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The Best Of Larry Niven
''The Best of Larry Niven'' is a collection of science fiction and fantasy stories written by Larry Niven and edited by Jonathan Strahan, first published in hardcover by Subterranean Press in December 2010. The pieces were originally published between 1965 and 2000 in the magazines ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'', '' If'', ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', ''Galaxy Magazine'', ''Knight'', '' Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact'', '' Vertex: the Magazine of Science Fiction'', ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', '' Omni'' and ''Playboy'', the anthologies '' Dangerous Visions'', '' Quark/4'', '' Ten Tomorrows'', and '' What Might Have Been? Volume 1: Alternate Empires'', the novel ''The Magic Goes Away'', and the collections ''All the Myriad Ways'' and '' The Flight of the Horse''. The book contains twenty-five short stories, novelettes and novellas, one novel, and one essay by the author, together with an introduction by Jerry Pournelle. Contents *"Intro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field at issue. For e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. Known for its centerfolds of nude and semi-nude models (Playmates), ''Playboy'' played an important role in the sexual revolution and remains one of the world's best-known brands, having grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PEI), with a presence in nearly every medium. In addition to the flagship magazine in the United States, special nation-specific versions of ''Playboy'' are published worldwide, including those by licensees, such as Dirk Steenekamp's DHS Media Group. The magazine has a long history of publishing short stories by novelists such as Arthur C. Clarke, Ian Fleming, Vladimir Nabokov, Saul Bellow, Chuck Palahniuk, P. G. Wodehouse, Roald Dahl, Haruki Murakami, and Margaret Atwood. With a regular display of full-page c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man Of Steel, Woman Of Kleenex
"Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" is a 1969 essay in which science fiction author Larry Niven details the problems that Superman would face in sexual intercourse and reproduction with a human woman, using arguments based on humorous reconciliation between physics, biology, and the abilities of Kryptonians as presented in Superman comic books. The issues discussed include Superman's loss of physical control during intercourse, the presumed "super powers" of Superman's sperm cells, genetic incompatibility between humans and Kryptonians, and the dangers the woman would face during gestation. The title is a reference to the power and invulnerability indicated by Superman's epithet "Man of Steel", contrasting it with the relative fragility – like Kleenex brand facial tissue – of a human. The hypothetical woman is referred to in the essay as "LL", the initials of three women Superman has been romantically involved with: Lois Lane, Lana Lang, and Lori Lemaris. Publication history The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jigsaw Man
"The Jigsaw Man" is a science fiction short story by American writer Larry Niven, set in the ''Known Space'' universe. The story was first published in Harlan Ellison's anthology '' Dangerous Visions'', and is included in Niven's collections ''All the Myriad Ways'' and '' Tales of Known Space''. Plot summary In the future, criminals convicted of capital offenses are forced to donate all of their organs to medicine, so that their body parts can be used to save lives and thus repay society for their crimes. However, high demand for organs has inspired lawmakers to lower the bar for execution further and further over time. The protagonist of the story, certain that he will be convicted of a capital crime, but feeling that the punishment is unfair, escapes from prison and decides to do something really worth dying for. He vandalizes the organ harvesting facility, destroying a large amount of equipment and harvested organs, but when he is recaptured and brought to trial, this crime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Soft Weapon
"The Soft Weapon" is a science fiction short story by the American writer Larry Niven, set in his ''Known Space'' universe. It was first published in the February 1967 issue of '' If''.- - - The story introduces the character of Nessus, a Puppeteer who later became one of the main characters of the novel ''Ringworld''. The story is retold, from the point of view of Nessus, in ''Juggler of Worlds''. "The Soft Weapon" was first published in ''If'' in 1967 and has since been included in the short story collections ''Neutron Star'' (1968) and ''Playgrounds of the Mind'' (1991). Plot Nessus is returning from a diplomatic mission to the Outsiders, having purchased what is apparently a Thrint stasis box, on a passenger ship run by a human couple, Jason and Anne Marie Papandreou. They stop at Beta Lyrae to sight-see where they unexpectedly discover, by deep-radar, another stasis box. However, the box had been placed there as a trap by Kzinti pirates. The rogue Kzinti are using a dum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neutron Star (short Story)
"Neutron Star" is an English language science fiction short story by American writer Larry Niven. It was originally published in the October 1966 issue (Issue 107, Vol 16, No 10) of ''Worlds of If''. It was later reprinted in the collection of the same name and ''Crashlander''.New York: Ballantine, 1994, pp. 8-28, The story is set in Niven's fictional ''Known Space'' universe. It is notable for including a neutron star before their (then hypothetical) existence was widely known. "Neutron Star" is the first to feature Beowulf Shaeffer, the ex-pilot and reluctant hero of many of Niven's ''Known Space'' stories. It also marked the first appearance of the nearly indestructible General Products starship hull, as well as its creators, the Pierson's Puppeteers. The star itself, BVS-1, is featured in the novel ''Protector'' (1973), where it is named "Phssthpok's Star". A prelude to the story is also included in the novel ''Juggler of Worlds''. Plot summary Beowulf Shaeffer, a native o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inconstant Moon
