 | Timeline for Known Space | 1996-11 | Known Space: About | Updated from the version that originally appeared in Tales of Known Space | |
290 | My Universe and Welcome Back! | 1996-11 | Known Space: About | New introduction for the new Known Space collection. The title is a direct reference to My Universe and Welcome To It! | |
291 | Afterthoughts | 1996-11 | Known Space: About | Like the title says: Afterthoughts on the growth of Known Space, looking back 30 years later. | |
292 | Bibliography: The Worlds of Larry Niven | 1996-11 | Known Space: About | Annotated by "universe," lists latest publication only. Updated from the version in Tales of Known Space | |
293 | Destiny's Road | 1997-06 | Avalon | Review Stand-alone set in the same universe as the Heorot books | |
294 | Choosing Names | 1998-09 | Known Space: Man-Kzin Wars | Summary New Man-Kzin story | |
295 | Mission to Abisko | 1998-11 | non-fiction [all] | Report on a trip to an exclusive conference at Abisko Biological Research Station in Sweden, with fellow travellers Greg Bear and Gregory Benford. | |
296 | Reference Director Speaks, The | 1999-03 | Svetz | Notes on the various Martian references contained in Rainbow Mars, along with a helpful timeline. | |
299 | Rainbow Mars | 1999-03 | Svetz | New Svetz novella, set on the fantasy Mars of Ray Bradbury, H.G. Wells, and Edgar Rice Burroughs. | |
297 | Rainbow Mars | 1999-03 | Svetz | Review New Svetz story and collection. Contents: Rainbow Mars Get a Horse! Bird in the Hand Leviathan! There's a Wolf in My Time Machine Death in a Cage Svetz and the Beanstalk | |
298 | Svetz and the Beanstalk | 1999-03 | Svetz | Niven reveals how Rainbow Mars came to be written, with shout-outs to Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Carl Sagan, Kip Thorne, Frank Tipler, Jerry Pournelle, Robert Heinlein, and Suzanne Gibson and Warren James of Hour 25. | |
300 | Wisdom | 1999-08 | stand-alone | Summary This issue of Altair, an Australian fanzine, was published in conjunction with AussieCon III, the 1999 WorldCon. | |
301 | Getting Your Dime's Worth | 1999-09 | DC Universe | Introduction to DC Pulp Fiction Library's Mystery in Space by Gardner Fox, Alex Toth, et. al. | |
303 | Smut Talk | 2000-01 | Draco Tavern | Summary Read It! Draco Tavern microbial hive mind or sexually transmitted disease? | |
302 | Loki | 2000-01 | stand-alone | Summary Story with no human characters | |
304 | An Interview with Larry Niven | 2000-02 | non-fiction [all] | Interviewed by S. James Blackman. Read it! | |
306 | Mars: Who Needs It? | 2000-03 | non-fiction [all] | Summary Read It! non-fiction for Space.com | |
305 | Burning City, The | 2000-03 | Magic Universe: Golden Road | Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle | |
307 | How to Save Civilization and Make a Little Money | 2000-04 | non-fiction [all] | 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. Read it! | |
308 | Travelers | 2000-05 | non-fiction [all] | Summary Read It! non-fiction for Space.com | |
309 | Rocket Men | 2000-06 | non-fiction [all] | Summary Read It! non-fiction for Space.com | |
312 | Wet Mars (Larry Niven Talks Terraforming) | 2000-07 | non-fiction [all] | Summary Read It! non-fiction for Space.com | |
311 | Wisdom of Demons, The | 2000-07 | Draco Tavern | Summary Draco Tavern think twice before accepting gifts from the Glig. | |
310 | Saturn's Race | 2000-07 | Saturn | Review Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes prequel to Achilles' Choice | |
313 | Making Somebody Pay | 2000-09 | non-fiction [all] | Summary Read It! non-fiction for Space.com | |
314 | Fly-By-Night | 2000-10 | Known Space: Man-Kzin Wars | Summary Beowulf is hijacked in flight | |
315 | Surprises | 2000-11 | non-fiction [all] | Summary Read It! non-fiction for Space.com | |
316 | Missing Mass, The | 2000-12 | Draco Tavern | Summary Read It! Draco Tavern where is the universe's extra mass? It was eaten! | |
317 | Ice and Mirrors | 2001-02 | Walker & Keenan | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Brenda Cooper | |
318 | Heights, The | 2001-05 | Draco Tavern | Summary Draco Tavern Alien flyers terrify children for profit. | |
