| Opus No. | Title | Date | Setting | Publication type |
I.U.C. |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 104 | Cautionary Tales | July, 1978 | Stand Alone | Short Story | Why does immortality always come with a price? | |
| Soothsayer of Known Space | July, 1978 | N/A | Inverview | Interview | ||
| Most and Least-Favored Films of Famous SF Authors, The | August, 1978 | N/A | Interview | Interview | ||
| Speculations on the Next Breakthrough in Entertainment | August, 1978 | N/A | Interview | Interview | ||
| What Will be Earth's next Great Energy Source? | November, 1978 | N/A | Interview | Interview | ||
| Outline for Mordred | January, 1979 | Buck Rodgers | Outline | With Jerry Pournelle, Niven outlined this Buck Rogers novel, based on characters created by Philip Francis Nowlan. John Eric Holmes is the author. | ||
| Outline for Warrior's World | January, 1979 | Buck Rodgers | Outline | With Jerry Pournelle, Niven outlined this Buck Rogers novel, based on characters created by Philip Francis Nowlan. Richard S. McEnroe is the author. | ||
| Outline for Roger's Rangers | January, 1979 | Buck Rodgers | Outline | With Jerry Pournelle, Niven outlined this Buck Rogers novel, based on characters created by Philip Francis Nowlan, John Silbersack is the author | ||
| 117 | Future Histories | January, 1979 | N/A | Non-Fiction | Special SFWA issue on future histories | |
| Silverlock's Progress? | January, 1979 | N/A | Introduction | introduction to the reprint of Silverlock | ||
| What Would You Produce Given a $10 Billion Budget? | January, 1979 | N/A | Interview | Interview | ||
| Given the Opportunity, Would You Travel in Space? | February, 1979 | N/A | Interview | Interview | ||
| 115 | In the Cellar | February, 1979 | Stand Alone | Short Story | Read It Here! short "hard-boiled" sci-fi | |
| 114 | Introduction to Convergent Series | March, 1979 | N/A | Introduction | Introduction to Convergent Series | |
| 110 | Shall We Indulge in Rishathra? | March, 1979 | N/A | Non-Fiction | With cartoons by William Rotsler. "Rishathra" is a Ringworld ritual. | |
| 112 | Locusts, The | June, 1979 | Stand Alone | Short Story | Collaboration, co-written with Steven Barnes | |
| 145 | Staying Rich | July, 1979 | N/A | Non-Fiction | essay | |
| Larry Niven, Science Fiction's Master World Builder | September, 1979 | N/A | Interview | interviewed by Dr. Jeffery Ellio | ||
| Preface: The Freedom of Choice | September, 1979 | N/A | Introduction | Preface to Jerry Pournelle's non-fiction collection A Step Farther Out | ||
| 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 |