56 |
Unfinished Story #2 |
June, 1971 |
Stand Alone |
Short Story |
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A short short story
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57 |
What Can You Say About Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers? |
June, 1971 |
Stand Alone |
Short Story |
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The American Dental Association says they are bad for children's teeth.
First appeared in All the Myriad Ways
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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.
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59 |
Flash Crowd |
January, 1973 |
Flash Crowd/Teleportation |
Short Story |
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This story introduced "flash crowds," instant mobs that are a by-product of cheap, worldwide teleportation technology. Niven wrote several sequels to this story, further addressing the various issues posed by instantaneous travel (and suggesting interesting solutions).
Jansen is spelled "Jensen" in the Flight of the Horse printing.
This story was recently expanded and re-published as Red Tide
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60 |
Inconstant Moon |
January, 1973 |
N/A |
Collection |
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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
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61 |
Cloak of Anarchy |
March, 1972 |
Known Space |
Short Story |
K.S. 16 (2135) |
Read It Here!
The story that led to a duel see Convention Stories
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62 |
Recipes |
January, 1973 |
N/A |
Non-Fiction |
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From Amazon.com: "Anne McCaffrey's cookbook, featuring real (you can cook them) recipes created by science fiction and fantasy writers such as Harlan Ellison, Ursula K. Le Guin, Avram Davidson and of course Anne McCaffrey herself. Mixed in with the recipes are stories and anecdotes about how they were created - some longer than the recipes!" This classic from 1973 was revised and re-released by Wildside Press in 1992. The included Niven recipes (irish coffee and others) seem to be intended for a bartender rather than a chef, but then that's the role Niven often finds himself performing at conventions.
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63 |
Protector |
September, 1973 |
Known Space |
Novel |
K.S. 17 (2124 - 2341) |
Brand-new assumption introduced to Known Space: humanity is descended from the Pak. The novel 's second section is called "Vandervecken," and takes place in 2340. The first part is Adults, The
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64 |
Flight of the Horse, The |
September, 1973 |
Svetz |
Collection |
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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
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65 |
Death in a Cage |
September, 1973 |
Svetz |
Short Story |
s. 5 |
Svetz meets Death?
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66 |
Theory and Practice of Time Travel, The |
April, 1973 |
N/A |
Non-Fiction |
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Speculative
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67 |
Alibi Machine, The |
June, 1973 |
Flash Crowd/Teleportation |
Short Story |
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teleportation crime story
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68 |
All the Bridges Rusting |
August, 1973 |
Flash Crowd/Teleportation |
Short Story |
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teleportation as a form of space travel
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69 |
Defenseless Dead, The |
January, 1973 |
Known Space: Gil Hamilton |
Short Story |
K.S. 11 (2124-5) |
"Corpsicles" and an unexpected hiding place for an organlegger
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70 |
Hole Man, The |
January, 1974 |
Stand Alone |
Short Story |
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Quantum Black Hole as a murder weapon
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71 |
$16,940 |
February, 1974 |
Stand Alone |
Short Story |
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crime, not Science Fiction, Short blackmail story
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72 |
Bigger Than Worlds |
March, 1974 |
N/A |
Non-Fiction |
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discussion of the Ringworld and other macrostructures. Illustrated by Ames
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73 |
Kind of Murder, A |
April, 1974 |
Flash Crowd/Teleportation |
Short Story |
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Teleportation crime story
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74 |
Hole in Space, A |
August, 1974 |
N/A |
Collection |
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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
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75 |
Last Days of the Permanent Floating Riot Club, The |
June, 1974 |
Flash Crowd/Teleportation |
Short Story |
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The final story in Niven's teleportation/crime cycle shows Jerryberry's "Riot Control" concept in action.
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