''Convergent Series'' is a collection of
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imagination, imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, Paral ...
and fantasy short stories by American writer
Larry Niven
Laurence van Cott Niven (; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His best-known works are '' Ringworld'' (1970), which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards, and, with Jerry Pournelle, '' The Mote in God's ...
, published in 1979. It is also the name of one of the short stories in the collection. The collection reprints the stories originally appearing in the 1969 collection ''
The Shape of Space
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'' that were not part of the
Known Space series (The Known Space stories were previously reprinted in 1975's ''
Tales of Known Space
''Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven'' is a science fiction collection by American writer Larry Niven, collecting thirteen short stories published between 1964 and 1975 (all in Niven's '' Known Space'' future history) along with se ...
'' and 1976's ''
The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton''). The collection includes newer stories, both fantasy and science fiction, some of which are in the
Draco's Tavern series, none of which are in the Known Space series. The collection won the 1980 Locus Award for Best Single Author Collection.
Table of contents
Reprinted from ''The Shape of Space''
* "
Bordered in Black" (
Nebula Award
The Nebula Awards annually recognize the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States. The awards are organized and awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), a nonprofit association of prof ...
nominee)
*
One Face
* "Like Banquo's Ghost"
* "The Meddler"
* "Dry Run"
* "Convergent Series" (fantasy)
* "The Deadlier Weapon" (mainstream work of short fiction, not sf or fantasy)
Newer stories
* "The Nonesuch" (sf based loosely on
Little Red Riding Hood
"Little Red Riding Hood" is a European fairy tale about a young girl and a sly wolf. Its origins can be traced back to several pre-17th century European folk tales. The two best known versions were written by Charles Perrault and the Broth ...
)
* "Singularities Make Me Nervous" (whose protagonist has an art collection of "
Eddie Jones Edward, Eddie, or Ed Jones may refer to:
Architecture
* Edward Vason Jones (1909–1980), American neoclassical architect
* Edward Jones (English architect) (born 1939), English architect who designed the Saïd Business School
* Edward Jones (Wel ...
originals")
[1979 edition, p. 128]
* "The Schumann Computer" (Draco's Tavern)
* "Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing!" (Draco)
* "Grammar Lesson" (Draco)
* "The Subject is Closed" (Draco)
* "Cruel and Unusual" (Draco)
* "Transfer of Power" (fantasy inspired by
Lord Dunsany
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (; 24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957, usually Lord Dunsany) was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist. Over 90 volumes of fiction, essays, poems and plays appeared in his lifetime.Lanham, ...
's stories set
at the "edge of the world")
* "Cautionary Tales"
* "Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation"
* "Plaything"
* "Mistake"
* "Night on Mispec Moor"
*
Wrong Way Street
References
External links
*
1979 short story collections
Short story collections by Larry Niven
Del Rey books
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