Larry Niven Bibliography

Bibliography Key

Index	Opus #	Title	Date↓	Notes
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2	1	Coldest Place, The	1964-12	Summary Niven's first published story printed around the same time that scientists determined with radar pulses that Mercury doesn't keep one face to the sun after all.
3	2	World of Ptavvs	1965-03	Expanded into novel form in 1966, see World of Ptavvs
4	3	Wrong-Way Street	1965-04	Summary Ebook stand-alone
5	4	One Face	1965-06	Summary Stand-alone, NOT a Known Space story though it contains names and themes that were later folded into Known Space
6	5	Becalmed in Hell	1965-07	Summary Ebook sequel to Coldest Place, The
7	6	Warriors, The	1966-02	Summary 1st Man-Kzin War story
8	7	Eye of an Octopus	1966-02	Summary Discovery of Martians
9	8	Bordered in Black	1966-04	Summary stand-alone, not a Known Space story though the Hyperspace "blind spot" was later incorporated into Known Space.
10	9	By Mind Alone	1966-06	Summary stand-alone story about teleportation
11	10	World of Ptavvs	1966-08	Review Expanded version of the novella World of Ptavvs
12	11	How the Heroes Die	1966-10	Summary murder on Mars, and Martians
13	12	Neutron Star	1966-10	Summary Ebook First Beowulf Shaeffer story first story set in the hyperdrive era of Known Space.
14	13	At the Core	1966-11	Summary Ebook Beowulf discovers the core of the galaxy is exploding. First appearance of Long Shot
15	14	At the Bottom of a Hole	1966-12	Summary Martians
16	15	Relic of the Empire, A	1966-12	Summary 1st story that ties the world of Luke Garner to the world of Beowulf Shaeffer
17	16	Soft Weapon, The	1967-02	Summary Introduction of Nessus later made into "The Slaver Weapon," an animated Star Trek script, with Spock in Nessus' role. See: Slaver Weapon, The
18	18	Flatlander	1967-03	Summary Ebook First appearance of Outsiders
19	17	Long Night, The	1967-03	Summary a.k.a. "Convergent Series"
20	19	Ethics of Madness, The	1967-04	Summary 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.
21	20	Safe at Any Speed	1967-05	Summary The "Last" Known Space story
22	21	Adults, The	1967-06	Summary Protector part 1
23	22	Jigsaw Man, The	1967-08	Summary Ebook 1st organ transplant story, paving the way for the Gil Hamilton stories.
24	23	Handicapped, The	1967-12	Summary Grogs, a.k.a. "Handicap"
25	24	Slowboat Cargo	1968-02	A Gift from Earth serialization
26	25	Deceivers, The	1968-04	Summary a.k.a. "Intent to Deceive"
27	26	Neutron Star	1968-04	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
28	27	Grendel	1968-04	Summary At one point, Emil is referred to as "Jilson," a name from Handicapped, The
29	28	Dry Run	1968-05	Summary crime story with a metaphysical twist
30	29	Deadlier Weapon, The	1968-06	Summary crime story, not SF Frequently asked question: "Is this a true story?" Answer: No.
31	30	There is a Tide	1968-06	Summary First appearance of Louis Wu and his "sabbaticals," as well as Trinocs.
32	31	Wait it Out	1968-07	Summary Harlan Ellison called this a "new wave" story.
33	32	For a Foggy Night	1968-07	Summary stand-alone
34	33	Like Banquo's Ghost	1968-08	Summary stand-alone
35	34	Gift from Earth, A	1968-09	Review detailed description of Mt. Lookatthat and Matt Keller's psychic power: "Plateau Eyes"
36	35	Meddler, The	1968-10	Summary sci-fi noir crime mash-up
37	36	All the Myriad Ways	1968-10	Summary Ebook Niven's take on divergent timelines
38	90	Down in Flames	1969-00	Summary Read It! Destruction of Known Space, inspired by a conversation with Norman Spinrad. Never written beyond the outline phase Niven started writing Ringworld shortly after instead. Though this saw print in 1969, it appears much further down the list in Niven's published bibliographies.
39	37	Organleggers, The	1969-01	Summary First Gil Hamilton story, featuring Luke Garner as Gil's boss. A.k.a. "Death By Ecstacy"
40	40	Shape of Space, The	1969-01	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
41	38	Exercise in Speculation: The Theory and Practice of Teleportation	1969-03	Summary Dicussion of teleportation as personal transportation and even as an interstellar drive.
42	39	Not Long Before the End	1969-04	Summary 1st Warlock story
43	43	Get a Horse!	1969-10	Summary First Svetz story, renamed "Flight of the Horse."
44	46	Unfinished Story	1969-12	Summary short short story, later renamed "Unfinished Story #1."
45	41	Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex	1969-12	Summary Read It! Entertaining speculation on Superman's sex life on Earth, including a discussion of how to preserve the Kryptonian race. Often quoted, but almost never illustrated, thanks to DC Comics' legal department.
46	42	Passerby	1969-12	Summary Léshy Circuit
47	44	Misspelled Magician, The	1970-05	Collaboration, co-written with David Gerrold, a.k.a. "The Misspelled Magishun" expanded as Flying Sorcerers, The
48	47	Leviathan!	1970-08	Summary Svetz meets Moby Dick
49	45	Bird in the Hand	1970-10	Summary Svetz, cars and Rocs. Niven's published bibliographies mistakenly list the publication year as 1969, not 1970.
