Opus No. Title Date Setting Publication type I.U.C.sort descending Notes
155 Footfall May, 1985 Stand Alone Novel Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle
Second Thoughts June, 1985 N/A Non-Fiction Follow-up notes by various participants in the Medea: Harlan's World world-building seminar. Other contributors include Poul Anderson, Hal Clement, Thomas M. Disch & Frederik Pohl
Biology, Ecology, Xenology June, 1985 N/A Non-Fiction Part of the writers' guide for the Medea: Harlan's World world-building seminar.
157 Tell Me A Story January, 1986 N/A Non-Fiction Advice for writers
Review of Contact August, 1986 N/A Review Review of Carl Sagan's Contact
Memoir September, 1986 Non-Fiction Niven describes his relationship with the editor of If, Frederik Pohl, and the writing of the award-winning Neutron Star
173 Alien in our Minds, The January, 1987 N/A Non-Fiction ssay on communication
Bulletin Symposium: What Should Science Fiction Be? January, 1987 N/A Non-Fiction
158 Smoke Ring, The January, 1987 The State: The Smoke Ring Novel sequel to Integral Trees, The
169 Prisoner Revisited, The July, 1987 N/A Review Read It Here! An article on the '60s TV show and the impact it had on Niven and other LASFS members.
161 Dreadful White Page, The January, 1988 Stand Alone Short Story "Postcard Story"
163 Gripping Hand, The January, 1998 Motie Novella Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle First section of The Gripping Hand (formerly The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye) retitled "Snow Ghost"
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!
Introduction to Man-Kzin Wars I January, 1988 Known Space: About Introduction Like the title says
165 Next Time January, 1988 Stand Alone Short Story Read It Here! a 100-word "drabble" for The Drabble Project
170 Horror Stories for Bright People February, 1988 N/A Review Review of Greg Benford's In the Ocean of Night, Across the Sea of Suns, and Great Sky River
Sideways in Time, an introduction to Ward Moore's Bring the Jubilee May, 1988 N/A Introduction An essay about alternate history stories, published as an introduction to Bring the Jubilee, by Ward Moore, for a "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" limited-edition leatherbound reprint of the 1955 classic, featuring art by A.C. Farley.
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
162 Brenda February, 1988 Motie Novella Niven elaborates on the "Sauron supermen" mentioned briefly in Mote in God's Eye, The
Read This September, 1988 Essay Reviews of (nonfiction): Chaos: Making a New Science, by James Gleick A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking Infinite in All Directions, by Freeman Dyson Mirror Matter, by Robert L. Forward and Joel Davis and (fiction) Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.

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