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Limits by Larry Niven (Del Rey, February 1985, 0-345-32142-1, $2.95, 240pp, pb, co)     Collection of 12 stories, including several collaborations. vii · Introduction · Larry Niven · in 1 · The Lion in His Attic [Mana] · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1982 23 · Spirals · Larry Niven & Jerry E. Pournelle · na Destinies v1 #3, 1979 66 · A Teardrop Falls [Berserker] · Larry Niven · ss Omni June 1983 78 · Talisman [Mana] · Larry Niven & Dian Girard · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1981 114 · Flare Time [Medea] · Larry Niven · nv Andromeda 3 ed. Peter Weston, Orbit, 1978 157 · The Locusts · Larry Niven & Steven Barnes · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact June 1979 200 · Yet Another Modest Proposal: The Roentgen Standard · Larry Niven · fa Omni July 1980, as “Last Word” 205 · Folk Tale [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Niven’s Laws by Larry Niven, PSFS, 1984 221 · The Green Marauder [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Destinies v2 #1, 1980 226 · War Movie [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Stellar #7 ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1981 232 · The Real Thing [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1982 236 · Limits [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 28 1981

The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton by Larry Niven (Ballantine, February 1976, 0-345-24868-6, $1.50, 182pp, pb, co, cover by Jim Spanfeller) [Gil Hamilton] 1 · Death by Ecstasy [Gil Hamilton] · Larry Niven · na Galaxy Science Fiction January 1969, as “The Organleggers” 66 · The Defenseless Dead [Gil Hamilton] · Larry Niven · nv Ten Tomorrows ed. Roger Elwood, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1973 116 · ARM [Gil Hamilton] · Larry Niven · na Epoch ed. Roger Elwood & Robert Silverberg, Putnam, 1975 177 · The Last Word About SF Detectives · Larry Niven · aw

Neutron Star by Larry Niven (Ballantine, April 1968, U6120, 75¢, 285pp, pb, co) [Known Space] 9 · Neutron Star [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · nv If October 1966 29 · A Relic of Empire [Known Space] · Larry Niven · nv If December 1966 51 · At the Core [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · nv If November 1966 73 · The Soft Weapon [Known Space] · Larry Niven · nv If February 1967 129 · Flatlander [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · nv If March 1967 173 · The Ethics of Madness [Known Space] · Larry Niven · nv If April 1967 209 · The Handicapped [Known Space] · Larry Niven · nv Galaxy Science Fiction December 1967, as “Handicap” 237 · Grendel [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · nv

Niven’s Laws by Larry Niven (Owlswick/PSFS, December 1984, 0-913896-24-1, $12.00, 108pp, hc, co)     Collection of “Draco’s Tavern” stories, plus a selection of “laws” and essays, published to commemorate Niven’s appearance as “Principle Speaker” at the 1984 Philcon. 1 · Larry Niven · Jerry E. Pournelle · in 5 · The Schumann Computer [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Destinies v1 #2, 1979 9 · Assimilating Our Culture, That’s What They’re Doing! [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Destinies v1 #1, 1978 13 · Grammar Lesson [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine May 1977 17 · The Subject Is Closed [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine May 1977 21 · Cruel and Unusual [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · vi Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine May 1977 24 · The Green Marauder [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Destinies v2 #1, 1980 28 · Limits [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 28 1981 33 · War Movie [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Stellar #7 ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1981 38 · The Real Thing [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1982 42 · Folk Tale [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss 55 · Niven’s Laws · Larry Niven · ar 57 · Convention Stories · Larry Niven · ar 67 · Staying Rich · Larry Niven · ar 73 · The Theory and Practice of Instant Learning · Larry Niven · ar 1981 81 · If Idi Imin Had Had the Bomb · Larry Niven · ar 84 · Yet Another Modest Proposal: The Roentgen Standard · Larry Niven · fa Omni July 1980, as “Last Word” 87 · In Memoriam: Howard Grote Littlemead · Larry Niven · pm 89 · Why Men Fight Wars and What You Can Do About It · Larry Niven · ar 92 · Collaborations · Larry Niven · ar SFWA Bulletin #45, 1973 97 · Five Years to Infinity · Larry Niven · ar

