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Preface to Ringworld's Children |
August, 2004 |
Known Space: About |
Non-Fiction |
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further discussion of Ringworld's literary and physical parameters
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Preface: The Freedom of Choice |
September, 1979 |
N/A |
Introduction |
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Preface to Jerry Pournelle's non-fiction collection A Step Farther Out
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Procrustes |
November, 1993 |
Known Space |
Novella |
K.S. 29 (2654) |
Beowulf loses his head, but takes it surprisingly well
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Rainbow Mars |
March, 1999 |
Svetz |
Collection |
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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
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Rainbow Mars |
March, 1999 |
Svetz |
Novella |
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New Svetz novella, set on the fantasy Mars of Ray Bradbury, H.G. Wells, and Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Read This |
September, 1988 |
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Essay |
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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.
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Read This |
May, 1989 |
N/A |
Essay |
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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
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Read This |
November, 1989 |
N/A |
Essay |
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Review of The Boat of a Million Years, by Poul Anderson
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Read This |
September, 1991 |
N/A |
Essay |
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Review of Red Orc's Rage, by Philip José Farmer
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Read This |
October, 1992 |
N/A |
Review |
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Review of Dinotopia, by James Gurney
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Red Tide |
January, 2014 |
Flash Crowd/Teleportation |
Collection |
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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
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Red Tide |
January, 2014 |
Flash Crowd/Teleportation |
Novella |
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As teleportation replaces cars and planes, Niven explores both the obvious and unintended consequences of cheap, instantaneous travel/?q=bibliographic-reference/flash-crowd
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Reference Director Speaks, The |
March, 1999 |
Svetz |
Introduction |
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Notes on the various Martian references contained in Rainbow Mars, along with a helpful timeline
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Regulating the Body Business |
March, 1996 |
N/A |
Non-Fiction |
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Discussion of organlegging, a sci-fi crime gone real-world.
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Response to "The New Generation Gap" |
September, 1989 |
N/A |
Essay |
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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.
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Review of "Cosmic Time Travel: A Scientific Odyssey," by Barry Parker |
January, 1992 |
N/A |
Review |
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book review
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Review of Contact |
August, 1986 |
N/A |
Review |
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Review of Carl Sagan's Contact
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Review of Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett |
August, 1990 |
N/A |
Review |
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book review
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Review of Involution Ocean by Bruce Sterling |
May, 1978 |
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Review |
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Review of Somerset Dreams and Other Fictions by Kate Wilhelm |
May, 1978 |
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Review |
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