''Inconstant Moon'' is a science fiction short story collection by American author Larry Niven that was published in 1973. "Inconstant Moon" is also a 1971 short story that is included in the collection. The title refers to "O, swear not by the moon, th' inconstant moon", a quote from the balcony scene in William Shakespeare's '' Romeo and Juliet''. The collection was assembled from the US collections '' The Shape of Space'' and '' All the Myriad Ways''. Story synopses (Sphere paperback edition) The 1974 Sphere paperback version of the collection only contained seven of the twelve stories originally included in the 1973 Gollancz hardback edition. "Inconstant Moon" First appearance: 1971 short story collection '' All the Myriad Ways''. The short story won the 1972 Hugo Award for best short story. Stan, the narrator, notices that the Moon is glowing much brighter than ever before. The people he meets as the story begins all praise the Moon's increased beauty but lack the scien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Pournelle
Jerry Eugene Pournelle (; August 7, 1933 – September 8, 2017) was an American scientist in the area of operations research and human factors research, a science fiction writer, essayist, journalist, and one of the first bloggers. In the 1960s and early 1970s, he worked in the aerospace industry, but eventually focused on his writing career. In an obituary in ''Gizmodo'', he is described as "a tireless ambassador for the future." Pournelle's hard science fiction writing received multiple awards. In addition to his solo writing, he wrote several novels with collaborators including Larry Niven. Pournelle served a term as President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Pournelle's journalism focused primarily on the computer industry, astronomy, and space exploration. From the 1970s until the early 1990s, he contributed to the computer magazine ''Byte'', writing from the viewpoint of an intelligent user, with the oft-cited credo, "We do this stuff so you won't ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flight Of The Horse
''The Flight of the Horse'' is a collection of science fiction and fantasy stories by Larry Niven, first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in September 1973. The first British edition was published by Orbit Books in June 1975. Most of the pieces were originally published between 1969 and 1972 in the magazines '' The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' and ''Playboy''. The others are original to the collection. The book contains seven short stories, novelettes and novellas, five of them featuring the author's dimension-traveling protagonist Hanville Svetz, including the title story, one in his "Teleportation" series and one in his " Magic Goes Away" series, together with an afterword. The Svetz tales were later included in the collection '' Rainbow Mars'' (Tor Books Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company based in New York City. It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All The Myriad Ways
''All the Myriad Ways'' is a collection of 14 short science fiction stories and essays by American writer Larry Niven, originally published in 1971. Contents * All the Myriad Ways * "Passerby" * "For a Foggy Night" * "Wait it Out" * " The Jigsaw Man" * "Not Long Before the End" * "Unfinished Story #1" * "Unfinished Story #2" * "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" * "Exercise in Speculation: ''The Theory and Practice of Teleportation''" * "The Theory and Practice of Time Travel" * "Inconstant Moon" ''(Made into an Outer Limits episode)'' * "What Can You Say About Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers?" * " Becalmed in Hell" Overview The title story can be read as a response to stories featuring the many-worlds interpretation as a key plot point, by taking the social implications of infinite realities to a depressing conclusion. A police detective, pondering a rash of unexplained suicides and murder-suicides occurring since the discovery of travel to parallel universes, begins to realize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Magic Goes Away
''The Magic Goes Away'' is a fantasy short story written by Larry Niven in 1976, and later expanded to a novella of the same name which was published in 1978. While these works were not the first in the "Magic Universe" or "Warlock" series, they marked a turning point after the 1973 oil crisis and Niven's subsequent transformation of the series into an allegory for a modern-day energy crisis. The setting was later used as a backdrop for the Golden Road series of novels ''The Burning City'' and ''Burning Tower'', co-written with Jerry Pournelle, and the novel ''The Seascape Tattoo'' co-written with Steven Barnes. List of works in the series This is a list of publications based on the setting of ''The Magic Goes Away''. Plot summary The Warlock, whose actual name is both unknown and unpronounceable, is a very powerful sorcerer at least 200 years old. He observes that when he stays in one place too long, his powers dwindle and that they return only when he leaves that place. Exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternate Empires
''Alternate Empires'' is an anthology of alternate history science fiction short stories edited by Gregory Benford and Martin H. Greenberg as the first volume in their What Might Have Been series. It was first published in paperback by Bantam Books in August 1989, and in trade paperback by BP Books in March 2004. It was also gathered together with '' Alternate Heroes'' into the omnibus anthology ''What Might Have Been: Volumes 1 & 2: Alternate Empires / Alternate Heroes'' (Bantam Spectra/SFBC, July 1990). The book collects twelve novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with an introduction by Benford. Contents * "Introduction" (Gregory Benford) * "In the House of Sorrows" ( Poul Anderson) * "Remaking History" (Kim Stanley Robinson) * "Counting Potsherds" ( Harry Turtledove) * "Leapfrog" ( James P. Hogan) * "Everything But Honor" (George Alec Effinger) * "We Could Do Worse" (Gregory Benford) * "To the Promised Land" (Robert Silverberg) * "Bible Stories f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
