Larry Niven
Paperback | Pages: 240 pages Rating: 4.18 | 5674 Users | 60 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven |
| ISBN: | 0345334698 (ISBN13: 9780345334695) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Known Space |
| Characters: | Louis Gridley Wu |
| Literary Awards: | Hugo Award for Best Novelette (1976) |
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Ranging from the 20th Century to the 31st, these interconnected stories trace Man's expansion and colonization throughout the galaxy...Becalmed in hell
Howie's spaceship had a malfunction...but it might be only psychosomatic!
Wait it out
He was trapped on Pluto...and all his assets were frozen!
The borderland of Sol
Forward possessed the ultimate weapon...but no one would ever see it!
The jigsaw man
The organ banks want you...now!
Cloak of anarchy
They were free to be anything but violent...but that wasn't enough!
-- plus eight other great stories in Niven's spectacular cycle of the future...and, special for this volume, a complete Niven bibliography and a detailed chronology of all his Known Space stories!
Timeline for Known Space
My Universe and Welcome To It!
Coldest Place, The
Becalmed in Hell
Wait it Out
Eye of an Octopus
How the Heroes Die
The Jigsaw Man
At the Bottom of a Hole
The Deceivers
Cloak of Anarchy
Warriors, The
The Borderland of Sol
There is a Tide
Safe at Any Speed
Afterthoughts
Bibliography: The Worlds of Larry Niven
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| Title | : | Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven (Known Space) |
| Author | : | Larry Niven |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 240 pages |
| Published | : | March 12th 1981 by Del Rey (first published August 1975) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Short Stories |
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Ratings: 4.18 From 5674 Users | 60 ReviewsColumn Appertaining To Books Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven (Known Space)
13 stories of mixed quality. There are good short stories like:Wait It Out, *The Jigsaw Man, Intent to Deceive, Cloak of Anarchy, *The Borderland of Sol and Safe at Any Speed. Those marked * received or was nominated for the Hugo Award.A representative collection of Mr. Niven's early short fiction all set in that part of space he calls "Known Space," which includes interplanetary.space around our Sun as well as near interstellar areas. Those who appreciate "hard" science fiction will appreciate Mr. Niven's work which reflects the knowledge as we have had it regarding interplanetary space inour Solar System. The end pages of the book includes a "history" of the Known Space short and longer (novel length) works inclusive of
Yep, more Niven, just because. It's alright, there's only one more I own that isn't in storage, so I'll stop soon. This is a collection of short stories, all set in Niven's Known Space future history and, as is almost always the case with short stories, the quality is variable. There are some nice SF ideas done in a few pages, and the science appears to be fairly accurate (if a little dated in places). A couple of the stories are more concerned with the impact of technological advances on
"Known Space" is one of the most enjoyable universes I have come across.
Short stories spanning the first part of Niven's writing career, all set in his "Known Space" future. Some of the stories were obsolete almost before they appeared in print but they all were based on extending just the frayed edge of accepted science at the time and examining the possible consequences. THoughtful, fun and cautiously optimistic.
I wish I was able to find and read these stories when I was younger. They would have opened up my understanding of Ringworld and most of the stories in the Man-Kzin Wars collections.I can say I enjoyed them so much that I shall re-read them in a year's time.
I enjoyed this anthology of Known Space stories. I especially liked the stories "Wait it out," (set on Pluto), "At the Bottom of a Hole," (Muller discovers the truth behind the failure of a human settlement on Mars) and "The Borderland of Sol" (Julius Forward has a very dangerous weapon). I also like the timeline at the beginning of the book which sets the stories in context and the bibliography at the end.Readers who like Niven's work may like Shaun Farrell's October 2007 interview with Larry
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