author : Larry Niven

Novels/Collections

• Known Space
  • The World of Ptavvs. 1966
  • A Gift from Earth. 1968
  • Neutron Star. 1968
  • Tales of Known Space. 1975
  • Crashlander. 1994
• Ringworld
  • Pre-discovery
    • (Fleet of Worlds. 2007. With Edward M. Lerner)
    • (Juggler of Worlds. 2008. With Edward M. Lerner)
    • [Destroyer of Worlds. 2009. With Edward M. Lerner]
  • Ringworld. 1970
  • (Ringworld Engineers. 1979)
  • (The Ringworld Throne. 1996)
  • [Ringworld's Children. 2004]
• All the Myriad Ways. 1971
• The Flying Sorcerers. 1971. With David Gerrold == The Misspelled Magician
• Inconstant Moon. 1973
• Protector. 1973
• The Flight of the Horse. 1973
• A Hole in Space. 1974
• Moties
  • The Mote in God's Eye. 1974. With Jerry Pournelle
  • (The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye. 1992. With Jerry Pournelle) == The Gripping Hand
• A World out of Time. 1976
• Allen Carpenter
  • (Inferno. 1976. With Jerry Pournelle)
  • [Escape from Hell. 2009. With Jerry Pournelle]
• Gil Hamilton
  • The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton. 1976
  • The Patchwork Girl. 1980
• (Lucifer's Hammer. 1977. With Jerry Pournelle)
• Mana
  • The Magic Goes Away. 1978
• Convergent Series. 1979
• Dream Park
  • Dream Park. 1981. With Steven Barnes
  • The Barsoom Project. 1989. With Steven Barnes
  • The Voodoo Game. 1991. With Steven Barnes
• (The Descent of Anansi. 1982. With Steven Barnes)
• Integral Trees
  • (The Integral Trees. 1984)
  • (The Smoke Ring. 1987)
• (Footfall. 1985. With Jerry Pournelle)
• Limits. 1985
• Oath of Fealty. 1986. With Jerry Pournelle
• Heorot
  • The Legacy of Heorot. 1987. With Jerry Pournelle, Steven Barnes
  • (The Dragons of Heorot. 1995. With Jerry Pournelle, Steven Barnes) == Beowulf's Children
  • (Destiny's Road. 1997)
• (Achilles' Choice. 1991. With Steven Barnes)
• (Fallen Angels. 1991. With Jerry Pournelle, Michael Flynn)
• (Rainbow Mars. 1999)
• (Saturn's Race. 2000. With Steven Barnes)
• Tep's Town
  • (The Burning City. 2000. With Jerry Pournelle)
  • [Burning Tower. 2005. With Jerry Pournelle]
• (Scatterbrain. 2003)