319 | Ssoroghod's People | 2001-12 | Draco Tavern | Draco Tavern maybe we should go to Mars after all? | |
320 | Albacon Trip Report | 2002-00 | non-fiction: The Ghetto | Read It! unpublished report of con after 9/11 | |
321 | Choosing Life | 2002-01 | Christa | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Brenda Cooper | |
322 | Finding Myself | 2002-06 | Christa | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Brenda Cooper. Sequel to Choosing Life | |
323 | Convergence of the Old Mind, The | 2002-07 | Draco Tavern | Summary Draco Tavern a new meaning to the phrase "gathering one's thoughts." | |
324 | Free Floaters | 2002-08 | Walker & Keenan | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Brenda Cooper. Sequel to Ice and Mirrors | |
325 | Chrysalis | 2002-09 | Draco Tavern | Summary Draco Tavern aliens with severely arrested development--for good reason | |
326 | Niven's Laws, 2002 | 2002-11 | non-fiction [all] | Read It! Update of Niven's Laws | |
330 | Epilogue: What I Tell Librarians | 2003-01 | non-fiction [all] | Summary essay on reading sci-fi | |
333 | Introduction: Where Do I Get My Crazy Ideas? | 2003-01 | non-fiction [all] | Summary Introduction to Scatterbrain | |
328 | Introduction to Peter Hamilton story | 2003-01 | non-fiction [all] | Summary Like the title says a discussion of sci-fi-mystery | |
338 | Handicap | 2003-01 | non-fiction [all] | Summary essay on the concept of "handicap" | |
339 | Did the Moon Move for You Too? | 2003-01 | non-fiction [all] | Summary brief essay on hypothetical attempts at mating in orbit | |
335 | Telepresence | 2003-01 | non-fiction [all] | with Marvin Minsky 8.8.97 at the CACNSP meeting, Tarzana | |
336 | Learning to Love the Space Station | 2003-01 | non-fiction [all] | essay on the ISS | |
332 | Scatterbrain | 2003-01 | n/a | Collection Info Niven's career from 1990 to 2003. Contents: Excerpt from Destiny's Road Excerpt from The Ringworld Throne Excerpt from The Burning City with Jerry Pournelle Excerpt from Saturn's Race with Steven Barnes Introduction: Where Do I Get My Crazy Ideas? Woman in Del Rey Crater, The Loki Procrustes How to Save Civilization and Make a Little Money Ice and Mirrors Ice and Mirrors Papers, The Smut Talk Telepresence Learning to Love the Space Station Autograph Ettiquette Tabletop Fusion Collaborations Intercon Trip Report: August 12, 1991 Handicap Did the Moon Move for You Too? Hugo Award Anecdotes Introduction to Man-Kzin Wars II Canon for the Man-Kzin Wars Epilogue: What I Tell Librarians Mars: Who Needs It? Introduction to Peter Hamilton story | |
331 | Ones Who Stay Home, The | 2003-01 | Draco Tavern | Summary Draco Tavern | |
329 | Canon for the Man-Kzin Wars | 2003-01 | Known Space: About | Summary Like the title says | |
327 | Hugo Award Anecdotes | 2003-01 | non-fiction: The Ghetto | for use at the Hugo ceremonies, 1996 | |
334 | Ice and Mirrors Papers, The | 2003-01 | non-fiction: The Ghetto | E-mail discussion with Brenda Cooper tracing the process of their collaboration Ice and Mirrors | |
337 | 168 | Autograph Ettiquette | 2003-01 | non-fiction: The Ghetto | Summary 600 words of tips for writers and seekers. Note: The Bibliography in Bridging the Galaxies implies that this essay appeared sometime in the late 1980s, but no actual publication information is listed. We've listed it here as appearing in Scatterbrain until another citation surfaces.-ED |
340 | Death Addict, The | 2003-05 | Draco Tavern | Summary Draco Tavern We've all met guys like him. | |
341 | Integral Trees, The (Omnibus) | 2003-08 | The State: The Smoke Ring | Omnibus of two novels: Integral Trees, The Smoke Ring, The | |
342 | Food Story for the Con Jose Program Book | 2003-09 | non-fiction [all] | Summary | |
343 | Trellis, The | 2003-11 | stand-alone | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Brenda Cooper | |
344 | Introduction to The Rackham Files by Dean Ing | 2004-02 | non-fiction [all] | Like the title says | |
345 | Storm Front | 2004-03 | Draco Tavern | Summary Ebook Draco Tavern intelligent life on the sun | |
