Opus No. | Title | Date | Setting | Publication type |
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167 | Wishing Game, The | June, 1989 | Magic Universe: Warlock | Short Story | W. 05 | final tale of the Warlock's companions |
107 | Magic Goes Away, The | October, 1978 | Magic Universe: Warlock | Novella | W. 04 | Last Warlock story expanded from Magic Goes Away, The Later expanded into an illustrated novella. The third and final tale of the Warlock as he attempts to restore the world's depleted supply of Mana |
52 | What Good is a Glass Dagger? | September, 1972 | Magic Universe: Warlock | Short Story | W. 03 | Werewolves and necromancy and trolls, oh my! |
46 | Unfinished Story | December, 1969 | Magic Universe: Warlock | Short Story | W. 02 | A Short short story, later renamed "Unfinished Story #1." |
39 | Not Long Before the End | April, 1969 | Magic Universe: Warlock | Short Story | W. 01 | First Warlock story |
65 | Death in a Cage | September, 1973 | Svetz | Short Story | s. 5 | Svetz meets Death? |
49 | There's a Wolf in My Time Machine | June, 1971 | Svetz | Short Story | s. 4 | Svetz meets a new pet |
45 | Bird in the Hand | October, 1970 | Sveltz | Short Story | s. 3 | Svetz, cars and Rocs. Niven's published bibliographies mistakenly list the publication year as 1969, not 1970. |
47 | Leviathan! | August, 1970 | Sveltz | Short Story | s. 2 | Svetz meets Moby Dick |
43 | Get a Horse! | October, 1969 | Svetz | Short Story | s. 1 | First Svetz story, renamed "Flight of the Horse." |
20 | Safe at Any Speed | May, 1967 | Known Space | Short Story | K.S. 40 (3101) | The "Last" Known Space story |
Ringworld's Children | June, 2004 | Known Space: Ringworld | Novel | K.S. 38 (2893) | 3rd Sequel to Ringworld | |
Ringworld Throne, The | June, 1996 | Known Space: Ringworld | Novel | K.S. 37 (2882-93) | Louis encounters more Pak Protectors 2nd sequel to Ringworld | |
118 | Ringworld Engineers, The | July, 1979 | Known Space: Ringworld | Novel | K.S. 36 (2878-81) | First evidence of the Pak on the Ringworld. First sequel to Ringworld |
58 | Ringworld | October, 1970 | Known Space: Ringworld | Novel | K.S. 35 (2850) | 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. |
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. |
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 | |
Fly-By-Night | October, 2000 | Known Space: Man-Kzin Wars | Novella | K.S. 32 (2660) | Beowulf is hijacked in flight | |
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 |
Ghost | April, 1994 | Known Space | Short Story | K.S. 30 (2656) | Beowulf Shaeffer 8-part Crashlander framing story |