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Procrustes [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story] [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
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 Spaceship pilot Beowulf Shaeffer groggily awakens on a deserted island and considers the events leading up to the moment his head was blown off. The small ship with its six passengers had just landed on Fafnir to catch an outbound spaceliner when his crewmate had inexplicably turned and fired her weapon directly at his head. The Intensive Care Cavity that saved him shows that more than four months have passed, and his friends are nowhere to be found� 1993
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ARM [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
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A murder mystery with a quantum twist: Reclusive inventor Raymond Sinclair is found with his head smashed in ... apparently by the poker from his fireplace rack, and his mummified body is trapped inside the active temporal field of his new interstellar drive sitting in the middle of his living room. 1975 Hugo Award Nominee
Words: 21051 - Reading Time: 60-84 min.
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The Hole Man [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
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A team of astrophysicists land on Mars to study an abandoned alien base that was used to study humans during the Ice Age. All the environmental and communications systems are still running … but their operation remains a mystery. When one member of the team tries to prove his crazy quantum black hole theory about how the alien communications unit works, he inadvertently unleashes an astrophysical time bomb that threatens the very existence of the Red Planet. 1974 Hugo Award Winner
Words: 5104 - Reading Time: 14-20 min.
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The Fourth Profession [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
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An interstellar trading ship arrived in the moon's orbit two years ago, and the few aliens who have descended to Earth have stayed in their landing craft or at the United Nations building in New York City. When one of the aliens unexpectedly shows up in a Los Angeles tavern, bartender Ed Frazer awakes the next morning with the strangest hangover of his life. Ed barely remembers taking the pills offered by the alien; each pill flooding his brain with the knowledge of an alien profession ... space... more info>> 1971 Hugo Award Nominee
Words: 16970 - Reading Time: 48-67 min.
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Grendel [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story] [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
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Itinerant space pilot and epic hero Beowulf Shaeffer finds himself in the midst of an interstellar scandal when an alien sculpture artist is kidnapped from his passenger starship. 1968
Words: 16312 - Reading Time: 46-65 min.
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Flatlander [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story] [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
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Traveling on a spaceliner headed for Earth, spaceship pilot Beowulf Shaeffer strikes up a friendship with Gregory Pelton, the fabulously wealthy descendant of the inventor of the transfer booth--known to his friends as Elephant. Irritated at being labeled a flatlander, Elephant decides visit the most unusual system in the galaxy ... with Beowulf piloting his ship, of course� 1967 Nebula Award(R) Nominee
Words: 14081 - Reading Time: 40-56 min.
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The Lion in his Attic [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
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The catastrophe that sank Atlantis also sank the peninsula of Castle Minterl, and along with it the companion stone to the Traveling Eye--magic emeralds used for spying on enemies. Durily, daughter of Lady Tinylla and distant relative to the drowned King, returns to the only section of the castle still standing above the waves. She must summon the King's ghost to find the other stone--and purge the invaders from her land. 1982
Words: 7480 - Reading Time: 21-29 min.
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Wrong Way Street [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
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An abandoned alien ship has been found on the moon, and a scientist studying one of the mysterious control panels thinks he has found the main propulsion system ... a time machine. 1969 Nebula Award(R) Nominee
Words: 4605 - Reading Time: 13-18 min.
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Inconstant Moon [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
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A freelance technical writer notices that the moon is unusually bright. At first, he thinks it is some kind of atmospheric phenomenon, but soon he realizes he will be spending his last night alive. What should he do? 1971 Hugo Award Winner
Words: 9046 - Reading Time: 25-36 min.
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Neutron Star [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story] [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
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One of Niven's most beloved characters, Beowulf Shaeffer, is forced to take a dangerous mission to explore a neutron star. The last group who went there never came back alive, but Shaeffer faces life imprisonment if he doesn't take the job. Will he determine the mysterious force that turned the prior crew to hamburger before he suffers a similar fate? 1966 Hugo Award Winner
Words: 6947 - Reading Time: 19-27 min.
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Not Long Before the End [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
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[First in a series.] A Warlock discovers the energy source that powers all magic, and is forced to use this secret weapon to battle a jealous villager brandishing the ultimate sword of evil. 1969 Hugo Award Nominee, Nebula Award(R) Nominee
Words: 4026 - Reading Time: 11-16 min.
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The Jigsaw Man [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
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In a future where immortality can be achieved through the organ transplants, death row criminals become donors to the injured and maimed ... as long as the accident is truly accidental. 1967 Hugo Award Nominee
Words: 4201 - Reading Time: 12-16 min.
