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Read This |
May, 1989 |
N/A |
Essay |
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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 Darlin
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Ringworld Retrospective |
April, 1989 |
N/A |
Non-Fiction |
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Like the title says. A look back at the impact of Ringworld.
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Bulletin Symposium: The Worst Mistake You Ever Made |
January, 1989 |
N/A |
Non-Fiction |
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Article about why Niven considers "The Ethics of Madness" a failed story.
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174 |
Criticism |
January, 1989 |
The Ghetto |
Short Story |
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essay on critics and criticism
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176 |
Return of William Proxmire, The |
January, 1989 |
Time Travel/Parallel Universe |
Short Story |
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Shown to Robert Heinlein a few weeks before his death
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Read This |
September, 1988 |
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Essay |
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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.
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160 |
Tale of the Jinni and the Sisters, The |
July, 1988 |
Stand Alone |
Short Story |
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A tale of Scherezade, based on the classic Arabian Nights
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Sideways in Time, an introduction to Ward Moore's Bring the Jubilee |
May, 1988 |
N/A |
Introduction |
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An essay about alternate history stories, published as an introduction to Bring the Jubilee, by Ward Moore, for a "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" limited-edition leatherbound reprint of the 1955 classic, featuring art by A.C. Farley.
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170 |
Horror Stories for Bright People |
February, 1988 |
N/A |
Review |
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Review of Greg Benford's In the Ocean of Night, Across the Sea of Suns, and Great Sky River
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162 |
Brenda |
February, 1988 |
Motie |
Novella |
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Niven elaborates on the "Sauron supermen" mentioned briefly in Mote in God's Eye, The
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161 |
Dreadful White Page, The |
January, 1988 |
Stand Alone |
Short Story |
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"Postcard Story"
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164 |
Curse |
January, 1988 |
Stand Alone |
Short Story |
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No other data. In late 2011 Tim Kyger asked Niven for a glimpse of the story. Niven looked for it, couldn't find it, wound up asking Tim to pass it along if HE ever came across it!
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Introduction to Man-Kzin Wars I |
January, 1988 |
Known Space: About |
Introduction |
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Like the title says
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165 |
Next Time |
January, 1988 |
Stand Alone |
Short Story |
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Read It Here!
a 100-word "drabble" for The Drabble Project
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159 |
Legacy of Heorot, The |
July, 1987 |
Avalon |
Novel |
A. 1 |
Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle & Steven Barnes
maps by Alexis Wolser. See the sequel, Beowulf's Children
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169 |
Prisoner Revisited, The |
July, 1987 |
N/A |
Review |
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Read It Here!
An article on the '60s TV show and the impact it had on Niven and other LASFS members.
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173 |
Alien in our Minds, The |
January, 1987 |
N/A |
Non-Fiction |
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ssay on communication
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Bulletin Symposium: What Should Science Fiction Be? |
January, 1987 |
N/A |
Non-Fiction |
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158 |
Smoke Ring, The |
January, 1987 |
The State: The Smoke Ring |
Novel |
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sequel to Integral Trees, The
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Memoir |
September, 1986 |
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Non-Fiction |
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Niven describes his relationship with the editor of If, Frederik Pohl, and the writing of the award-winning Neutron Star
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