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87 | ARM | January, 1975 | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | Short Story | K.S. 13 (2126) | Murder of Raymond Sinclair, inventor of Sinclair Molecule Chain and an inertial-reduction field |
61 | Cloak of Anarchy | March, 1972 | Known Space | Short Story | K.S. 16 (2135) | Read It Here! The story that led to a duel see Convention Stories |
63 | Protector | September, 1973 | Known Space | Novel | K.S. 17 (2124 - 2341) | 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 |
177 | Madness Has Its Place | August, 1990 | Known Space: Man-Kzin Wars | Short Story | K.S. 19 (2375-83) | First Known Space story since The Ringworld Engineers in 1979. Describes Sol's first response to the Kzin invasion |
Choosing Names | September, 1998 | Known Space: Man-Kzin Wars | Short Story | K.S. 20 (2383 | New Man-Kzin story | |
34 | Gift from Earth, A | September, 1968 | Known Space | Novel | K.S. 21 (2410) | Detailed description of Mt. Lookatthat and Matt Keller's psychic power: "Plateau Eyes" |
18 | Ethics of Madness, The | April, 1967 | Known Space: Prototype | Short Story | K.S. 21a (2425) | 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. |
12 | Neutron Star | October, 1966 | Known Space | Short Story | K.S. 22 (2644) | First Beowulf Shaeffer story and the first story set in the hyperdrive era of Known Space. |
15 | Relic of the Empire, A | December, 1966 | Known Space | Short Story | K.S. 23 (2645) | First story that ties the world of Luke Garner to the world of Beowulf Shaeffer. |
13 | At the Core | November, 1966 | Known Space | Short Story | K.S. 24 (2646) | Beowulf discovers the core of the galaxy is exploding. First appearance of Long Sho |
18 | Flatlander | March, 1967 | Known Space | Short Story | K.S. 25 (2646) | First appearance of Outsiders |
23 | Handicapped, The | December, 1967 | Known Space | Short Story | K.S. 26 (2647) | Grogs, a.k.a. "Handicap" |
27 | Grendel | April, 1968 | Known Space | Short Story | K.S. 27 (2648) | At one point, Emil is referred to as "Jilson," a name from Handicapped, The |
80 | Borderland of Sol, The | January, 1975 | Known Space | Short Story | K.S. 28 (2650) | Quantum Black Hole as a murder weapon |
Procrustes | November, 1993 | Known Space | Novella | K.S. 29 (2654) | Beowulf loses his head, but takes it surprisingly well | |
Ghost | April, 1994 | Known Space | Short Story | K.S. 30 (2656) | Beowulf Shaeffer 8-part Crashlander framing story | |
16 | Soft Weapon, The | February, 1967 | Known Space | Short Story | K.S. 31 (2658) | Introduction of Nessus. Later made into "The Slaver Weapon," an animated Star Trek script, with Spock in Nessus' role. See: Slaver Weapon, The |
Fly-By-Night | October, 2000 | Known Space: Man-Kzin Wars | Novella | K.S. 32 (2660) | Beowulf is hijacked in flight | |
Color of Sunfire, The | November, 1993 | Known Space | Short Story | K.S. 33 (2686) | Read It Here! 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 | |
30 | There is a Tide | June, 1968 | Known Space | Short Story | K.S. 34 (2830) | First appearance of Louis Wu and his "sabbaticals," as well as Trinocs. |