Opus No. | Title | Date | Setting | Publication type | I.U.C. | Notes |
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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 | |
139 | Teardrop Falls, A | June, 1983 | Berserker | Short Story | Set in Fred Saberhagen's berserker universe | |
147 | If Idi Amin Had Had The Bomb | December, 1984 | Short Story | essay on modern warfare | ||
142 | Table Manners | December, 1984 | N/A | Short Story | D.T. 09 | |
161 | Dreadful White Page, The | January, 1988 | Stand Alone | Short Story | "Postcard Story" | |
164 | Curse | January, 1988 | Stand Alone | Short Story | No other data. In late 2011 Tim Kyger asked Niven for a glimpse of the story. Niven looked for it, couldn't find it, wound up asking Tim to pass it along if HE ever came across it! | |
165 | Next Time | January, 1988 | Stand Alone | Short Story | Read It Here! a 100-word "drabble" for The Drabble Project | |
160 | Tale of the Jinni and the Sisters, The | July, 1988 | Stand Alone | Short Story | A tale of Scherezade, based on the classic Arabian Nights | |
174 | Criticism | January, 1989 | The Ghetto | Short Story | essay on critics and criticism | |
176 | Return of William Proxmire, The | January, 1989 | Time Travel/Parallel Universe | Short Story | Shown to Robert Heinlein a few weeks before his death | |
167 | Wishing Game, The | June, 1989 | Magic Universe: Warlock | Short Story | W. 05 | final tale of the Warlock's companions |
166 | Portrait of Daryanree the King, The | September, 1989 | Magic Universe | Short Story | First American rights unsold. Sent to Argos. Argos collapsed. Antho rights promised to Susan Shwartz for Arabesques III. Sold to Titan Books (England). | |
Avogadro's World | January, 1990 | Stand Alone | Short Story | Collaboration with Jerry Pournelle and Wendy All, never completed. |