Edited anthologies

• Mana
  • The Magic May Return. 1981

Short works

• "Slaver Weapon". In Star Trek Log 10
• "Becalmed in Hell". 1965.
  • In All the Myriad Ways
  • In Inconstant Moon
  • In Tales of Known Space
• "At the Core". 1966.
  • In The Second 'If' Reader
  • In Neutron Star
  • In Crashlander
• "A Relic of the Empire". 1966. In Neutron Star
• "Neutron Star". 1966.
  • In The Hugo Winners Volume One 1962-1967
  • In Where Do We Go From Here? 2
  • In Neutron Star
  • In Crashlander
• "Flatlander". 1967.
  • In Seven Trips Through Time and Space
  • In Neutron Star
  • In Crashlander
• "The Soft Weapon". 1967. In Neutron Star
• "The Ethics of Madness". 1967. In Neutron Star
• "The Jigsaw Man". 1967.
  • In All the Myriad Ways
  • In Tales of Known Space
• "The Handicapped". 1967. In Neutron Star
• "Handicap". 1967. In World's Best SF 1
• "All the Myriad Ways". 1968. In All the Myriad Ways
• "Grendel". 1968.
  • In Neutron Star
  • In Crashlander
• "Wait It Out". 1968.
  • In All the Myriad Ways
  • In Inconstant Moon
  • In Tales of Known Space
  • In The Science Fictional Solar System
• "There is a Tide". 1968.
  • In A Hole in Space
  • In Tales of Known Space
• "Not Long Before the End". 1969.
  • In All the Myriad Ways
  • In Inconstant Moon
  • In The Magic May Return
• "The Flight of the Horse". 1969. In The Flight of the Horse
• "Passerby". 1969.
  • In Galaxy: October 1969
  • In All the Myriad Ways
  • In Inconstant Moon
• "The Theory and Practice of Teleportation". 1969. In All the Myriad Ways
• "Leviathan". 1970. In The Flight of the Horse
• "Unfinished Story #1". 1970. In All the Myriad Ways
• "Inconstant Moon". 1971.
  • In All the Myriad Ways
  • In Inconstant Moon
• "There's a Wolf in My Time Machine". 1971. In The Flight of the Horse
• "Rammer". 1971.
  • In Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year
  • In A Hole in Space
• "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex". 1971. In All the Myriad Ways
• "What Can You Say About Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers?". 1971. In All the Myriad Ways
• "Unfinished Story #2". 1971. In All the Myriad Ways
• "The Fourth Profession". 1971.
  • In A Hole in Space
  • In Project Solar Sail
• "For a Foggy Night". 1971. In All the Myriad Ways
• "The Theory and Practice of Time Travel". 1971. In All the Myriad Ways
• "What Good is a Glass Dagger?". 1972. In The Flight of the Horse
• "Convergent Series". 1973.
  • In Inconstant Moon
  • In Convergent Series
• "Death By Ecstasy". 1973.
  • In Inconstant Moon
  • In The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton
• "Bordered in Black". 1973.
  • In Inconstant Moon
  • In Convergent Series
• "One Face". 1973.
  • In Inconstant Moon
  • In Convergent Series
• "Flash Crowd". 1973.
  • In Three Trips in Time and Space
  • In The Flight of the Horse
• "Bird in the Hand". 1973. In The Flight of the Horse
• "The Hole Man". 1973.
  • In Black Holes
  • In A Hole in Space
• "The Deadlier Weapon". 1973.
  • In Inconstant Moon
  • In Convergent Series
• "All the Bridges Rusting". 1973. In A Hole in Space
• "Death in a Cage". 1973. In The Flight of the Horse
• "The Lion in His Attic". 1973. In Inconstant Moon
• "At the Bottom of a Hole". 1973.
  • In Inconstant Moon
  • In Tales of Known Space
• "The Alibi Machine". 1973. In A Hole in Space
• "Bigger Than Worlds". 1974. In A Hole in Space
• "The Last Days of the Permanent Floating Riot Club". 1974. In A Hole in Space
• "Singularities Make Me Nervous". 1974.
  • In Stellar 1
  • In Convergent Series
• "$16,940.00". 1974. In A Hole in Space
• "The Borderland of Sol". 1974.
  • In Black Holes
  • In Tales of Known Space
  • In Crashlander
• "A Kind of Murder". 1974. In A Hole in Space
• "How the Heroes Die". 1975.
  • In Tales of Known Space
  • In Convergent Series
• "Eye of an Octopus". 1975. In Tales of Known Space
• "Intent To Deceive". 1975. In Tales of Known Space
• "Safe at Any Speed". 1975. In Tales of Known Space
• "Cloak of Anarchy". 1975. In Tales of Known Space
• "The Coldest Place". 1975. In Tales of Known Space
• "The Warriors". 1975. In Tales of Known Space
• "The Defenseless Dead". 1976. In The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton
• "ARM". 1976. In The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton
• "Mistake". 1976.
  • In Stellar 2
  • In Convergent Series
• "Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing!". 1978.
  • In Destinies: November-December 1978
  • In Convergent Series
• "Night on Mispec Moor". 1979. In Convergent Series
• "Plaything". 1979. In Convergent Series
• "Cruel and Unusual". 1979. In Convergent Series
• "The Nonesuch". 1979. In Convergent Series
• "Like Banquo's Ghost". 1979. In Convergent Series
• "Grammar Lesson". 1979. In Convergent Series
• "The Meddler". 1979. In Convergent Series
• "The Subject is Closed". 1979. In Convergent Series
• "Transfer of Power". 1979. In Convergent Series
• "Cautionary Tales". 1979. In Convergent Series
• "Dry Run". 1979. In Convergent Series
• "Spirals". 1979.
  • In Destinies: April-June 1979
  • In Limits
• "Wrong Way Street". 1979. In Convergent Series
• "The Schumann Computer". 1979.
  • In Destinies: January-February 1979
  • In Convergent Series
• "Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation". 1979. In Convergent Series
• "The Green Marauder". 1980.
  • In Destinies: February-March 1980
  • In Limits
• "Retrospective". 1980. In Destinies: Summer 1980
• "War Movie". 1981.
  • In Stellar 7
  • In Limits
• "Reflex". 1982. In There Will Be War
• "Talisman". 1985. In Limits
• "The Locusts". 1985. In Limits
• "Folk Tale". 1985. In Limits
• "A Teardrop Falls". 1985. In Limits
• "The Roentgen Standard". 1985. In Limits
• "Limits". 1985. In Limits
• "The Real Thing". 1985. In Limits
• "Flare Time". 1985. In Limits
• "Brenda". 1988. In New Destinies : Volume III
• "Criticism". 1989. In New Destinies : Volume VII
• "Portrait of Daryanree the King". 1990. In More Tales from the Forbidden Planet
• "The Return of William Proxmire". 1992. In Requiem
• "The South Los Angeles Broadcasting System". 1995. In How to Save the World
• "Hugo Award anecdotes". 1996. In Scatterbrain
• "Telepresence". 1997. In Scatterbrain
• "Smut Talk". 2000. In Scatterbrain
• "Loki". 2003. In Scatterbrain
• "The Woman in Del Rey Crater". 2003. In Scatterbrain
• "Did the moon move for you too?". 2003. In Scatterbrain
• "Mars: who needs it?". 2003. In Scatterbrain
• "Discussion re: Ice and Mirrors". 2003. In Scatterbrain
• "Intercon trip report". 2003. In Scatterbrain
• "Collaboration". 2003. In Scatterbrain
• "Canon for "Man-Kzin Wars"". 2003. In Scatterbrain
• "Destiny's Road : excerpted from the novel". 2003. In Scatterbrain
• "Saturn's Race : excerpted from the novel". 2003. In Scatterbrain
• "Introductory material for "Man-Kzin Wars II"". 2003. In Scatterbrain
• "Epilogue: What I tell librarians". 2003. In Scatterbrain
• "Autograph etiquette". 2003. In Scatterbrain
• "Introduction: Where do I get my crazy ideas?". 2003. In Scatterbrain
• "Ice and Mirrors". 2003. In Scatterbrain
• "Introduction to Peter Hamilton's "Watching Trees Grow"". 2003. In Scatterbrain
• "The Burning City : excerpted from the novel". 2003. In Scatterbrain
• "Learning to love the space station". 2003. In Scatterbrain
• "Saturn's Race : the writing of". 2003. In Scatterbrain
• "The Ringworld Throne : excerpted from the novel". 2003. In Scatterbrain
• "Procrustes". 2003. In Scatterbrain
• "How to save civilization and make a little money". 2003. In Scatterbrain
• "Handicap". 2003. In Scatterbrain
• "Tabletop fusion". 2003. In Scatterbrain

