Jigsaw Man, The

Author:

Niven, Larry

Publication date:

1967-08

Publication type:

Short Story

Published:

Dangerous Visions (anthology), Edited by Harlan Ellison; Doubleday (later editions from Berkley, Sphere and Signet)

Opus No.:

Setting:

Known Space

I.U.C.:

K.S. 06 (2099)

Characters:

Warren Lewis Knowles

Summary:

This early Niven story was the first of many to delve deeply into the legal and ethical implications of organ-transplant technology. It introduces Known Space's organ banks and the breed of criminals known as "organleggers."

Notes:

First organ transplant story, paving the way for the Gil Hamilton stories.

Reprints:

The Road to Science Fiction #3, edited by James Gunn; French anthology, Dangereuses Visions, J'ai Lu, 1976, paper; The Survival of Freedom, ed. Jerry E. Pournelle & John F. Carr, Fawcett Crest 1981; Graphic version, Deepest Dimension Terror Anthology. Limited-edition comic books from Revolutionary Comics, August, 1993, #2; Anthology, Survival of Freedom, ed. Jerry Pournelle; The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. Garyn G. Roberts, Prentice-Hall 2001; All the Myriad Ways; Tales of Known Space; Three Books of Known Space; Best of Larry Niven, The