50	58	Ringworld	1970-10	Review Niven's best-known novel brings together Nessus & Louis Wu from previous Known Space stories Ringworld has spawned 3 sequels and a role-playing game, among other things. Though it was first printed in 1970, it appears farther down the list in Niven's published bibliographies.
51	103	Last Necronomicon, The	1971-00	Summary Read It! Niven's published bibliographies list it much further down, but Carol Phillips' research indicates it appeared in October 1971.
52	54	All the Myriad Ways	1971-06	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
53	56	Unfinished Story #2	1971-06	Summary short short story
54	48	No Exit	1971-06	Summary Collaboration, co-written with Hank Stine (who has since become Jean Marie Stine--the e-Book edition lists Jean Marie Stine as Niven's co-author).
55	49	There's a Wolf in My Time Machine	1971-06	Summary Svetz meets a new pet
56	55	Inconstant Moon	1971-06	Summary Ebook Made into an episode of "Outer Limits," mid 1990s
57	57	What Can You Say About Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers?	1971-06	Summary The American Dental Association says they are bad for children's teeth. First appeared in All the Myriad Ways
58	53	Flying Sorcerers, The	1971-08	Review Collaboration, co-written with David Gerrold, expanded version of Misspelled Magician, The
59		Pastel Terror, The	1971-08	Summary Read It! Outline for a Star Trek plot, never offered to the show may have also appeared in APA-L, verification TK
60	86	My Universe and Welcome To It!	1971-10	Summary Introduction to Known Space.
61	51	Rammer	1971-11	Summary Chapter 1 of World Out Of Time, A
62	61	Cloak of Anarchy	1972-03	Read It! The story that led to a duel see Convention Stories
63	50	Fourth Profession, The	1972-08	Summary Monks and bartenders
64	52	What Good is a Glass Dagger?	1972-09	Summary Ebook Werewolves and necromancy and trolls, oh my!
65	69	Defenseless Dead, The	1973-00	Summary "Corpsicles" and an unexpected hiding place for an organlegger
66	59	Flash Crowd	1973-00	Summary First "flash crowd" story Jansen is spelled "Jensen" in the Flight of the Horse printing
67	62	Recipes	1973-00	recently reprinted recipes including: Irish Coffee, Busted Kneecap, Dry Martini
68	60	Inconstant Moon	1973-00	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 Heroes Die Inconstant Moon One Face Organleggers, The Deadlier Weapon, The Long Night, The Not Long Before the End Passerby Wait it Out
69	66	Theory and Practice of Time Travel, The	1973-04	Summary speculative
70	67	Alibi Machine, The	1973-06	Summary teleportation crime story
71	68	All the Bridges Rusting	1973-08	Summary teleportation as a form of space travel
72	63	Protector	1973-09	Review Brand-new assumption introduced to Known Space: humanity is descended from the Pak. The novel contains "The Adults" plus a second section called "Vandervecken," which takes place in 2340.
73	64	Flight of the Horse, The	1973-09	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
74	65	Death in a Cage	1973-09	Summary Svetz meets Death?
75		Afterword	1973-09	A word how the Svetz stories came to be written.
76		Slaver Weapon, The	1973-12	Airdate Dec. 15, 1973. This script (and the book adaptation that followed) sparked the ongoing debate about the existence of Kzinti in the Star Trek universe. Based on Soft Weapon, The
77	70	Hole Man, The	1974-01	Summary Ebook Quantum Black Hole as a murder weapon
78	71	$16,940	1974-02	Summary crime, not SF short blackmail story
79	72	Bigger Than Worlds	1974-03	Summary discussion of the Ringworld and other macrostructures. Illustrated by Ames
80	73	Kind of Murder, A	1974-04	Summary teleportation crime story
81	74	Hole in Space, A	1974-06	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
82	75	Last Days of the Permanent Floating Riot Club, The	1974-06	Summary The final story in Niven's teleportation/crime cycle shows Jerryberry's "Riot Control" concept in action.
83	76	Plaything	1974-08	Summary stand-alone alien adolescents encounter a probe from Earth
84	77	Night on Mispec Moor	1974-08	Summary Sci-fi sword-and-sorcery horror story
85	81	Singularities Make Me Nervous	1974-09	Summary time travel paradox
86		Land of the Lost: "Downstream"	1974-09	Collaboration, co-written with David Gerrold airdate September 28, 1974
87	78	Mote in God's Eye, The	1974-10	Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle, set in Pournelle's Codominium universe. See the sequel, Gripping Hand, The
88	79	Nonesuch, The	1974-12	Summary retake on Little Red Riding Hood
89		Land of the Lost: "Hurricane"	1974-12.21	Collaboration, co-written with David Gerrold airdate December 21, 1974
90		Land of the Lost: "Circle"	1974-12.28	Collaboration, co-written with David Gerrold airdate December 28, 1974.
91	138	De Stranden Van Serius Vier	1975-00	Dutch, collected Niven stories from various sources
92	87	ARM	1975-00	Summary Ebook Murder of Raymond Sinclair, inventor of Sinclair Molecule Chain and an inertial-reduction field
93	80	Borderland of Sol, The	1975-01	Summary Quantum Black Hole as a murder weapon
94	83	Galaxy Stars: Jerry Pournelle	1975-07	Bio of Jerry Pournelle, with whom Niven had recently published The Mote in God's Eye and Inferno and was hard at work on Lucifer's Hammer.