346 | Chicxulub | 2004-05 | Magic Universe [all] | Summary A new short story involving magic, Mana and a dragon for fans of the "Magic Goes Away" universe. The "Magic Universe" explanation for the Chicxulub crater. | |
349 | Boomerang | 2004-06 | Magic Universe [all] | Summary Warlock-era short story set in Australia and Siberia | |
348 | Preface to Ringworld's Children | 2004-06 | Known Space: About | further discussion of Ringworld's literary and physical parameters | |
347 | Ringworld's Children | 2004-06 | Known Space: Ringworld | Summary 3rd Sequel to Ringworld | |
350 | Rhinemaidens | 2005-01 | Magic Universe [all] | A fisherman encounters the mermaids living near Castle Minterl. | |
353 | Burning Tower | 2005-02 | Magic Universe: Golden Road | Summary Collaboration with Jerry Pournelle sequel to Burning City, The | |
351 | Magic Goes Away Collection, The | 2005-02 | Magic Universe: Warlock | Collecting three previous Warlock books, with a new introduction by the author: Magic May Return, The More Magic Magic Goes Away, The | |
352 | Introduction | 2005-02 | non-fiction [all] | Introduction to Magic Goes Away Collection, The | |
354 | Building Harlequin's Moon | 2005-06 | stand-alone | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Brenda Cooper | |
355 | Kath and Quicksilver | 2005-08 | stand-alone | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Brenda Cooper. The characters return in Terror Bard, The | |
356 | Breeding Maze | 2005-09 | Draco Tavern | Summary Draco Tavern he's a Joker, a smoker, a midnight toker... sure don't wanna hurt no one… | |
357 | Hunting Park, The | 2005-10 | Known Space: Man-Kzin Wars | Summary | |
358 | Slow Ones, The | 2005-12 | Draco Tavern | Summary Surf a glacier with The Slow Ones! | |
360 | Playhouse | 2006-01 | Draco Tavern | Summary | |
361 | Lost | 2006-01 | Draco Tavern | Summary | |
362 | Losing Mars | 2006-01 | Draco Tavern | Summary | |
363 | Draco Tavern, The | 2006-01 | Draco Tavern | Draco Tavern omnibus with new stories and a new introduction by the author. Contents: Introduction Subject is Closed, The Grammar Lesson Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing! Heights, The Wisdom of Demons, The Smut Talk Ssoroghod's People Schumann Computer, The Green Marauder, The Real Thing, The War Movie Limits Table Manners One Night at the Draco Tavern Missing Mass, The Convergence of the Old Mind, The Chrysalis Death Addict, The Storm Front Slow Ones, The Cruel and Unusual Ones Who Stay Home, The Breeding Maze Playhouse Lost Losing Mars Playground Earth | |
364 | Playground Earth | 2006-01 | Draco Tavern | Summary | |
359 | Introduction | 2006-01 | non-fiction [all] | A new introduction to the Draco Tavern and its exotic inhabitants, written for the new collection Draco Tavern, The | |
365 | Solipsist at Dinner, The | 2006-05 | stand-alone | Summary A short meditation on the nature of solipsism and how it relates to human aging. | |
366 | Terror Bard, The | 2007-02 | stand-alone | Summary Collaboration, co-written with Brenda Cooper. Distant sequel to Kath and Quicksilver | |
367 | Gatherer's Guild, The | 2007-02 | stand-alone | Michael Jones of SFsite.com writes "Larry Niven turns his attention towards the United States government, in 'The Gatherer's Guild.' Or rather, to the numerous secretive departments of the IRS, who possess technology and privileges beyond imagining." | |
368 | Fleet of Worlds | 2007-10 | Known Space [all] | Review Collaboration with Ed Lerner set on the Puppeteer Fleet of Worlds | |
369 | Robert Bussard | 2007-12 | non-fiction [all] | ||
370 | Juggler of Worlds | 2008-09 | Known Space [all] | Summary collaboration with Ed Lerner set in Known Space and on the Puppeteer Fleet of Worlds A sequel to Fleet of Worlds | |
371 | Nightmare: the Genetics Game | 2008-12 | non-fiction [all] | Summary Read It! | |
373 | Passing Perry Crater Base, Time Uncertain | 2009-01 | stand-alone | Summary | |
372 | Dark Energies | 2009-01 | stand-alone | Summary Volume 2 of Thrilling Wonder Stories, while not an official Star Trek product, is full of authors who have written for and about the show over the years, including David Gerrold, Norman Spinrad, and Harlan Ellison. | |
