Opus No. | Title |
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Setting | Publication type | I.U.C. | Notes |
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What explains the present lack of citizen interest in and support for the U.S. space program? | June, 1980 | N/A | Interview | Interview | ||
118 | Patchwork Girl, The | April, 1980 | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | Novella | 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 | |
What Role can and should science fiction writers play in working with America's major corporations in planning for the future of society? | March, 1980 | N/A | Interview | Interview | ||
120 | Green Marauder, The | February, 1980 | Draco Tavern | Short Story | D.T. 05 | Draco Tavern -- a look at prehistoric Earth and the beings who built a civilization there. |
121 | Retrospective | January, 1980 | Dream Park | Short Story | Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes. Niven and his collaborator Steven Barnes reflect on the creation of Dream Park | |
Memoir | January, 1980 | N/A | Introduction | An introduction to the short story All the Myriad Ways | ||
119 | From Macrostructures Engineering: Progress Report | January, 1980 | N/A | Non-Fiction | Read It Here! An essay about fandom's reaction to Ringworld, and writing The Ringworld Engineers. | |
Introduction: The Known Space Series | January, 1980 | Known Space: About | Introduction | introduction to Relic of the Empire, A | ||
Larry Niven, Science Fiction's Master World Builder | September, 1979 | N/A | Interview | interviewed by Dr. Jeffery Ellio | ||
Preface: The Freedom of Choice | September, 1979 | N/A | Introduction | Preface to Jerry Pournelle's non-fiction collection A Step Farther Out | ||
145 | Staying Rich | July, 1979 | N/A | Non-Fiction | essay | |
118 | Ringworld Engineers, The | July, 1979 | Known Space: Ringworld | Novel | K.S. 36 (2878-81) | First evidence of the Pak on the Ringworld. First sequel to Ringworld |
112 | Locusts, The | June, 1979 | Stand Alone | Short Story | Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes | |
Spirals | April, 1979 | Stand Alone | Short Story | 111 | Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle | |
114 | Introduction to Convergent Series | March, 1979 | N/A | Introduction | Introduction to Convergent Series | |
110 | Shall We Indulge in Rishathra? | March, 1979 | N/A | Non-Fiction | With cartoons by William Rotsler. "Rishathra" is a Ringworld ritual. | |
113 | Convergent Series | March, 1979 | N/A | Collection | 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 | |
Given the Opportunity, Would You Travel in Space? | February, 1979 | N/A | Interview | Interview | ||
115 | In the Cellar | February, 1979 | Stand Alone | Short Story | Read It Here! short "hard-boiled" sci-fi | |
Outline for Mordred | January, 1979 | Buck Rodgers | Outline | With Jerry Pournelle, Niven outlined this Buck Rogers novel, based on characters created by Philip Francis Nowlan. John Eric Holmes is the author. |