95	82	Inferno	1975-08	Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle Retelling of Dante's Inferno.
96	84	Tales of Known Space	1975-08	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
97	85	Afterthoughts	1975-08	Summary "parting thoughts" on Known Space, as if. Shares an "Opus number" with "Timeline for Known Space" in Niven's published bibliographies.
98	85	Timeline for Known Space	1975-08	Summary Like the title says. Shares an "Opus number" with "Afterthoughts" in Niven's published bibliographies.
99		Bibliography: The Worlds of Larry Niven	1975-08	A broad but incomplete bibliography, helpfully broken out into different categories.
100	94	Magic Goes Away, The	1976-00	expanded into an illustrated novella, 1978.
101	93	Mistake	1976-00	Summary In space, no one can hear you take a pill
102	91	Building the Mote in God's Eye	1976-01	Summary Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle
103	92	Down and Out	1976-02	Summary Included in the novel World Out Of Time, A
104	88	Long Arm of Gil Hamilton, The	1976-02	Collection info First collection of Gil Hamilton stories. Contents: Organleggers, The Defenseless Dead, The ARM Afterword: The Last Word about SF Detectives
105	89	Afterword: The Last Word about SF Detectives	1976-02	Niven speaks candidly about his early attempts to write his "Gil Hamilton" Sci-fi/crime stores, and about some of the predictions that have and haven't come true.
106	97	Words in Science Fiction, The	1976-07	Summary Read It! essay on writing sci-fi
107	96	Children of the State	1976-09	Serial that became A World Out Of Time, along with: Down and Out Rammer
108	95	World Out Of Time, A	1976-12	Review "Fix-up" novel made up of: Rammer Children of the State Down and Out
109	106	Flare Time	1977-00	Summary Takes place on Medea: Harlan's World
110	98	Lucifer's Hammer	1977-00	Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle
111	100	Subject is Closed, The	1977-05	Summary Four Vignettes, along with: Cruel and Unusual Grammar Lesson Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing!
112	101	Grammar Lesson	1977-05	Summary Four Vignettes, along with: Cruel and Unusual Subject is Closed, The Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing!
113	99	Cruel and Unusual	1977-05	Summary Four Vignettes, along with: Subject is Closed, The Grammar Lesson Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing!
114	102	Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation	1977-08	Summary Title stolen from a mathematics paper by Frank J. Tipler
115		An Introduction to Jerry Pournelle	1977-11	Like the title says
116		Slaver Weapon, The	1978-00	Adaptation of the script "The Slaver Weapon" for the animated Star Trek TV series, based on "The Soft Weapon" original airdate Dec. 15, 1973 See: Slaver Weapon, The Soft Weapon, The
117	105	Transfer of Power	1978-00	Summary Set on Lord Dunsany's "Edge of the World"
118	118	Patchwork Girl, The	1978-00	Summary Review Gil goes to the moon. Illustrations by Fernando. Niven's published bibliographies list the publication year as 1978, while the Ace first edition says 1980.
119	104	Cautionary Tales	1978-00	Summary Why does immortality always come with a price?
120		Soothsayer of Known Space	1978-07	interview
121		Most and Least-Favored Films of Famous SF Authors, The	1978-08	interview
122		Speculations on the Next Breakthrough in Entertainment	1978-10	interview
123	107	Magic Goes Away, The	1978-10	Summary Review Last Warlock story expanded from Magic Goes Away, The
124	108	Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing!	1978-11	Summary Fourth vignette, along with: Cruel and Unusual Grammar Lesson Subject is Closed, The
125		What Will be Earth's next Great Energy Source?	1978-11	interview
126		Introduction to Fred Saberhagen's Empire of the East	1979-00	Introduction. EMPIRE OF THE EAST is a compendium of 3 Saberhagen novels. Two are reprints of The Black Mountains and The Broken Lands while the third novel is new for this volume.
127		Outline for Mordred	1979-00	a Buck Rogers novel, based on characters created by Philip Francis Nowlan, with Jerry Pournelle
128		Outline for Warrior's World	1979-00	a Buck Rogers novel, based on characters created by Philip Francis Nowlan, with Jerry Pournelle
129		Outline for Roger's Rangers	1979-00	a Buck Rogers novel, based on characters created by Philip Francis Nowlan, with Jerry Pournelle
130	117	Future Histories	1979-00	Summary Special SFWA issue on future histories
131		Silverlock's Progress?	1979-00	introduction to the reprint of Silverlock
132	109	Schumann Computer, The	1979-01	Summary Draco Tavern discussion of artificial intelligence
133		What Would You Produce Given a $10 Billion Budget?	1979-01	interview
134		Given the opportunity, would you travel in space?	1979-02	interview
135	115	In the Cellar	1979-02	Summary Read It! short "hard-boiled" sci-fi
136	113	Convergent Series	1979-03	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
137	114	Introduction to Convergent Series	1979-03
138	110	Shall We Indulge in Rishathra?	1979-03	Summary With cartoons by William Rotsler. "Rishathra" is a Ringworld ritual.
