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Title | Date | Setting | Publication type | I.U.C. | Notes |
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50 | Fourth Profession, The | August, 1972 | Léshy | Short Story | Monks and bartenders | |
49 | There's a Wolf in My Time Machine | June, 1971 | Svetz | Short Story | s. 4 | Svetz meets a new pet |
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). | |
47 | Leviathan! | August, 1970 | Sveltz | Short Story | s. 2 | Svetz meets Moby Dick |
46 | Unfinished Story | December, 1969 | Magic Universe: Warlock | Short Story | W. 02 | A Short short story, later renamed "Unfinished Story #1." |
45 | Bird in the Hand | October, 1970 | Sveltz | Short Story | s. 3 | Svetz, cars and Rocs. Niven's published bibliographies mistakenly list the publication year as 1969, not 1970. |
44 | Misspelled Magician, The | May, 1970 | Stand Alone | Short Story | Collaboration, co-written with David Gerrold, a.k.a. "The Misspelled Magishun" expanded as Flying Sorcerers, The | |
43 | Get a Horse! | October, 1969 | Svetz | Short Story | s. 1 | First Svetz story, renamed "Flight of the Horse." |
42 | Passerby | December, 1969 | N/A | Short Story | Léshy Circuit | |
41 | Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex | December, 1969 | N/A | Non-Fiction | Read It Here! Entertaining speculation on Superman's sex life on Earth, including a discussion of how to preserve the Kryptonian race. Often quoted, but almost never illustrated, thanks to DC Comics' legal department. | |
40 | Shape of Space, The | January, 1969 | N/A | Collection | Early Niven Collection, later combined into Convergent Series. Contents: At the Bottom of a Hole Bordered in Black Deadlier Weapon, The Dry Run How the Heroes Die Like Banquo's Ghost Long Night, The Meddler, The One Face Organleggers, The Safe at Any Speed Warriors, The | |
39 | Not Long Before the End | April, 1969 | Magic Universe: Warlock | Short Story | W. 01 | First Warlock story |
38 | Exercise in Speculation: The Theory and Practice of Teleportation | March, 1969 | Non-Fiction | Discussion of teleportation as personal transportation and even as an interstellar drive. | ||
37 | Organleggers, The | January, 1969 | Known Space: Gil Hamilton | Short Story | K.S. 10 (2123) | First Gil Hamilton story, featuring Luke Garner as Gil's boss. A.k.a. "Death By Ecstasy" |
36 | All the Myriad Ways | October, 1968 | Time Travel/Parallel Universe | Short Story | Niven's take on divergent timelines | |
35 | Meddler, The | October, 1968 | Stand Alone | Short Story | A science-fiction noir crime mash-up | |
34 | Gift from Earth, A | September, 1968 | Known Space | Novel | K.S. 21 (2410) | Detailed description of Mt. Lookatthat and Matt Keller's psychic power: "Plateau Eyes" |
33 | Like Banquo's Ghost | August, 1968 | Stand Alone | Short Story | stand-alone | |
32 | For a Foggy Night | July, 1968 | Stand Alone | Short Story | stand-alone | |
31 | Wait it Out | July, 1968 | Known Space | Short Story | K.S. 03 (1989) | Harlan Ellison called this a "new wave" story. |