Organleggers, The

Author:

Niven, Larry

Publication date:

1969-01

Publication type:

Short Story

Published:

Galaxy, January 1969

Opus No.:

Setting:

Known Space: Gil Hamilton

I.U.C.:

K.S. 10 (2123)

Characters:

Gil Hamilton; Luke Garner; Jackson Bera; Owen Jennison; Julio Ordaz; Kenneth Graham; Taffy Grimes; Loren

Summary:

This story introduces Gil "The Arm" Hamilton, a member of the U.N. police force. When a wirehead's corpse turns out to be an old friend of Gil's, he refuses to accept that it was a suicide. The clues lead Gil to an elusive organlegging gang and a terrifying showdown with a criminal mastermind....

Notes:

First Gil Hamilton story, featuring Luke Garner as Gil's boss. A.k.a. "Death By Ecstasy"

Reprints:

World's Best Science Fiction 1970, edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr; Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction # 3: Supermen, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Signet 1984; Supernatural Sleuths, ed. Charles G. Waugh Martin H. Greenberg, Penguin/Roc 1996; Israeli edition, along with The Patchwork Girl, data in Hebrew; Graphic version, as “A.R.M. A Tale of Known Space" adapted by Bill Spangler, Adventure Comics: Malibu Graphics Inc. September, October, November 1990.; Shape of Space, The; Inconstant Moon; Long Arm of Gil Hamilton, The; Flatlander