139	111	Spirals	1979-04	Summary Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle
140	112	Locusts, The	1979-06	Summary Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes
141	145	Staying Rich	1979-07	Summary essay
142	116	Ringworld Engineers, The	1979-07	Review First evidence of the Pak on the Ringworld 1st Sequel to Ringworld
143		Larry Niven, Science Fiction's Master World Builder	1979-08	interviewed by Dr. Jeffery Elliot
144		Preface: The Freedom of Choice	1979-09	Preface to A Step Farther Out
145	121	Retrospective	1980-00	Summary Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes
146		Memoir	1980-00	An introduction to the short story All The Myriad Ways
147	119	From Macrostructures Engineering: Progress Report	1980-00	Summary Like the title says
148		Introduction: The Known Space Series	1980-00	introduction to "A Relic of the Empire"
149	120	Green Marauder, The	1980-02	Summary Draco Tavern a look at prehistoric Earth and the beings who built a civilization there.
150		What Role can and should science fiction writers play in working with America's major corporations in planning for the future of society?	1980-03	interview
151		What explains the present lack of citizen interest in and support for the U.S. space program?	1980-06	interview
152	125	Roentgen Standard, The	1980-07	Summary Read It! Printed in Limits as "Yet Another Modest Proposal." Niven's published bibliographies list it as October 1981, but Carol's research indicates it appeared in July 1980
153	127	Magic May Return, The	1981-00	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
154		Introduction	1981-00	Introduction to Magic May Return, The
155	131	Oath of Fealty	1981-00	Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle
156	126	Dream Park	1981-00	Review Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes
157	123	Real Thing, The	1981-00	Summary Draco Tavern Rick goes sun-diving via virtual reality
158	122	On The Marching Morons	1981-01	Summary Collaboration, co-written with Isaac Asimov
159	128	War Movie	1981-07	Summary Draco Tavern the real reason the Chirps came to Earth?
160	129	Limits	1981-09	Summary Draco Tavern why are humans obsessed with limits?
161	130	Theory and Practice of Instant Learning, The	1981-10	Summary essay
162	146	Theory and Practice of Instant Learning, The	1981-10	Mistakenly given two listings in Niven's published bibliographies
163	124	Oath of Fealty	1981-10	Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle
164	132	Talisman	1981-11	Summary Collaboration, co-written with Dian Girard
165	137	Reflex	1982-00	Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle
166	135	Notebooks of Mack Sikes, The	1982-00	no other data
167		How I Stole the Belt Civilization	1982-01	memoir about Randall Garrett and his writing
168	134	Wristwatch Plantation, The	1982-03	Summary Collaboration, co-created with Sharman Di Vono and Ron Harris, syndicated by the L.A. Times Syndicate and carried in several newspapers.
169	133	Lion in his Attic, The	1982-07	Summary Ebook based on Niven's favorite restaurant
170	136	Descent of Anansi, The	1982-10	Review Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes segment appeared in Analog, October 1982
171	139	Teardrop Falls, A	1983-06	Summary Set in Fred Saberhagen's berserker universe
172	140	Integral Trees, The	1983-10	Review first Smoke Ring novel. See the sequel, Smoke Ring, The
173	143	Niven's Laws	1984-00	Read It! A collection of tips for getting on in life, based on Niven's observations of the world around him. Every so often, Niven updates the list. Read the most recent revision here: Niven's Laws, 2002
174	144	Convention Stories	1984-00	Summary Like the title says
175	147	If Idi Amin Had Had The Bomb	1984-00	Summary essay on modern warfare
176	148	In Memoriam: Howard Grote Littlemead	1984-00	Summary Poem
177	149	Why Men Fight Wars and What You Can Do About It	1984-00	Summary essay on modern warfare
178	150	Collaborations	1984-00	Summary essay on collaboration
179		Five Years to Infinity	1984-00	Summary essay on possible futures
180	142	Table Manners	1984-00	Summary
181	152	Equipment, Method and the Rest	1984-03	Article about the equipment and methods Niven uses for writing.
182	153	More Magic	1984-06	edited by Larry Niven, illustrations by Alicia Austin
183	154	Time of the Warlock, The	1984-12	Collection Info Collected Warlock stories. Contents: Not Long Before the End What Good is a Glass Dagger? Magic Goes Away, The Unfinished Story Notes for Contributors to The Magic May Return Afterword
184		Afterword	1984-12	Like the title says: thoughts on the creation and growth of the "Warlock" mythos.
185		Notes for Contributors to The Magic May Return	1984-12	Like the title says
186	141	Niven's Laws	1984-12	Collection info: Contents: introduction by Jerry Pournelle. Schumann Computer, The Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing! Grammar Lesson Subject is Closed, The Cruel and Unusual Green Marauder, The Limits War Movie Real Thing, The Table Manners Niven's Laws Convention Stories Staying Rich Theory and Practice of Instant Learning, The If Idi Amin Had Had The Bomb Roentgen Standard, The In Memoriam: Howard Grote Littlemead Why Men Fight Wars and What You Can Do About It Collaborations Five Years to Infinity
187		Introduction	1985-02	introduction to Limits
188	151	Limits	1985-02	Collection info Contents: Introduction Lion in his Attic, The Spirals Teardrop Falls, A Talisman Flare Time Locusts, The Roentgen Standard, The Table Manners Green Marauder, The War Movie Real Thing, The Limits
189	155	Footfall	1985-05	Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle
190		Second Thoughts	1985-06	Collaboration, co-written with Hal Clement, Thomas M. Disch & Frederik Pohl
191		Biology, Ecology, Xenology	1985-06	Like the title says
192	156	Limits	1985-2	Mistakenly given two listings in Niven's published bibliographies
193	157	Tell Me A Story	1986-00	Advice for writers
194		Memoir	1986-00	no other data
195		Review of	1986-08	Film review
196	173	Alien in our Minds, The	1987-00	Summary essay on communication
197		Bulletin Symposium: What Should Science Fiction Be?	1987-00	non-fiction
198	158	Smoke Ring, The	1987-01	Review sequel to Integral Trees, The
199	159	Legacy of Heorot, The	1987-07	Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle & Steven Barnes maps by Alexis Wolser. See the sequel, Beowulf's Children
200	169	The Prisoner Revisited	1987-07	Read It! An article on the '60s TV show and the impact it had on Niven and other LASFS members.