Other information

• Known Space lightbulb jokes

• see also: Non-fiction works

Novels/Collections : reviews

Larry Niven. Neutron Star. 1968

 

Contents (possible spoilers)

• Neutron Star. 1966

• A Relic of the Empire. 1966

• At the Core. 1966

• The Soft Weapon. 1967

• Flatlander. 1967

• The Ethics of Madness. 1967

• Grendel. 1968

• The Handicapped. 1967

Larry Niven. Tales of Known Space. 1975

 

Contents (possible spoilers)

• Wait It Out. 1968

• The Jigsaw Man. 1967

• Becalmed in Hell. 1965

• Eye of an Octopus

• The Warriors

• The Coldest Place

• How the Heroes Die

• Safe at Any Speed

• Cloak of Anarchy

• Intent To Deceive

• The Borderland of Sol. 1974

• There is a Tide. 1968

• At the Bottom of a Hole

Larry Niven. Crashlander. Del Rey. 1994

 

Contents (possible spoilers)

• The Borderland of Sol. 1974

• Neutron Star. 1966

• At the Core. 1966

• Flatlander. 1967

• Grendel. 1968

Larry Niven, Edward M. Lerner. Fleet of Worlds. Tor. 2007

 

Larry Niven, Edward M. Lerner. Juggler of Worlds. Tor. 2008

 

Larry Niven. All the Myriad Ways. 1971

 

Contents (possible spoilers)

• All the Myriad Ways. 1968

• Passerby. 1969

• For a Foggy Night. 1971

• Wait It Out. 1968

• The Jigsaw Man. 1967

• Not Long Before the End. 1969

• Unfinished Story #1. 1970

• Unfinished Story #2

• Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex

• The Theory and Practice of Teleportation. 1969

• The Theory and Practice of Time Travel

• Inconstant Moon

• What Can You Say About Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers?

