Opus No. | Title | Date | Setting |
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I.U.C. | Notes |
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52 | What Good is a Glass Dagger? | September, 1972 | Magic Universe: Warlock | Short Story | W. 03 | Werewolves and necromancy and trolls, oh my! |
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 |
59 | Flash Crowd | January, 1973 | Flash Crowd/Teleportation | Short Story | 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 | |
67 | Alibi Machine, The | June, 1973 | Flash Crowd/Teleportation | Short Story | teleportation crime story | |
68 | All the Bridges Rusting | August, 1973 | Flash Crowd/Teleportation | Short Story | teleportation as a form of space travel | |
65 | Death in a Cage | September, 1973 | Svetz | Short Story | s. 5 | Svetz meets Death? |
70 | Hole Man, The | January, 1974 | Stand Alone | Short Story | Quantum Black Hole as a murder weapon | |
71 | $16,940 | February, 1974 | Stand Alone | Short Story | crime, not Science Fiction, Short blackmail story | |
73 | Kind of Murder, A | April, 1974 | Flash Crowd/Teleportation | Short Story | Teleportation crime story | |
75 | Last Days of the Permanent Floating Riot Club, The | June, 1974 | Flash Crowd/Teleportation | Short Story | The final story in Niven's teleportation/crime cycle shows Jerryberry's "Riot Control" concept in action. | |
76 | Plaything | August, 1974 | Stand Alone | Short Story | Alien adolescents encounter a probe from Earth | |
77 | Night on Mispec Moor | August, 1974 | Léshy | Short Story | Sci-fi sword-and-sorcery horror story | |
81 | Singularities Make Me Nervous | September, 1974 | Stand Alone | Short Story | time travel paradox | |
79 | Nonesuch, The | December, 1974 | Stand Alone | Short Story | retake on Little Red Riding Hood | |
87 | ARM | January, 1975 | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | Short Story | K.S. 13 (2126) | Murder of Raymond Sinclair, inventor of Sinclair Molecule Chain and an inertial-reduction field |
80 | Borderland of Sol, The | January, 1975 | Known Space | Short Story | K.S. 28 (2650) | Quantum Black Hole as a murder weapon |
94 | Magic Goes Away, The | January, 1976 | Magic Universe: Warlock | Short Story | expanded into an illustrated novella, 1978. | |
93 | Mistake | January, 1976 | Stand Alone | Short Story | In space, no one can hear you take a pill | |
92 | Down and Out | February, 1976 | The State | Short Story | Included in the novel World Out Of Time, A | |
106 | Flare Time | January, 1977 | Léshy | Short Story | Takes place on Medea: Harlan's World |