Bibliography
Compiled by David Lambert and Carol Phillips
Opus No. | Title | Date | Setting |
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I.U.C. | Notes |
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Safe Harbor | August, 2010 | Draco Tavern | Short Story | Rick Schumann talks to some alien pirates who have a very good reason to want to steal a Chirpsithra liner. | ||
Boys and Girls Together | August, 2010 | Stand Alone | Short Story | Niven explores an idea hinted at in "Fly-By-Night." What if parents could stop their children from growing up? How long before society was changed irrevocably? | ||
Flare Weed, The | April, 2011 | Draco Tavern | Short Story | A customer at the Draco Tavern tells a story of a life form with a very intermittent lifestyle and specialized environmental needs, leading Rick Schumann to wonder about Earth's future. | ||
God Walks Into A Bar | September, 2014 | Draco Tavern | Short Story | Like the title says. Rick come into contact with an all-knowing, all-powerful being and must quickly discern its nature. After all, he has customers to serve. | ||
Closing Sale | May, 2015 | Draco Tavern | Short Story | When a transit strike in space causes a pile-up of ships in orbit around the moon, the Draco Tavern benefits from the glut of customers. But at what cost? | ||
2 | World of Ptavvs | March, 1965 | Known Space | Novella | Expanded into novel form in 1966, see World of Ptavvs | |
Song of the Night People | October, 1995 | Known Space: Ringworld | Novella | Short story of "The Vampire Nest" that became embedded in Ringworld Throne, The | ||
Rainbow Mars | March, 1999 | Svetz | Novella | New Svetz novella, set on the fantasy Mars of Ray Bradbury, H.G. Wells, and Edgar Rice Burroughs | ||
26 | Neutron Star | April, 1968 | Known Space: Collection | Collection | Collected stories of Beowulf Shaeffer, as well as other Known Space stories. Contents: Neutron Star At the Core Relic of the Empire, A Soft Weapon, The Flatlander Ethics of Madness, The Handicapped, The Grendel | |
40 | Shape of Space, The | January, 1969 | N/A | Collection | Early Niven Collection, later combined into Convergent Series. Contents: At the Bottom of a Hole Bordered in Black Deadlier Weapon, The Dry Run How the Heroes Die Like Banquo's Ghost Long Night, The Meddler, The One Face Organleggers, The Safe at Any Speed Warriors, The | |
54 | All the Myriad Ways | June, 1971 | N/A | Collection | Contents: All the Myriad Ways Passerby For a Foggy Night Wait it Out Jigsaw Man, The Not Long Before the End Unfinished Story Unfinished Story #2 Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex Exercise in Speculation: The Theory and Practice of Teleportation Theory and Practice of Time Travel, The Inconstant Moon What Can You Say About Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers? Becalmed in Hell | |
64 | Flight of the Horse, The | September, 1973 | Svetz | Collection | Contents: Get a Horse! Bird in the Hand Leviathan! There's a Wolf in My Time Machine Death in a Cage What Good is a Glass Dagger? Flash Crowd Afterword | |
88 | Long Arm of Gil Hamilton, The | February, 1976 | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | Collection | Collection info First collection of Gil Hamilton stories. Contents: Organleggers, The Defenseless Dead, The ARM Afterword: The Last Word about SF Detectives | |
60 | Inconstant Moon | January, 1973 | N/A | Collection | Sphere edition does not contain "The Long Night" (as "Convergent Series"), "The Deadlier Weapon", "Wait it Out", "Not Long Before the End" and "Passerby" however, the Gollancz edition does. contents: At the Bottom of a Hole Becalmed in Hell Bordered in Black How the Hero's Die Inconstant Moon One Face Organleggers, The Deadler Weapon, The Long Night, The Not Long Before the End Passerby Wait it Out | |
74 | Hole in Space, A | August, 1974 | N/A | Collection | Contents: $16,940 Alibi Machine, The All the Bridges Rusting Bigger Than Worlds Fourth Profession, The Hole Man, The Kind of Murder, A Last Days of the Permanent Floating Riot Club, The Rammer There is a Tide | |
138 | De Stranden Van Serius Vier | January, 1975 | N/A | Collection | Dutch, collected Niven stories from various sources. Contents: De Schaduwzijde (One Face) De Stranden van Sirius Vier (Bordered in Black) Vechtjassen (The Warriors) Veilig bij Elke Snelheid (Safe at Any Speed) Buik als Eigen Baas (The Long Night) De Bemoeial (The Meddler) Al het Mogelijke (All the Myriad Ways) Niet Lang voor het Eind (Not Long Before the End) Het Vierde Beroep (The Fourth Profession) Stuwer (Rammer) Er Zit een Wolf in Mijn Tijdmachine (There's a Wolf in My Time Machine) Wat Heb Je aan een Glazen Dolk? (What Good Is a Glass Dagger?) De Dood in de Kooi (Death in a Cage) Het Gat van Lear (The Hole Man) | |
84 | Tales of Known Space | August, 1975 | Known Space: Collection | Collection | Collection info Overview of Known Space. Contents: "About the Cover" by Rick Sternbach Timeline for Known Space My Universe and Welcome To It! Coldest Place, The Becalmed in Hell Wait it Out Eye of an Octopus How the Heroes Die Jigsaw Man, The At the Bottom of a Hole Deceivers, The Cloak of Anarchy Warriors, The Borderland of Sol, The There is a Tide Safe at Any Speed Afterthoughts Bibliography: The Worlds of Larry Niven | |
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 | |
127 | Magic May Return, The | January, 1981 | Magic Universe | Collection | edited by Larry Niven. Contents: "Earthshade" by Fred Saberhagen "Manaspill" by Dean Ing "...But Fear Itself." by Steven Barnes "Strength" by Poul Anderson and Mildred Downey Broxon Introduction Not Long Before the End | |
153 | More Magic | June, 1984 | Magic Universe | Collection | edited by Larry Niven, illustrations by Alicia Austin. Contents: "Shadow of Wings" by Bob Shaw "Mana from Heaven" by Roger Zelazney Lion in his Attic, The; Talisman |