201		Introduction to Man-Kzin Wars I	1988-00	Like the title says
202	161	Dreadful White Page, The	1988-00	Summary "Postcard Story"
203	163	Gripping Hand, The	1988-00	Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle 1st section of The Gripping Hand (formerly The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye) retitled "Snow Ghost"
204	164	Curse	1988-00	no other data
205	165	Next Time	1988-00	Read It! a 100-word "drabble" for The Drabble Project
206	170	Horror Stories for Bright People	1988-02	Review of Greg Benford's In the Ocean of Night, Across the Sea of Suns, and Great Sky River
207		Introduction to Ward Moore's Bring the Jubilee	1988-05	Collector's edition reprint of the 1955 classic, in the "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" line of leatherbound limited editions. Art by A.C. Farley.
208	160	Tale of the Jinni and the Sisters, The	1988-07	Summary A tale of Scherezade, based on the classic Arabian Nights
209	162	Brenda	1988-07	Summary Sauron supermen
210		Read This	1988-09	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.
211		Bulletin Symposium: The Worst Mistake You Ever Made	1989-00	Article about why Niven considers "The Ethics of Madness" a failed story.
212	174	Criticism	1989-00	Summary essay on critics and criticism
213		Ringworld Retrospective	1989-00	Like the title says. A look back at the impact of Ringworld.
214	176	Return of William Proxmire, The	1989-00	Summary Shown to Robert Heinlein a few weeks before his death
215	171	Murder of Halley's Comet, The	1989-05	Summary Collaboration, co-written with David Drake
216		Read This	1989-05	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 Darling
217	167	Wishing Game, The	1989-06	Summary final tale of the Warlock's companions
218	175	Man-Kzin Wars II	1989-08	Anthology edited by Larry Niven and James Baen, with a new introduction by Niven.
219		Introduction to Man-Kzin Wars II	1989-08	Summary Like the title says
220	166	Portrait of Daryanree the King, The	1989-09	Summary First American rights unsold. Sent to Argos. Argos collapsed. Antho rights promised to Susan Shwartz for Arabesques III. Sold to Titan Books (England)
221	172	Barsoom Project, The	1989-09	Review Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes sequel to Dream Park Sequel to Dream Park
222		Response to "The New Generation Gap"	1989-09	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.
223		Read This	1989-11	Review of The Boat of a Million Years, by Poul Anderson.
224		Avogadro's World	1990-00	Collaboration with Jerry Pournelle and Wendy All, never completed.
225		Ghost Ships, The	1990-00	Summary rejected novel of strange supernova-born life-forms
226		Mom and the Kids	1990-03	Summary Collaboration, co-written with David Drake
227		Blind Alleys	1990-04	Article about "a handful of mistakes" that writers have made, which "stupid people would never think of."
228		N-Space	1990-08	Collection info Major retrospective of Niven's career from 1964-1990. Contents: Introduction: "The Maker of Worlds" by Tom Clancy On Niven Dramatis Personae Foreword: Playgrounds for the Mind 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
229		Dramatis Personae	1990-08	Summary Who's Who in Niven's career
230		Foreword: Playgrounds for the Mind	1990-08	Summary Introduction to N-Space
231		Blowing Smoke	1990-08	discussion of the Smoke Ring
232	177	Madness Has Its Place	1990-08	Summary First Known Space story since The Ringworld Engineers in 1979 describes Sol's first response to the Kzin invasion
233	190	Kiteman, The	1990-08	Summary short story set in the Smoke Ring
234	191	Space	1990-08	Summary 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.
235		Bibliography	1990-08	bibliography, updated in Bridging the Galaxies
236		Review of Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett	1990-08	book review
237		A.R.M. A Tale of Known Space	1990-09	Comic book based on "The Organleggers"
238		My Favorite Story	1990-10	Article about writing "Inconstant Moon".
239		Introduction to Man-Kzin Wars IV	1991-00	Like the title says
240		Defenseless Dead, The A Tale of Known Space	1991-02	Comic book based on "The Defenseless Dead"
241	179	Achilles' Choice	1991-03	Review Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes. Mass-market paperback edition includes the short story "The Portrait of Daryanree the King" as an advertisement for the forthcoming Playgrounds of the Mind.
