Opus No. Title Date Settingsort ascending Publication type I.U.C. Notes
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
Bridging the Galaxies November, 1993 N/A Collection Collection Info Guest of Honor book for ConFrancisco. Contents: Introduction to Bridging the Galaxies Procrustes Where Next, Columbus? It's Only a Story Tabletop Fusion South Los Angeles Broadcasting System, The Color of Sunfire, The Intercon Trip Report: August 12, 1991 Léshy Circuit, The All the Bridges Rusting Bibliography
Introduction to Bridging the Galaxies November, 1993 N/A Introduction Introduction
Tabletop Fusion November, 1993 N/A Non-Fiction Article about tabletop fusion
South Los Angeles Broadcasting System, The November, 1993 N/A Short Story a non-SF story set in the wake of the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles.
Bibliography November, 1993 N/A Non-Fiction This is the most recent source of the "opus numbers" found in this database. It's an updated version of the bibliography found in N-Space
183 Lost Ideas, The October, 1991 N/A Non-Fiction Like the title says

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