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Available
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Series
Publication
Del Rey (New York, 1968). 1st edition, 13th printing. 285 pages. $2.50.
Description
Come to Larry Niven's Universe and meet all the natives: Thrints, Bandersnatchi, Puppeteers -- and a host of other wonderfully created characters. Visit Lookitthat, Down, and Jinx -- indeed, an entire galaxy of planets found only in these stories that trace man's expansion and colonization throughout Known Space. A spectacular cycle of the future . . . a 10,000-year history of man on Earth and in space!
User reviews
LibraryThing member monado
I think that this is Larry Niven's first book of Known Space stories. It includes some very good ones and they are all memorable:
- Neutron Star
- A Relic of Empire
- At the Core
- The Soft Weapon
- Flatlander
- The Ethics of Madness
- The Handicapped
- Grendal
- Neutron Star
- A Relic of Empire
- At the Core
- The Soft Weapon
- Flatlander
- The Ethics of Madness
- The Handicapped
- Grendal
LibraryThing member BruceCoulson
Another likable character, the roguish Beowulf Shaeffer, getting in and out of scrapes. Has one of the best contrasts between alien and human psychology in science fiction; 'At The Core'.
LibraryThing member DinadansFriend
Seven Short stories, the title story often being used as a teachable example of hard Science fiction. The physics is respectable.
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English
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Physical description
285 p.; 7 inches
ISBN
0345296656 / 9780345296658