374 | Escape from Hell | 2009-02 | Inferno | Summary Collaboration with Jerry Pournelle, the duo's sequel to Inferno | |
375 | On July 20th, 1969... | 2009-07 | non-fiction [all] | Summary Read It! | |
376 | Destroyer of Worlds | 2009-11 | Known Space [all] | Summary Review Collaboration with Ed Lerner. | |
380 | Artists, The | 2010-03 | Draco Tavern | Summary Read It! Inspired by the artwork of Lisa Snellings | |
377 | Strange Light | 2010-03 | n/a | Chapbook. Three new stories based on the paintings and sculpture of Lisa Snellings-Clark, including a Draco Tavern story. Limited to 1000 copies. Contents: Doubling Rate Artists, The Betelgeuse | |
379 | Betelgeuse | 2010-03 | stand-alone | Summary Inspired by the artwork of Lisa Snellings | |
378 | Doubling Rate | 2010-03 | stand-alone | Summary Inspired by the artwork of Lisa Snellings | |
381 | Gates (Variations) | 2010-07 | stand-alone | Summary Appears in Gateways, an anthology tribute to Fred Pohl. | |
382 | After Mecca | 2010-08 | stand-alone | A political dialog between a President and a reporter, huddled in a bomb shelter two days after the terrorist nuclear attack. | |
386 | Cadet Amelia | 2010-08 | stand-alone | What good is any home, whether on Earth or in space, without cats? | |
389 | Boys and Girls Together | 2010-08 | stand-alone | Niven explores an idea hinted at in "Fly-By-Night." What if parents could stop their children from growing up? How long before society was changed irrevocably? | |
384 | Hooking the Reader | 2010-08 | non-fiction: The Ghetto | Summary | |
390 | Stars and Gods | 2010-08 | n/a | A collection of excerpts from Niven's short stories and novels from approx 2004 - 2010. Each selection is accompanied by a brief introduction. Contents: Excerpt from Ringworld's Children Excerpt from Rainbow Mars Excerpt from Escape from Hell Excerpt from Burning Tower Excerpt from Building Harlequin's Moon Excerpt from Fleet of Worlds Excerpt from Juggler of Worlds Excerpt from Beowulf's Children Excerpt from Achilles' Choice Svetz and the Beanstalk Choosing Names Fly-By-Night Hunting Park, The After Mecca Cadet Amelia Cat Toy Chicxulub Gatherer's Guild, The Solipsist at Dinner, The Boys and Girls Together Travelers Rocket Men Wet Mars (Larry Niven Talks Terraforming) Where Next, Columbus? Choosing Life Free Floaters Finding Myself Missing Mass, The Safe Harbor Hooking the Reader Larry Niven Interview by Brenda Cooper in 2000 AD Food Story for the Con Jose Program Book Inconstant Moon Has Passed | |
383 | Larry Niven Interview by Brenda Cooper in 2000 AD | 2010-08 | non-fiction [all] | Summary | |
385 | Inconstant Moon Has Passed | 2010-08 | non-fiction [all] | Hiking by the light of the brightest full moon in centuries reminds Niven of his award-winning short story Inconstant Moon | |
387 | Cat Toy | 2010-08 | Magic Universe [all] | A researcher in Antarctica comes across a magician trapped in an eternal came of cat-and-mouse. | |
388 | Safe Harbor | 2010-08 | Draco Tavern | Rick Schumann talks to some alien pirates who have a very good reason to want to steal a Chirpsithra liner. | |
391 | Betrayer of Worlds | 2010-10 | Known Space [all] | Summary Newest collaboration with Ed Lerner | |
392 | Best of Larry Niven, The | 2010-11 | n/a | Summary Contents: Introduction by Jerry Pournelle Becalmed in Hell Bordered in Black Neutron Star Soft Weapon, The Jigsaw Man, The Deadlier Weapon, The All the Myriad Ways Not Long Before the End Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex Inconstant Moon Rammer Cloak of Anarchy Fourth Profession, The Flash Crowd Defenseless Dead, The Get a Horse! Hole Man, The Night on Mispec Moor Flatlander Magic Goes Away, The Cautionary Tales Limits Teardrop Falls, A Return of William Proxmire, The Borderland of Sol, The Smut Talk Missing Mass, The | |
393 | Flare Weed, The | 2011-04 | Draco Tavern | Summary | |
394 | Moon Maze Game, The | 2011-08 | Dream Park | Summary Collaboration with Steven Barnes the newest sequel to the Dream Park novels, set on the Moon. | |