• Becalmed in Hell. 1965

Larry Niven. Inconstant Moon. 1973

 

Contents (possible spoilers)

• Passerby. 1969

• Wait It Out. 1968

• Not Long Before the End. 1969

• Inconstant Moon

• Becalmed in Hell. 1965

• The Lion in His Attic

• Convergent Series

• The Deadlier Weapon

• Bordered in Black

• At the Bottom of a Hole

• Death By Ecstasy

• One Face

Larry Niven. The Flight of the Horse. 1973

 

Contents (possible spoilers)

• Flash Crowd. 1973

• What Good is a Glass Dagger?. 1972

• Death in a Cage

• The Flight of the Horse. 1969

• Leviathan. 1970

• Bird in the Hand

• There's a Wolf in My Time Machine. 1971

Larry Niven. A Hole in Space. 1974

 

Contents (possible spoilers)

• Rammer. 1971

• The Hole Man. 1973

• The Alibi Machine. 1973

• The Last Days of the Permanent Floating Riot Club

• A Kind of Murder. 1974

• All the Bridges Rusting. 1973

• There is a Tide. 1968

• Bigger Than Worlds. 1974

• $16,940.00. 1974

• The Fourth Profession. 1971

Larry Niven. The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton. 1976

 

Contents (possible spoilers)

• Death By Ecstasy

• The Defenseless Dead

• ARM

Larry Niven. Convergent Series. 1979

 

Contents (possible spoilers)

• How the Heroes Die

• Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing!. 1978

• The Schumann Computer. 1979

• Like Banquo's Ghost

• The Meddler

• Dry Run

• The Nonesuch

• Singularities Make Me Nervous. 1974

A time-travelling astronaut devises what he thinks is a foolproof way of making a fortune...

• Grammar Lesson

• The Subject is Closed

• Cruel and Unusual

• Transfer of Power

• Cautionary Tales

• Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation

• Plaything

• Mistake. 1976

• Night on Mispec Moor

• Wrong Way Street

• Convergent Series

• The Deadlier Weapon

• Bordered in Black

• One Face

Larry Niven, editor. Limits. 1985

 

Contents (possible spoilers)

• Larry Niven. War Movie. 1981

• Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle. Spirals. 1979

• Larry Niven. The Green Marauder. 1980

• Larry Niven. A Teardrop Falls

• Larry Niven, Dian Girard. Talisman

• Larry Niven. Flare Time

• Larry Niven, Steven Barnes. The Locusts

• Larry Niven. The Roentgen Standard

• Larry Niven. Folk Tale

• Larry Niven. The Real Thing

• Larry Niven. Limits

Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Steven Barnes. The Legacy of Heorot. Sphere. 1987

 

Larry Niven, Steven Barnes. Saturn's Race. Tor. 2000

 

Larry Niven, editor. Scatterbrain. Tor. 2003

 

Contents (possible spoilers)

• Larry Niven. Introduction: Where do I get my crazy ideas?

A rambling dicourse on the origin of some ideas, the size of co-authors names on book covers, and the importance of editors

• Larry Niven. Destiny's Road : excerpted from the novel

• Larry Niven. The Ringworld Throne : excerpted from the novel

• Larry Niven. The Woman in Del Rey Crater

• Larry Niven. Loki

• Larry Niven. Procrustes

Beowulf Shaeffer

• Larry Niven. Mars: who needs it?

non-fiction for space.com

• Larry Niven. How to save civilization and make a little money

non-fiction for space.com

• Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle. The Burning City : excerpted from the novel

• Larry Niven, Steven Barnes. Saturn's Race : the writing of

• Larry Niven, Steven Barnes. Saturn's Race : excerpted from the novel

• Larry Niven, Brenda Cooper. Ice and Mirrors

• Larry Niven, Brenda Cooper. Discussion re: Ice and Mirrors

• Larry Niven. Smut Talk. 2000

A Draco Tavery story

• Marvin L. Minsky, Larry Niven. Telepresence. 1997

from the CACNSP meeting, 8/8/97

• Larry Niven. Learning to love the space station

non-fiction: reality versus expectations

• Larry Niven. Autograph etiquette

advice for writers and hunters

• Larry Niven. Tabletop fusion

speculations on cold fusion

• Larry Niven. Collaboration

some guildelines on writing with others

• Larry Niven. Intercon trip report

• Larry Niven. Handicap

Tools and technology can compensate for handicaps, and enhance us. What will be considered a handicap in the future?

• Larry Niven. Did the moon move for you too?

• Larry Niven. Hugo Award anecdotes. 1996

• Larry Niven. Introduction to Peter Hamilton's "Watching Trees Grow"

• Larry Niven. Introductory material for "Man-Kzin Wars II"

• Larry Niven. Canon for "Man-Kzin Wars"

• Larry Niven. Epilogue: What I tell librarians

On leg injuries, anecdotes, letting kis ito the adult section of the library, falseness of Snow's "Two Cultures", the demise of short stories

Edited anthologies : reviews

Larry Niven, editor. The Magic May Return. 1981

 

Contents (possible spoilers)

• Larry Niven. Not Long Before the End. 1969

• Fred Saberhagen. Earthshade. 1981

• Dean Ing. Manaspill. 1981

• Steven Barnes. "...But Fear Itself". 1981

• Poul Anderson, Mildred Downey Broxon. Strength. 1981