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At the Core [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story] [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
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A human spaceship pilot accepts an offer to guide a cramped (but very fast) experimental alien ship to the center of the galaxy on a promotional stunt--but what he finds at the core is much more important than just publicity. 1966
Words: 6976 - Reading Time: 19-27 min.
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A Kind of Murder [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
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With the availability of worldwide cheap teleportation, you're effectively living next door to your parents for your entire life. Likewise all your ex-girlfriends, and all the people who you owe money.... 1974
Words: 5598 - Reading Time: 15-22 min.
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No Exit: The Science-Fantasy Classic [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven & Jean Marie Stine
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"No Exit" is the rarest of all Larry Niven stories. Reprinted only once in an obscure British anthology, it has otherwise only been obtainable by those who could afford the high prices charged for older science fiction magazines. Written with Jean Marie Stine, it appeared in the June 1971 issue of Fantastic Stories. The original magazine blurb for the story read in part: "Stine's review here of television's The Prisoner led to the opportunity to write the third book in that series. Niven is a Hu... more info>>
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Burning Tower [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
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 Return to the "vivid and unusual" (Kirkus Reviews) world of Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's The Burning City, where the fire god has retreated into myth, leaving the residents of Tep's Town unprotected for the first time in their history. Unfortunately, a fiery fate isn't the only danger the town is facing. From out of the desert come monsters--great birds with blades instead of wings, driven by some unknown force. Although they can be killed, the threat these terror birds pose is worse than d... more info>>
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Fleet of Worlds [Secure Mobipocket]
by Edward M. Lerner & Larry Niven
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Fleet of Worlds marks Larry Niven's first full novel-length collaboration within his Known Space universe, the playground he created for his bestselling Ringworld series. Teaming up with fellow SF writer Edward M. Lerner, Fleet of Worlds takes a closer look at the Human-Puppeteer (Citizens) relations and the events leading up to Niven's first Ringworld novel. Kirsten Quinn-Kovacs is among the best and brightest of her people. She gratefully serves the gentle race that rescued her ancestors from ... more info>>
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All the Myriad Ways [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
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An epidemic of suicides has Detective-Lieutenant Gene Trimble looking to the Crosstime Corporation for answers. It all began when Crosstime's ships started carrying passengers across the time tracks to any of the infinite alternate realities... 1968 Hugo Award Nominee
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The Borderland of Sol [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story] [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
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Spaceship pilot Beowulf Shaeffer and certified genius Carlos Wu join Sigmund Ausfaller of the Extremely Foreign Relations Bureau on an investigative mission aboard Sigmund's Extremely Fast and Heavily Armed spaceship, the Hobo Kelly. Eight ships have mysteriously disappeared from Sol System, each winking out of existence as they entered hyperdrive, and the trio's theories for the inexplicable phenomena run from human pirates to hyperspace monsters. When Carlos solicits an opinion from a gravitat... more info>> 1975 Locus Poll Award Nominee, Hugo Award Winner
Words: 15376 - Reading Time: 43-61 min.
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Becalmed in Hell [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
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Written three years before "2001: A Space Odyssey," this story similarly explores the psychological confrontation of a man and his spaceship's controlling intelligence system. Instead of an intelligent computer, Howie's ship is controlled by a man's brain and nervous system--a fellow spaceman named Eric who was critically injured in an accident. They are in orbit above Venus on a fact-finding mission when Eric reports the alarming news that he is unable to 'feel' the ramjets they need to get hom... more info>> 1965 Nebula Award(R) Nominee
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What Good Is a Glass Dagger? [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
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[Second in a series that began with "Not Long Before the End"] Twelve thousand years before the birth of Christ, in an age when miracles were somewhat more common, a Warlock used an ancient secret to save his life. In later years he regretted that. He had kept the secret of the Warlock's Wheel for several normal lifetimes. The demon-sword Glirendree and its stupid barbarian captive would have killed him, no question of that. But no mere demon could have been as dangerous as that secret. Now it w... more info>> 1972 Locus Poll Award Nominee
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The Last Days of the Permanent Floating Riot Club [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
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In a future when people commonly use teleportation to travel instantly to any point in the world, a sale at a department store might draw bargain hunters from all over the planet ... followed by reporters, pickpockets, political activists looking for a crowd, and anyone who think it might be fun to show up to a riot. 1974
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Larry Niven Bundle
by Larry Niven
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A convenient way for you to add several of award-winning author Larry Niven's works to your bookshelf at one time. [When you add a bundle to your cart, any eBooks you already own are automatically removed. You can't accidentally buy the same story twice.]
Words: 116010 - Reading Time: 331-464 min.
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