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.
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