395 | Secret of Black Ship Island, The | 2012-04 | Avalon | Summary "Larry Niven and Steve Barnes came over just after my morning walk and we had a conference on a notion for a new book in the Avalon (Beowulf's Children) series. We used Skype to call Dr. Jack Cohen who has agreed to help us construct a new ecological creature to be part of a short novel involving some of the characters from Beowulf's Children." - Jerry Pournelle, 2/14/2011 | |
396 | Fate of Worlds: Return from the Ringworld | 2012-08 | Known Space: Ringworld | Summary "The Explosive Finale to the Ringworld and the Fleet of Worlds Series." | |
397 | Far End, The | 2012-09 | stand-alone | Summary The Last Story of Poul Anderson's Time Patrol | |
398 | Bowl of Heaven | 2012-10 | stand-alone | Summary Collaboration with Gregory Benford, set on a macrostructure that some have called "Wok World," a giant bowl-shaped ship with a sun in the center, serving as a propulsion system. To be continued in Shipstar | |
399 | Man in the Pink Shirt, The | 2012-11 | Svetz | Summary A light-hearted and very short story in the vein of Return of William Proxmire, The | |
400 | Goliath Stone,The | 2013-06 | stand-alone | Summary Collaboration with frequent Man-Kzin Wars contributor Matthew Joseph Harrington. | |
401 | Red Tide | 2014-01 | Flash Crowd/Teleportation | Summary This anthology, part of the Stellar Guild series (edited by Mike Resnick), includes three new stories and an expanded version of the Niven classic Flash Crowd Red Tide Dial At Random | |
403 | Dial At Random | 2014-01 | Flash Crowd/Teleportation | Summary In the early days of teleportation, a lot of bugs remained to be worked out. A prequel to Red Tide | |
402 | Red Tide | 2014-01 | Flash Crowd/Teleportation | Summary With new flashes of the futurist insights that he's famous for, Niven expertly and seamlessly updates his 40-year-old classic Flash Crowd | |
404 | Shipstar | 2014-04 | stand-alone | Collaboration with Gregory Benford. The crew of SunSeeker continue their exploration of the giant, bowl-shaped ship bound towards their destination, the colony world called Glory. The sequel to Bowl of Heaven | |
405 | God Walks Into A Bar | 2014-09 | Draco Tavern | Summary | |
406 | Closing Sale | 2015-05 | Draco Tavern | Summary | |
407 | Seascape Tattoo, The | 2016-06 | Magic Universe [all] | Summary Niven and Barnes return to the universe of "The Magic Goes Away" with a brand-new tale that pits a barbarian and a sorcerer against a dangerous society of wizards who seek to rule the world with weapons stolen from the future! | |
408 | Story Night At The Stronghold | 2016-07 | n/a | Summary Written with Jerry Pournelle. A short-story sequel to Lucifer's Hammer | |
409 | Mice Among Elephants | 2016-10 | n/a | Summary Collaboration with Gregory Benford | |
410 | Dead Guest Of Honor Speech, The | 2017-05 | stand-alone | Summary Two subject that are dear to Niven's heart - immortality and SF conventions - collide in this short story. | |
411 | By The Red Giant's Light | 2017-11 | stand-alone | Summary Niven continues to demonstrate that he thinks on the largest possible scale, as characters with lifespans of eons observe the death of planets. | |
412 | Dream Park: The Lady or the Tiger | 2019-11 | Dream Park | Summary A new Dream Park collaboration with Steven Barnes | |
413 | Starborn and Godsons | 2020-04 | Avalon | Summary With Steven Barnes and Jerry Pournelle (who passed before it was finished). A sequel to Legacy of Heorot, The | |
414 | Glorious | 2020-06 | n/a | Summary Part three of the collaboration series with Gregory Benford. 2nd sequel to Bowl of Heaven | |
415 | Sacred Cow | 2022-11 | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | Summary A Gil Hamilton story, co-written with Steven Barnes | |
417 | Burning Mountain (working title) | 2023-00 | Magic Universe: Golden Road | collaboration with Jerry Pournelle, sequel to The Burning City and Burning Tower. Mentioned in the introduction to Magic Goes Away Collection, The | |
416 | Moon Bowl, The (working title) | 2023-00 | stand-alone | Collaboration with Jerry Pournelle & Michael Flynn. |