N-Space by Larry Niven (Tor, September 1990, 0-312-85089-1, $19.95, 529pp, hc, co, cover by Dave Archer)     Collection of Niven material, both fiction and non-fiction, with stories, essays, and novel excerpts, with an introduction by Tom Clancy. 1 · The Maker of Worlds · Tom Clancy · in 3 · On Niven · David Brin · bg [Ref. Larry Niven] 4 · On Niven · Gregory Benford · bg [Ref. Larry Niven] 5 · On Niven · Wendy All · bg [Ref. Larry Niven] 6 · On Niven · John Hertz · bg [Ref. Larry Niven] 7 · On Niven · Steven Barnes · bg [Ref. Larry Niven] 9 · On Niven · Frederik Pohl · bg [Ref. Larry Niven] 14 · Dramatis Personae · Larry Niven · pr 23 · Foreword: Playgrounds for the Mind · Larry Niven · fw 29 · World of Ptavvs · Larry Niven · ex Ballantine, 1966 expanded from the novella of the same name (Worlds of Tomorrow, March 1965). 33 · Bordered in Black · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1966 50 · Convergent Series · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1967, as “The Long Night” 55 · All the Myriad Ways · Larry Niven · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1968 65 · A Gift from Earth · Larry Niven · ex Ballantine, 1968 73 · For a Foggy Night · Larry Niven · ss Decal July 1968 80 · The Meddler · Larry Niven · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1968 99 · Passerby · Larry Niven · ss Galaxy Science Fiction September 1969 111 · Down in Flames [Known Space] · Larry Niven · uw Trumpet #10, 1969 122 · Ringworld · Larry Niven · ex Ballantine, 1970 129 · The Fourth Profession · Larry Niven · nv Quark/4 ed. Samuel R. Delany & Marilyn Hacker, Paperback Library, 1971 170 · “Shall We Indulge in Rishathra?” · Larry Niven · ms Science Fiction Review #30, March/April 1979 174 · Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex · Larry Niven · hu Knight December 1969 181 · Inconstant Moon · Larry Niven · nv All the Myriad Ways by Larry Niven, Ballantine, 1971 203 · What Can You Say About Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers? · Larry Niven · ss All the Myriad Ways by Larry Niven, Ballantine, 1971 213 · Cloak of Anarchy [Known Space] · Larry Niven · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact March 1972 233 · Protector · Larry Niven · ex Ballantine, 1973 242 · The Hole Man · Larry Niven · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact January 1974 254 · Night on Mispec Moor · Larry Niven · ss Vertex August 1974 264 · Flare Time [Medea] · Larry Niven · nv Andromeda 3 ed. Peter Weston, Orbit, 1978 300 · The Locusts · Larry Niven & Steven Barnes · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact June 1979 335 · The Mote in God’s Eye · Larry Niven & Jerry E. Pournelle · ex Simon & Schuster, 1974 339 · Building the Mote in God’s Eye · Larry Niven & Jerry E. Pournelle · ar Galaxy Science Fiction January 1976 361 · Brenda [Haven] · Larry Niven · na New Destinies, Vol. III ed. Jim Baen, Baen, 1988 399 · The Return of William Proxmire · Larry Niven · ss Alternate Empires ed. Gregory Benford & Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam Spectra, 1989 408 · The Tale of the Jinni and the Sisters · Larry Niven · ss Argos #1, Winter 1988 422 · Madness Has Its Place [Man-Kzin Wars] · Larry Niven · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1990 446 · Niven’s Laws · Larry Niven · ar revised from Niven’s Laws (Owlswick Press, 1984). 454 · The Kiteman · Larry Niven · nv 489 · The Alien in Our Minds · Larry Niven · ar 496 · Space · Larry Niven · ar 510 · Bibliography of Larry Niven · Larry Niven · bi

