Opus No. Title Date Setting Publication typesort ascending I.U.C. Notes
100 Subject is Closed, The May, 1977 Draco Tavern Short Story D.T. 01 Four Vignettes, along with: Cruel and Unusual Grammar Lesson Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing!
101 Grammar Lesson May, 1977 Draco Tavern Short Story D.T. 02 Four Vignettes, along with: Cruel and Unusual Subject is Closed, The Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing!
99 Cruel and Unusual May, 1977 Draco Tavern Short Story D.T. 20 Four Vignettes, along with: Subject is Closed, The Grammar Lesson Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing!
102 Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation August, 1977 Time Travel/Parallel Universe Short Story Title stolen from a mathematics paper by Frank J. Tipler
Slaver Weapon, The January, 1978 Star Trek Short Story Alan Dean Foster's adaptation of the script "The Slaver Weapon" for an anthology accompanying the animated Star Trek TV series, based on "The Soft Weapon" original airdate Dec. 15, 1973 See: Slaver Weapon, The Soft Weapon, The
105 Transfer of Power January, 1978 Stand Alone Short Story Set on Lord Dunsany's "Edge of the World"
104 Cautionary Tales July, 1978 Stand Alone Short Story Why does immortality always come with a price?
108 Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing! November, 1978 Draco Tavern Short Story D.T. 03 Fourth vignette, along with: Cruel and Unusual Grammar Lesson Subject is Closed, The
109 Schumann Computer, The January, 1979 Draco Tavern Short Story D.T. 04 Draco Tavern discussion of artificial intelligence
115 In the Cellar February, 1979 Stand Alone Short Story Read It Here! short "hard-boiled" sci-fi
Spirals April, 1979 Stand Alone Short Story 111 Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle
112 Locusts, The June, 1979 Stand Alone Short Story Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes
121 Retrospective January, 1980 Dream Park Short Story Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes. Niven and his collaborator Steven Barnes reflect on the creation of Dream Park
120 Green Marauder, The February, 1980 Draco Tavern Short Story D.T. 05 Draco Tavern -- a look at prehistoric Earth and the beings who built a civilization there.
123 Real Thing, The January, 1981 Draco Tavern Short Story D.T. 06 Draco Tavern: Rick goes sun-diving via virtual reality
128 War Movie July, 1981 Draco Tavern Short Story D.T. 07 Draco Tavern -- the real reason the Chirps came to Earth?
129 Limits September, 1981 Draco Tavern Short Story D.T. 08 Draco Tavern -- why are humans obsessed with limits?
124 Oath of Fealty October, 1981 Short Story Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle. An excerpt from the novel.
132 Talisman November, 1981 Magic Universe Short Story Collaboration, co-written with Dian Girard
133 Lion in his Attic, The July, 1982 Magic Universe Short Story based on Niven's favorite restaurant

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