Opus No. Title Date Settingsort descending Publication type I.U.C. Notes
170 Horror Stories for Bright People February, 1988 N/A Review Review of Greg Benford's In the Ocean of Night, Across the Sea of Suns, and Great Sky River
Sideways in Time, an introduction to Ward Moore's Bring the Jubilee May, 1988 N/A Introduction 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.
Bulletin Symposium: The Worst Mistake You Ever Made January, 1989 N/A Non-Fiction Article about why Niven considers "The Ethics of Madness" a failed story.
Ringworld Retrospective April, 1989 N/A Non-Fiction Like the title says. A look back at the impact of Ringworld.
Read This May, 1989 N/A Essay 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 Darlin
Introduction to Man-Kzin Wars II August, 1989 N/A Introduction Like the title says
Response to "The New Generation Gap" September, 1989 N/A Essay 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.
Read This November, 1989 N/A Essay Review of The Boat of a Million Years, by Poul Anderson
Blind Alleys April, 1990 N/A Non-Fiction Article about "a handful of mistakes" that writers have made, which "stupid people would never think of."
Dramatis Personae August, 1990 N/A Non-Fiction Who's Who in Niven's career
Foreword: Playgrounds for the Mind August, 1990 N/A Non-Fiction Introduction to N-Space
Blowing Smoke August, 1990 N/A Non-Fiction A description and discussion of the Smoke Ring's origins, parameters and environment.
191 Space August, 1990 N/A Non-Fiction 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.
Bibliography August, 1990 N/A Short Story bibliography, updated in Bridging the Galaxies
Review of Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett August, 1990 N/A Review book review
My Favorite Story October, 1990 N/A Essay Article about writing Inconstant Moon
Introduction to Man-Kzin Wars IV January, 1991 N/A Introduction Like the title says
N-Space August, 1990 N/A Collection 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
Read This September, 1991 N/A Essay Review of Red Orc's Rage, by Philip José Farmer
Read This October, 1992 N/A Review Review of Dinotopia, by James Gurney

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