Playgrounds of the Mind by Larry Niven (Tor, October 1991, 0-312-85219-3, $22.95, 487pp, hc, co, cover by David Archer)     Collection of Niven material, both fiction and non-fiction, with stories, essays, and novel excerpts, most with a brief foreword or afterword (or both) by Niven. 1 · Thraxisp · Larry Niven · ar; subtitled “A Memoir”. 7 · A Teardrop Falls [Berserker] · Larry Niven · ss Omni June 1983 16 · Inferno · Larry Niven & Jerry E. Pournelle · ex Pocket, May 1976 25 · Rammer [Jerome Corbell] · Larry Niven · nv Galaxy Science Fiction November/December 1971 50 · The Ethics of Madness [Known Space] · Larry Niven · ex If April 1967 54 · Becalmed in Hell [Known Space] · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1965 66 · Wait It Out [Known Space] · Larry Niven · ss The Future Unbound Program Book 1968 73 · A Relic of the Empire [Known Space] · Larry Niven · nv If December 1966 87 · Lucifer’s Hammer · Larry Niven & Jerry E. Pournelle · ex Playboy Press, January 1977 125 · The Soft Weapon [Known Space] · Larry Niven · nv If February 1967 168 · The Borderland of Sol [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact January 1975 205 · The Ringworld Engineers [Louis Wu; Ringworld] · Larry Niven · ex Phantasia Press, December 1979 209 · Spill Mountain Folk [Ringworld] · John Hewitt · ar Ringworld Companion, Chaosium, 1984 212 · Ghouls (Night People) [Ringworld] · John Hewitt · ar Ringworld Roleplaying Game: Creatures Book, Chaosium, 1984 215 · What Good Is a Glass Dagger? [Mana] · Larry Niven · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1972 246 · The Magic Goes Away [Mana] · Larry Niven · ex Ace, 1978 expanded from the novella of the same name (Odyssey, Summer 1976). 250 · The Defenseless Dead [Gil Hamilton] · Larry Niven · nv Ten Tomorrows ed. Roger Elwood, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1973 289 · The Patchwork Girl [Gil Hamilton] · Larry Niven · ex Ace, 1980 292 · Leviathan! [Hanville Svetz] · Larry Niven · ss Playboy August 1970 302 · Oath of Fealty · Larry Niven & Jerry E. Pournelle · ex Phantasia Press, August 1981 311 · Unfinished Story [Mana] · Larry Niven · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1970 313 · Cautionary Tales · Larry Niven · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July/August 1978 316 · Dreadful White Page · Larry Niven · vi Surplus Wyvern Press, 1988 318 · Retrospective · Larry Niven & Steven Barnes · ss Destinies v2 #3, 1980 328 · The Green Marauder [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Destinies v2 #1, 1980 332 · Assimilating Our Culture, That’s What They’re Doing! [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Destinies v1 #1, 1978 336 · War Movie [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Stellar #7 ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1981 340 · Limits [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 28 1981 344 · The Lost Ideas · Larry Niven · ar 356 · Bigger Than Worlds · Larry Niven · ar Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact March 1974 372 · Ghetto? But I Thought… · Larry Niven · ar _374 · Convention Stories · Larry Niven · ar Niven’s Laws by Larry Niven, PSFS, 1984 383 · Adrienne and Irish Coffee · Larry Niven · ar 388 · One Night at the Draco Tavern [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · pl script used for Kathy Saunder’s group presentation at the WorldCon Masquerade, Los Angeles, 1984. 391 · TrantorCon Report · Larry Niven · fa APA-L #300, December 11 1974; revised. 394 · Why Men Fight Wars, and What You Can Do About It! · Larry Niven · ar Niven’s Laws by Larry Niven, PSFS, 1984 397 · Comics · Larry Niven · ar 401 · The Green Lantern Bible · Larry Niven · ex 407 · Criticism · Larry Niven · ar New Destinies, Vol. VII ed. Jim Baen, Baen, 1989 414 · The Legacy of Heorot · Larry Niven, Jerry E. Pournelle & Steven Barnes · ex Gollancz, 1987 425 · The Portrait of Daryanree the King · Larry Niven · ss Aboriginal Science Fiction September/October 1989 433 · The Wishing Game · Larry Niven · ss Aboriginal Science Fiction May/June 1989 444 · The Lion in His Attic [Mana] · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1982 461 · Footfall · Larry Niven & Jerry E. Pournelle · ex Del Rey, May 1985 473 · Works in Progress _473 · The Moat Around Murcheson’s Eye · Larry Niven · ex excerpt from The Gripping Hand forthcoming from Pocket Books (February 1993). _479 · Fallen Angels · Larry Niven · ex Baen, July 1991 _481 · Wanted Fan · Larry Niven · pm; filk song set in the fandom world of Fallen Angels. _483 · The California Voodoo Game · Larry Niven · ex forthcoming from Ballantine (February 1992). _485 · The Ghost Ships · Larry Niven · ms; brief description of an unpublished sequel to The Smoke Ring. _485 · Destiny’s Road · Larry Niven · ms; brief description of the novel eventually published by Tor in June 1997. 487 · [letter] · Larry Niven · lt; undated letter to Ralph Vicinanza.

