Opus No. | Title | Date | Setting |
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I.U.C. | Notes |
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After Mecca | August, 2010 | Stand Alone | Short Story | A political dialog between a President and a reporter, huddled in a bomb shelter two days after the terrorist nuclear attack | ||
Cadet Amelia | August, 2010 | N/A | Short Story | What good is any home, whether on Earth or in space, without cats? | ||
Cat Toy | August, 2010 | Magic Universe | Short Story | A researcher in Antarctica comes across a magician trapped in an eternal came of cat-and-mouse. | ||
Safe Harbor | August, 2010 | Draco Tavern | Short Story | Rick Schumann talks to some alien pirates who have a very good reason to want to steal a Chirpsithra liner. | ||
Boys and Girls Together | August, 2010 | Stand Alone | Short Story | Niven explores an idea hinted at in "Fly-By-Night." What if parents could stop their children from growing up? How long before society was changed irrevocably? | ||
Flare Weed, The | April, 2011 | Draco Tavern | Short Story | A customer at the Draco Tavern tells a story of a life form with a very intermittent lifestyle and specialized environmental needs, leading Rick Schumann to wonder about Earth's future. | ||
Far End, The | September, 2012 | Stand Alone | Short Story | The Last Story of Poul Anderson's Time Patrol | ||
Man in the Pink Shirt, The | November, 2012 | Svetz | Short Story | A light-hearted and very short story in the vein of Return of William Proxmire, The | ||
Dial At Random | January, 2014 | Flash Crowd/Teleportation | Short Story | In the early days of teleportation, a lot of bugs remained to be worked out. A prequel to Red Tide | ||
God Walks Into A Bar | September, 2014 | Draco Tavern | Short Story | Like the title says. Rick come into contact with an all-knowing, all-powerful being and must quickly discern its nature. After all, he has customers to serve. | ||
Closing Sale | May, 2015 | Draco Tavern | Short Story | When a transit strike in space causes a pile-up of ships in orbit around the moon, the Draco Tavern benefits from the glut of customers. But at what cost? | ||
Story Night At The Stronghold | July, 2016 | N/A | Short Story | Written with Jerry Pournelle. A short-story sequel to Lucifer's Hammer | ||
Dead Guest Of Honor Speech, The | May, 2017 | N/A | Short Story | Two subject that are dear to Niven's heart - immortality and SF conventions - collide in this short story. | ||
By The Red Giant's Light | November, 2017 | Stand Alone | Short Story | Niven continues to demonstrate that he thinks on the largest possible scale, as characters with lifespans of eons observe the death of planets. | ||
Dream Park: The Lady or the Tiger | November, 2019 | Dream Park | Short Story | A new Dream Park collaboration with Steven Barnes |