Opus No. | Title | Date | Setting | Publication type | I.U.C. | Notes |
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55 | Inconstant Moon | June, 1971 | Stand Alone | Short Story | Made into an episode of "Outer Limits," mid 1990s | |
57 | What Can You Say About Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers? | June, 1971 | Stand Alone | Short Story | The American Dental Association says they are bad for children's teeth. First appeared in All the Myriad Ways | |
56 | Unfinished Story #2 | June, 1971 | Stand Alone | Short Story | A short short story | |
48 | No Exit | June, 1971 | Stand Alone | Short Story | Collaboration, co-written with Hank Stine (who has since become Jean Marie Stine--the e-Book edition lists Jean Marie Stine as Niven's co-author). | |
103 | Last Necronomicon, The | October, 1971 | Stand Alone | Short Story | Read It Here! Niven's published bibliographies list it much further down, but Carol Phillips' research indicates it appeared in October 1971 | |
51 | Rammer | November, 1971 | The State | Short Story | Chapter 1 of World Out Of Time, A | |
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 |
50 | Fourth Profession, The | August, 1972 | Léshy | Short Story | Monks and bartenders | |
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 |