Rainbow Mars by Larry Niven (Tor, March 1999, 0-312-86777-8, $24.95, 316pp, hc, co, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Hanville Svetz]     Fantasy/quasi-SF time-travel omnibus/collection of the title novel, plus five stories previously collected as part of The Flight of the Horse (Ballantine 1973), all featuring Svetz of the far-future Institute for Temporal Research. In the novel, Svetz investigates the canals of Mars, not realizing he’s stumbled into an alternate past compounded out of the works of Burroughs, Wells, Bradbury, and others. Niven includes notes on these influences, a Svetz time line, and an afterword on how Svetz’s adventures came to be told. 9 · Rainbow Mars [Hanville Svetz] · Larry Niven · n. 225 · The Flight of the Horse [Hanville Svetz] · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1969, as “Get a Horse!” 241 · Leviathan! [Hanville Svetz] · Larry Niven · ss Playboy August 1970 255 · Bird in the Hand [Hanville Svetz] · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1970 277 · There’s a Wolf in My Time Machine [Hanville Svetz] · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1971 297 · Death in a Cage [Hanville Svetz] · Larry Niven · ss The Flight of the Horse by Larry Niven, Ballantine, 1973 313 · Svetz and the Beanstalk · Larry Niven · aw

Scatterbrain by Larry Niven (Tor, August 2003, 0-765-30137-7, $24.95, 317pp, hc, co)     Collection of recent works by Niven (some collaborations), with five stories, four novel excerpts, and 16 non-fiction pieces, several apparently original, others previously published online. Niven’s introduction discusses where he gets his ideas; he discusses the collaborative process involved in some of the works, even to including correspondence. 11 · Where Do I Get My Crazy Ideas? · Larry Niven · in 21 · Destiny’s Road · Larry Niven · ex Tor, June 1997 30 · The Ringworld Throne [Ringworld] · Larry Niven · ex Del Rey, June 1996 42 · The Woman in Del Rey Crater [Gil Hamilton] · Larry Niven · nv Flatlander by Larry Niven, Del Rey, 1995 79 · Loki · Larry Niven · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact January 2000 87 · Procrustes [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · na Bridging the Galaxies by Larry Niven, San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, 1993 133 · Mars: Who Needs It? · Larry Niven · ar Space.com (online) March 2000 137 · How to Save Civilization and Save a Little Money · Larry Niven · ar Space.com (online) April 2000 141 · The Burning City [Mana] · Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle · ex Pocket, March 2000 151 · Saturn’s Race · Larry Niven & Steven Barnes · ex Tor, July 2000 177 · Ice and Mirrors [Eric Keenan; Kimber Walker] · Larry Niven & Brenda Cooper · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2001 216 · Discussion with Brenda Cooper Re: “Ice and Mirrors” · Larry Niven & Brenda Cooper · ms 243 · Smut Talk [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Playboy January 2000 254 · Telepresence · Larry Niven & Marvin L. Minsky · ar from the CACNSP meeting, 8-Aug-1997. 257 · Learning to Love the Space Station · Larry Niven · ar 261 · Autograph Etiquette · Larry Niven · ar 264 · Tabletop Fusion · Larry Niven · ar Bridging the Galaxies by Larry Niven, San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, 1993 270 · Collaboration · Larry Niven · ar SFWA Bulletin #45, 1973 276 · Intercon Trip Report: August 12, 1991 · Larry Niven · ar Bridging the Galaxies by Larry Niven, San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, 1993 282 · Handicap · Larry Niven · ar 286 · Did the Moon Move for You Too? · Larry Niven · ar 287 · Hugo Award Anecdotes · Larry Niven · ar 289 · Introduction to Pete Hamilton Story “Watching Trees Grow” · Larry Niven · in PS Publishing, 2000 293 · Introductory Material for Man-Kzin Wars II · Larry Niven · in Man-Kzin Wars II ed. Larry Niven, Baen, 1989 297 · Canon for the Man-Kzin Wars · Larry Niven · ms 302 · Epilogue: What I Tell Librarians · Larry Niven · aw