242		World of Ptavvs/A Gift from Earth/Neutron Star	1991-06	Omnibus of the first three books in the "Known Space" series
243	180	Fallen Angels	1991-07	Ebook Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle & Michael Flynn excerpted in Amazing Science Fiction Stories, June 1991
244		Read This	1991-09	Review of Red Orc's Rage, by Philip José Farmer.
245	178	Playgrounds of the Mind	1991-10	Collection info Sequel/companion to N-Space. Contents: excerpt from Inferno with Jerry Pournelle excerpt from A World Out Of Time excerpt from "The Ethics of Madness" excerpt from Lucifer's Hammer with Jerry Pournelle excerpt from The Ringworld Engineers excerpt from The Magic Goes Away excerpt from The Patchwork Girl excerpt from Oath of Fealty, with Jerry Pournelle "Retrospective" with Steven Barnes, section from Dream Park excerpt excerpt from The Legacy of Heorot, with Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes excerpt from Footfall, with Jerry Pournelle excerpt from The Gripping Hand, as The Mote Around Murcheson's Eye with Jerry Pournelle excerpt from Fallen Angels, with Jerry Pournelle and Michael Flynn excerpt from The California Voodoo Game, with Steven Barnes, Thraxisp: A Memoir Teardrop Falls, A Rammer Becalmed in Hell Wait it Out Relic of the Empire, A Soft Weapon, The Borderland of Sol, The What Good is a Glass Dagger? Defenseless Dead, The Leviathan! Unfinished Story Cautionary Tales Dreadful White Page, The Green Marauder, The Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing! War Movie Limits Lost Ideas, The Bigger Than Worlds Ghetto? But I Thought... Adrienne and Irish Coffee One Night at the Draco Tavern Trantorcon Report Why Men Fight Wars and What You Can Do About It Comics Portrait of Daryanree the King, The Wishing Game, The Lion in his Attic, The From the Green Lantern Bible Wanted Fan Works in Progress Criticism
246		Thraxisp: A Memoir	1991-10	Summary Essay on Joel Hagen's world-building project
247	183	Lost Ideas, The	1991-10	Summary Like the title says
248	184	Ghetto? But I Thought...	1991-10	Summary Essay on the "Science Fiction Ghetto." Includes the text of "Convention Stories" from Niven's Laws
249	185	Adrienne and Irish Coffee	1991-10	Summary Like the title says
250	186	One Night at the Draco Tavern	1991-10	Summary Short script performed at Worldcon, Los Angeles, 1984. Won the Master's Award for "funniest."
251	187	Trantorcon Report	1991-10	Summary Guide to the ultimate Sci-fi convention in 23,309. A version of this appeared in APA-L #500, Dec. 11, 1974, and later reprinted in a fanzine by Marty Cantor called No Award, with cartoons by William Rotsler and others.
252	188	Comics	1991-10	Summary Essay on Niven's relationship with comics and the comics industry
253	189	From the Green Lantern Bible	1991-10	Excerpts from the Green Lantern "Bible" Niven worked up for DC Comics. Some of the results of this effort can be seen in Green Lantern: Ganthet's Tale
254		Works in Progress	1991-10	Discussion of works in progress as of the publication of Playgrounds of the Mind.
255		Wanted Fan	1991-10	Summary Filk song set in the "Fallen Angels" fandom world
256	182	Green Lantern: Ganthet's Tale	1992-00	Summary Script and art by John Byrne
257		Where Next, Columbus?	1992-00	Summary Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle
258		Review of "Cosmic Time Travel: A Scientific Odyssey," by Barry Parker	1992-01	book review
259	181	California Voodoo Game, The	1992-02	Review Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes sequel to Dream Park
260		Read This	1992-10	Book review [topic unknown at this time--ed.]
261	192	Gripping Hand, The	1993-02	Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle sequel to Mote in God's Eye, The
262		Bridging the Galaxies	1993-11	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
263		Introduction to Bridging the Galaxies	1993-11	Introduction
264		Procrustes	1993-11	Summary Ebook Beowulf loses his head, but takes it surprisingly well
265		It's Only a Story	1993-11	Summary written for an anthology called The Midnight Miracle, edited by Jerry Biederman and Christopher Owens.
266		Tabletop Fusion	1993-11	Summary article about tabletop fusion
267		South Los Angeles Broadcasting System, The	1993-11	Summary a non-SF story set in the wake of the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles.
268		Color of Sunfire, The	1993-11	Summary Read It! Mention of an alien race called the Pleione description of Silvereyes (Beta Hydri I) description of the Puppeteer homeworld
269		Intercon Trip Report: August 12, 1991	1993-11	Summary Like the title says
270		Léshy Circuit, The	1993-11	Summary Unfinished Script for Planetarium Show
271		Bibliography	1993-11	Bibliography updated from N-Space, source of the "opus numbers" found in this database.
272		Crashlander	1994-04	Beowulf Shaeffer omnibus. Contents: Ghost Neutron Star At the Core Flatlander Grendel Borderland of Sol, The Procrustes
273		Ghost	1994-04	Summary Beowulf Shaeffer 8-part Crashlander framing story
274		Millennial Project, The	1994-06
275		Foreword to Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre: Fright Court	1995-00	Following the 2002 San Diego Comic-Con, Niven wrote "I met Batton Lash at last. He's Wolff and Byrd, Attorneys for the Macabre. I wrote an introduction for his second coffee-table book." Turns out the book in question was published in 1995!—Ed.
