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The Best of Larry Niven

These stories demonstrate Niven's tremendous range and literary prowess in the fields of SF, fantasy, nonfiction, and mystery. This spellbinding collection is a must for fans of classic SF. — Publishers Weekly

With the publication of his first story, 'The Coldest Place', in 1964 Larry Niven launched one of the most important careers in the history of science fiction. Over the next decade his stunning hard science fiction won four short fiction Hugo Awards and both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for his all-time classic novel, Ringworld.

But it was the short stories that amazed and astounded first. Stories like 'The Coldest Place', 'Becalmed in Hell', 'Neutron Star', and 'All the Myriad Ways' set the boundaries for 'Known Space', one of science fiction s grandest future histories, while Niven also explored the classic tavern story in his 'Draco's Tavern' sequence and even fantasy in his 'Magic Goes Away' stories.

Astoundingly, there has never been a single compendium the focused solely on Niven's best short fiction until now. The Best of Larry Niven collects no less than twenty seven stories written over a period of thirty-five years, bringing together some of the best-loved stories in science fiction for the first time, along with some overlooked classics. Whether this is your first time in Known Space or you're visiting old friends in Draco's Tavern, The Best of Larry Niven is unforgettable.

Contents:

9 • Introduction (The Best of Larry Niven) • essay by Jerry Pournelle

11 • Becalmed in Hell • [Known Space] • (1965) • shortstory by Larry Niven

25 • Bordered in Black • (1966) • shortstory by Larry Niven

45 • Neutron Star • [Known Space] • (1966) • novelette by Larry Niven

63 • The Soft Weapon • [Known Space] • (1967) • novelette by Larry Niven

113 • The Jigsaw Man • [Known Space] • (1967) • shortstory by Larry Niven

125 • The Deadlier Weapon • non-genre • (1968) • shortstory by Larry Niven

135 • All the Myriad Ways • [Time Travel — Parallel Universe] • (1968) • shortstory by Larry Niven

145 • Not Long Before the End • [Magic Goes Away] • (1969) • shortstory by Larry Niven

157 • Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex • (1969) • essay by Larry Niven

165 • Inconstant Moon • (1971) • novelette by Larry Niven

191 • Rammer • [State] • (1971) • novelette by Larry Niven

219 • Cloak of Anarchy • [Known Space] • (1972) • shortstory by Larry Niven

239 • The Fourth Profession • (1971) • novelette by Larry Niven

285 • Flash Crowd • [Teleportation] • (1973) • novella by Larry Niven

337 • The Defenseless Dead • [Gil Hamilton] • (1973) • novelette by Larry Niven

381 • The Flight of the Horse • [Svetz] • (1969) • shortstory by Larry Niven

395 • The Hole Man • (1974) • shortstory by Larry Niven

409 • Night on Mispec Moor • [State] • (1974) • shortstory by Larry Niven

421 • Flatlander • [Known Space] • (1967) • novelette by Larry Niven

459 • The Magic Goes Away • [Magic Goes Away • 1] • (1978) • novel by Larry Niven

523 • Cautionary Tales • (1978) • shortstory by Larry Niven

527 • Limits • [Draco Tavern] • (1981) • shortstory by Larry Niven

533 • A Teardrop Falls • [Berserker] • (1983) • shortstory by Larry Niven

545 • The Return of William Proxmire • (1989) • shortstory by Larry Niven

555 • The Borderland of Sol • [Known Space] • (1975) • novelette by Larry Niven

595 • Smut Talk • [Draco Tavern] • (2000) • shortstory by Larry Niven

605 • The Missing Mass • [Draco Tavern] • (2000) • shortstory by Larry Niven

Cover art by Edward Miller

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 618
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781596063310
  • Genres
  • fiction, fantasy, collections, anthologies
  • Release date
  • 2010