Opus No. Title Date Settingsort descending Publication type I.U.C. Notes
38 Exercise in Speculation: The Theory and Practice of Teleportation March, 1969 Non-Fiction Discussion of teleportation as personal transportation and even as an interstellar drive.
86 My Universe and Welcome To It! October, 1971 Introduction Introduction to Known Space.
Many Many Worlds of Larry Niven, The September, 1975 Interview Interview by Alan Brennert, illustrated. Accompanying Howard Chaykin's adaptation of All the Myriad Ways
Review of Involution Ocean by Bruce Sterling May, 1978 Review
Review of The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley May, 1978 Review
Review of Somerset Dreams and Other Fictions by Kate Wilhelm May, 1978 Review
124 Oath of Fealty October, 1981 Short Story Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle. An excerpt from the novel.
147 If Idi Amin Had Had The Bomb December, 1984 Short Story essay on modern warfare
149 Why Men Fight Wars and What You Can Do About It December, 1984 Non-Fiction essay on modern warfare
Memoir September, 1986 Non-Fiction Niven describes his relationship with the editor of If, Frederik Pohl, and the writing of the award-winning Neutron Star
Read This September, 1988 Essay 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.
178 Playgrounds of the Mind October, 1991 Collection 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  
Catfish and Red Meat Flavoring October, 1996 Non-Fiction more recipes
Moon Bowl, The (working title) January, 2020 Novel Collaboration with Jerry Pournelle & Michael Flynn.
Wisdom of Demons, The July, 2000 Draco Tavern Short Story D.T. 11 Draco Tavern think twice before accepting gifts from the Glig.
159 Legacy of Heorot, The July, 1987 Avalon Novel A. 1 Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle & Steven Barnes maps by Alexis Wolser. See the sequel, Beowulf's Children
Beowulf's Children November, 1995 Avalon Novel A. 2 Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle & Steven Barnes sequel to Legacy of Heorot, The
Destiny's Road June, 1997 Avalon Novel A. 3 Stand-alone set in the same universe as the Heorot books
Secret of Black Ship Island, The April, 2012 Avalon Novella "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
Starborn and Godsons April, 2020 Avalon Novel With Steven Barnes and Jerry Pournelle (who passed before it was finished). A sequel to Legacy of Heorot, The

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