276		Flatlander	1995-06	Gil Hamilton omnibus. Contents: Organleggers, The Defenseless Dead, The Patchwork Girl, The Woman in Del Rey Crater, The Afterword: Science/Mystery Fiction ARM
277		Afterword: Science/Mystery Fiction	1995-06	Niven discusses the combination of two genres: mystery and Sci-fi.
278		Woman in Del Rey Crater, The	1995-06	Summary Gil still solving crimes on the moon
279		Song of the Night People	1995-10	Short story of "The Vampire Nest" that became embedded in Ringworld Throne, The
280		Beowulf's Children	1995-11	Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle & Steven Barnes sequel to Legacy of Heorot, The
281		Regulating the Body Business	1996-03	Discussion of organlegging, a sci-fi crime gone real-world.
282		Ringworld Throne, The	1996-06	Review Louis encounters more Pak Protectors 2nd sequel to Ringworld
283		Catfish and Red Meat Flavoring	1996-10	more recipes
284		Three Books of Known Space	1996-11	Collection Info An anthology made up of World of Ptavvs, A Gift from Earth, and Tales of Known Space, with "Madness Has Its Place" replacing "The Borderland of Sol." Contents: Timeline for Known Space My Universe and Welcome Back! Coldest Place, The Becalmed in Hell Wait it Out Eye of an Octopus How the Heroes Die Jigsaw Man, The World of Ptavvs At the Bottom of a Hole Deceivers, The Cloak of Anarchy Warriors, The Madness Has Its Place Gift from Earth, A There is a Tide Safe at Any Speed Bibliography: The Worlds of Larry Niven Afterthoughts
285		Timeline for Known Space	1996-11	Updated from the version that originally appeared in Tales of Known Space
286		My Universe and Welcome Back!	1996-11	new introduction for the new Known Space collection
287		Afterthoughts	1996-11	Like the title says: Afterthoughts on the growth of Known Space, looking back 30 years later.
288		Bibliography: The Worlds of Larry Niven	1996-11	Annotated by "universe," lists latest publication only. Updated from the version in Tales of Known Space
289		Destiny's Road	1997-06	Review Stand-alone set in the same universe as the Heorot books
290		Choosing Names	1998-09	Summary New Man-Kzin story
291		Wisdom	1999-00	Listed at locusmag.com, no other data
292		Rainbow Mars	1999-03	Review 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 Afterword: Svetz and the Beanstalk
293		Rainbow Mars	1999-03	New Svetz novella, set on the fantasy Mars of Ray Bradbury, H.G. Wells, and Edgar Rice Burroughs.
294		Afterword: Svetz and the Beanstalk	1999-03	Niven reveals how Rainbow Mars came to be written
295		Getting Your Dime's Worth	1999-09	Introduction to DC Pulp Fiction Library's Mystery in Space by Gardner Fox, Alex Toth, et. al.
296		Mission to Abisko	1999-11	Report on a trip to an exclusive conference at Abisko Biological Research Station in Sweden, with fellow travellers Greg Bear and Gregory Benford.
297		Loki	2000-01	Summary Story with no human characters
298		Smut Talk	2000-01	Summary Read It! Draco Tavern microbial hive mind or sexually transmitted disease?
299		An Interview with Larry Niven	2000-02	Interviewed by S. James Blackman. Read it!
300		Burning City, The	2000-03	Review Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle
301		Mars: Who Needs It?	2000-03	Summary Read It! non-fiction for Space.com
302		How to Save Civilization and Make a Little Money	2000-04	Summary Non-fiction for Space.com, has almost nothing to do with the report presented by the Citizens Advisory Council for a National Space Policy. Read it!
303		Travelers	2000-05	Summary Read It! non-fiction for Space.com
304		Rocket Men	2000-06	Summary Read It! non-fiction for Space.com
305		Saturn's Race	2000-07	Review Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes prequel to Achilles' Choice
306		Wisdom of Demons, The	2000-07	Summary Draco Tavern think twice before accepting gifts from the Glig.
307		Wet Mars (Larry Niven Talks Terraforming)	2000-07	Summary Read It! non-fiction for Space.com
308		Making Somebody Pay	2000-09	Summary Read It! non-fiction for Space.com
309		Fly-By-Night	2000-10	Summary Beowulf is hijacked in flight
310		Surprises	2000-11	Summary Read It! non-fiction for Space.com
311		Missing Mass, The	2000-12	Summary Read It! Draco Tavern where is the universe's extra mass? It was eaten!
312		Ice and Mirrors	2001-02	Summary Collaboration, co-written with Brenda Cooper
313		Heights, The	2001-05	Summary Draco Tavern Alien flyers terrify children for profit.
314		Ssoroghod's People	2001-12	Draco Tavern maybe we should go to Mars after all?
315		Albacon Trip Report	2002-00	Read It! unpublished report of con after 9/11
316		Choosing Life	2002-01	Summary Collaboration, co-written with Brenda Cooper
317		Finding Myself	2002-06	Summary Collaboration, co-written with Brenda Cooper
318		Convergence of the Old Mind, The	2002-07	Summary Draco Tavern a new meaning to the phrase "gathering one's thoughts."
