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Available
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Publication
Ballantine Books (New York, 1979). 1st edition, 1st printing. 227 pages. $1.95.
Description
This collection of stories includes the title story, which looks at what happens when a nice guy messing around in witchcraft succeeds. The Nonesuch follows Doris as she discovers that a mind-reading, flesh-eating alien is stalking her. Also includes stories from the Draco's Tavern series.
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LibraryThing member monado
Writing the ultra-short story is a special skill, especially with science fiction, where the author must include information about the surroundings and characters that is assumed in regular fiction.
This book contains short and ultra-short science fiction by Larry Niven. Tales from the Draco Tavern
- The Nonesuch
- Bordered in Black
- Night on Mispec Moor
- Dry Run
- The Schumann Computer
- Plaything
- Mistake
- Cautionary Tales
- Wrong Way Street
- One Face
- The Meddler
- Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation
- Grammar Lesson
- Transfer of Power
- The Subject is Closed
- Like Banquo's Ghost
- Cruel and Unusual
- Singularities Make Me Nervous
- The Deadlier Weapon
- Convergent Series
- Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing
For more ultra-short stories, science-fiction see Mike Resinick's Whatdunits.
This book contains short and ultra-short science fiction by Larry Niven. Tales from the Draco Tavern
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and its interstellar clientele; "The Meddler," about a private investigator named Bruce; "Convergent Series," a clever story about what to do when you've conjured up a demon who's going to drag you to Hell. The stories are:- The Nonesuch
- Bordered in Black
- Night on Mispec Moor
- Dry Run
- The Schumann Computer
- Plaything
- Mistake
- Cautionary Tales
- Wrong Way Street
- One Face
- The Meddler
- Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation
- Grammar Lesson
- Transfer of Power
- The Subject is Closed
- Like Banquo's Ghost
- Cruel and Unusual
- Singularities Make Me Nervous
- The Deadlier Weapon
- Convergent Series
- Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing
For more ultra-short stories, science-fiction see Mike Resinick's Whatdunits.
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LibraryThing member darksabre2
I was addicted to Niven's style and this like all his books in the "Known Universe" series were excellent
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Awards
Locus Award (Finalist — Collection — 1980)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1979 (Collection)
1976 (Mistake)
1978 (Transfer of Power)
1977 (The Subject is Closed)
1974 (Singularities Make Me Nervous)
1979 (The Schumann Computer)
1977 (Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation)
1974 (Plaything)
1965 (One Face)
1974 (The Nonesuch)
1974 (Night on Mispec Moor)
1968 (The Meddler)
1967
1968 (Like Banquo's Ghost)
1977 (Grammar Lesson)
1968 (Dry Run)
1968 (The Deadlier Weapon)
1977 (Cruel and Unusual)
1979 (Convergent Series)
1978 (Cautionary Tales)
1966 (Bordered in Black)
1978 (Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing!)
1965 (Wrong Way Street)
Physical description
227 p.
ISBN
0345277406 / 9780345277404