''Juggler of Worlds'' (2008) is a

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novel by American writers

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and

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, a sequel to their ''

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''. It is set in the

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universe. Most of the book revisits earlier stories (the

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stories in ''

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'' and ''

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'' from the points of view of

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and several

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; "

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 (magazine), If''.- - - The story introduces the character of N ...

", another story in ''

''; and parts of the previous novel in the series, ''

'', from the point of view of Nessus). The novel also severely revises the established knowledge of the

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race. The final quarter of the book returns to the setting of and is a sequel to ''

''.

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