319		Free Floaters	2002-08	Summary Collaboration, co-written with Brenda Cooper
320		Chrysalis	2002-09	Summary Draco Tavern aliens with severely arrested development--for good reason
321		Niven's Laws, 2002	2002-11	Read It! Update of Niven's Laws
322		Ones Who Stay Home, The	2003-01	Summary Draco Tavern
323		Scatterbrain	2003-01	Collection Info Niven's career from 1990 to 2003. Contents: Excerpt from Destiny's Road Excerpt from The Ringworld Throne Excerpt from The Burning City with Jerry Pournelle Excerpt from Saturn's Race with Steven Barnes Introduction: Where Do I Get My Crazy Ideas? Woman in Del Rey Crater, The Loki Procrustes How to Save Civilization and Make a Little Money Ice and Mirrors Ice and Mirrors Papers, The Smut Talk Telepresence Learning to Love the Space Station Autograph Ettiquette Tabletop Fusion Collaborations Intercon Trip Report: August 12, 1991 Handicap Did the Moon Move for You Too? Hugo Award Anecdotes Introduction to Man-Kzin Wars II Canon for the Man-Kzin Wars Epilogue: What I Tell Librarians Mars: Who Needs It? Introduction to Peter Hamilton story
324		Introduction: Where Do I Get My Crazy Ideas?	2003-01	Summary Introduction to Scatterbrain
325		Ice and Mirrors Papers, The	2003-01	E-mail discussion with Brenda Cooper tracing the process of their collaboration Ice and Mirrors
326		Telepresence	2003-01	with Marvin Minsky 8.8.97 at the CACNSP meeting, Tarzana
327		Learning to Love the Space Station	2003-01	essay on the ISS
328	168	Autograph Ettiquette	2003-01	Summary 600 words of tips for writers and seekers
329		Handicap	2003-01	Summary essay on the concept of "handicap"
330		Did the Moon Move for You Too?	2003-01	Summary brief essay on hypothetical attempts at mating in orbit
331		Hugo Award Anecdotes	2003-01	for use at the Hugo ceremonies, 1996
332		Introduction to Peter Hamilton story	2003-01	Summary Like the title says a discussion of sci-fi-mystery
333		Canon for the Man-Kzin Wars	2003-01	Summary Like the title says
334		Epilogue: What I Tell Librarians	2003-01	Summary essay on reading sci-fi
335		Death Addict, The	2003-05	Summary Draco Tavern We've all met guys like him.
336		Integral Trees, The (Omnibus)	2003-08	Omnibus of two novels: Integral Trees, The Smoke Ring, The
337		Trellis, The	2003-11	Summary Collaboration, co-written with Brenda Cooper
338		Introduction to The Rackham Files by Dean Ing	2004-02	Like the title says
339		Storm Front	2004-03	Summary Ebook Draco Tavern intelligent life on the sun
340		Chicxulub	2004-05	Summary no other data
341		Ringworld's Children	2004-06	Summary 3rd Sequel to Ringworld
342		Preface to Ringworld's Children	2004-06	further discussion of Ringworld's literary and physical parameters
343		Boomerang	2004-06	Summary Warlock-era short story set in Australia and Siberia
344		Rhinemaidens	2005-01	A fisherman encounters the mermaids living near Castle Minterl.
345		Magic Goes Away Collection, The	2005-02	Collecting three previous Warlock bookswith a new introduction by the author: Magic Goes Away, The Magic May Return, The More Magic
346		Introduction	2005-02	Introduction to Magic Goes Away Collection, The
347		Burning Tower	2005-02	Summary Collaboration with Jerry Pournelle sequel to Burning City, The
348		Building Harlequin's Moon	2005-06	Summary Collaboration, co-written with Brenda Cooper
349		Kath and Quicksilver	2005-08	Summary Collaboration, co-written with Brenda Cooper
350		Breeding Maze	2005-09	Summary Draco Tavern he's a Joker, a smoker, a midnight toker... sure don't wanna hurt no one…
351		Hunting Park, The	2005-10	Summary
352		Slow Ones, The	2005-12	Summary Surf a glacier with The Slow Ones!
353		Draco Tavern, The	2006-01	Draco Tavern omnibus with new stories and a new introduction by the author
354		Introduction	2006-01	A new introduction to the Draco Tavern and its exotic inhabitants, written for the new collection Draco Tavern, The
355		Playhouse	2006-01	Summary
356		Lost	2006-01	Summary
357		Losing Mars	2006-01	Summary
358		Playground Earth	2006-01	Summary
359		Solipsist at Dinner, The	2006-05	Summary A short meditation on the nature of solipsism and how it relates to human aging.
360		Terror Bard, The	2007-02	Collaboration, co-written with Brenda Cooper. Distant sequel to Kath and Quicksilver
361		Gatherer's Guild, The	2007-02	Michael Jones of SFsite.com writes "Larry Niven turns his attention towards the United States government, in 'The Gatherer's Guild.' Or rather, to the numerous secretive departments of the IRS, who possess technology and privileges beyond imagining."
362		Fleet of Worlds	2007-10	Review Collaboration with Ed Lerner set on the Puppeteer Fleet of Worlds
363		Juggler of Worlds (working title confirmed by LVCN)	2008-00	collaboration with Ed Lerner set on the Puppeteer Fleet of Worlds A sequel to Fleet of Worlds
364		Inferno II a.k.a. Purgatorio (working title)	2008-00	Collaboration with Jerry Pournelle, the duo's 2nd sequel to Dante's Inferno.
365		Dream Park IV (working title)	2008-00	Collaboration with Steven Barnes new sequel to the Dream Park novels, set on the Moon
366		Moon Bowl, The (working title)	2008-00	Collaboration with Jerry Pournelle & Michael Flynn.
367		Scatterbrain II (working title)	2008-00	[no current plans to publish per LVCN 9.2.06] Sequel to Scatterbrain
368		Burning Mountain (working title)	2008-00	collaboration with Jerry Pournelle, sequel to The Burning City and Burning Tower. Mentioned in the introduction to Magic Goes Away Collection, The
369		Bowl of Heaven (working title)	2008-00	Collaboration with Gregory Benford macrostructure a.k.a. "Wok World."
370		Destroyer of Worlds (Working title announced by Ed Lerner)	2009-00	Summary Collaboration with Ed Lerner.

Known Space: The Future Worlds of Larry Niven

Larry Niven's Bibliography Compiled by David Lambert and Carol Phillips