Bordered in Black

Author:

Niven, Larry

Publication date:

1966-04

Publication type:

Short Story

Published:

Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1966

Opus No.:

Setting:

Known Space: Prototype

Characters:

Carver Rappaport, Winston Turnbull, William "Wall" Kameon s

Summary:

First appeared in Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1966. Earth's first hyperspace explorers travel via the new Overcee drive to visit the stars in the Sirius System. Only one returns. He brings back tales of a habitable planet with a large continent that's mysteriously bordered in black...

Notes:

Stand-alone, not a Known Space story though the Hyperspace "Blind Spot" was later incorporated into Known Space.

Reprints:

Reprints Characters Notes anthology, SF:3, Author's Choice, edited by Harry Harrison; Shape of Space, The; Convergent Series; N-Space; Inconstant Moon; Best of Larry Niven, The; De Stranden Van Serius Vier