Editing Known Space (section)

== Stories in Known Space ==
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The Tales of Known Space were first published primarily as short stories or serials in science fiction magazines. Generally<!--are there exceptions?--> the short fiction was subsequently released in one or more collections and the serial novels as books. Some of the shorter novels (novellas) published in magazines were expanded as, or incorporated in, book-length novels.{{efn|name=to1968}} There are also two or three short stories which share common themes and some background elements with Known Space stories, but which are not considered a part of the Known Space universe: "One Face" (1965) and "Bordered in Black" (1966)<ref>[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?45202 "Bibliography: One Face" (Note)]. ISFDB. Retrieved 2014-08-16.</ref>—both in the 1979 collection ''[[Convergent Series (short story collection)|Convergent Series]]''—and possibly "The Color of Sunfire", published online<ref name=sunfire/> and listed here.

In the Known Space stories, Niven had created a number of technological devices ([[Pierson's Puppeteer#General Products|GP]] hull, [[stasis field]], [[scrith|Ringworld material]]) which, combined with the "[[Teela Brown]] gene", made it very difficult to construct engaging stories beyond a certain date—the combination of factors made it tricky to produce any kind of creditable threat/problem without complex contrivances. Niven demonstrated this, to his own satisfaction, with "Safe at Any Speed" (1967).<ref>{{cite book|last=Niven|first=Larry|title=Three Books of Known Space|year=1996|publisher=Ballantine}}<!--Story first published 1967, but the difficulty of writing interesting stories is explained in notes in this book. Possibly previously published in ''Tales of Known Space''?--></ref> He used the setting for much less short fiction after 1968{{efn|name=to1968}} and much less for novels after two published in 1980.<ref name=isfdb-series/> Late in that decade, Niven invited other authors to participate in a series of shared-universe novels, with the Man–Kzin Wars as their setting. The first volume was published in 1988.<ref name=isfdb-series/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Stories written by Larry Niven in the Tales of Known Space series<ref name=isfdb-series/>
!Title||Published||First appearance||Collection{{efn|name=coll}}
|-
|"The Coldest Place"||1964 (December) ||''[[Worlds of If]]''||''[[Tales of Known Space]]''
|-
|"[[World of Ptavvs]]"{{efn|name=ptavvs|1="World of Ptavvs" (March 1965) was expanded as the novel ''World of Ptavvs'' (August 1966). See ISFDB.}} ||1965||''[[Worlds of Tomorrow (magazine)|Worlds of Tomorrow]]''|| ''[[Three Books of Known Space]]''
|-
|"[[Inconstant Moon#Becalmed in Hell|Becalmed in Hell]]"||1965
|''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]''
|''[[Tales of Known Space]]'', ''[[All the Myriad Ways]]'', ''[[Playgrounds of the Mind]]''
|-
|''[[World of Ptavvs]]''{{efn|name=ptavvs}} ||1966 ||(novel)|| ''[[Three Books of Known Space]]''
|-
|"Eye of an Octopus"||1966||''[[Galaxy Magazine]]''||''[[Tales of Known Space]]''
|-
|"The Warriors"||1966||''Worlds of If''||''[[Tales of Known Space]]'', ''[[Man-Kzin Wars#The stories|Man-Kzin Wars I]]''
|-
|"[[Neutron Star (short story)|Neutron Star]]"||1966||''Worlds of If''||''[[Neutron Star (short story collection)|Neutron Star]]'',  ''[[Crashlander]]''
|-
|"[[Inconstant Moon#How the Heroes Die|How the Heroes Die]]"||1966||''Galaxy Magazine''||''[[Tales of Known Space]]''
|-
|"[[At the Core (story)|At the Core]]"||1966||''Worlds of If''||''[[Neutron Star (short story collection)|Neutron Star]], [[Crashlander]]''
|-
|"A Relic of the Empire"||1966||''Worlds of If''||''[[Neutron Star (short story collection)|Neutron Star]]'', ''[[Playgrounds of the Mind]]''
|-
|"[[Inconstant Moon#At the Bottom of a Hole|At the Bottom of a Hole]]"||1966||''Galaxy Magazine''||''[[Tales of Known Space]]''
|-
|"[[The Soft Weapon]]"||1967||''Worlds of If''||''[[Neutron Star (short story collection)|Neutron Star]]'', ''[[Playgrounds of the Mind]]''
|-
|"[[Flatlander (short story)|Flatlander]]"||1967||''Worlds of If''||''[[Neutron Star (short story collection)|Neutron Star]], [[Crashlander]]''
|-
|"The Ethics of Madness"||1967||''Worlds of If''||''[[Neutron Star (short story collection)|Neutron Star]]''
|-
|"Safe at any Speed"||1967||''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction''||''[[Tales of Known Space]]''
|-
|"The Adults"{{efn|name=adults|1="The Adults" (June 1967) was incorporated into the novel ''[[Protector (novel)|Protector]]'' (Sep 1973). See ISFDB.}} ||1967||''Galaxy Magazine''|| ''[[Protector (novel)|Protector]]''
|-
|"[[The Handicapped]]"||1967||''Galaxy Magazine''||''[[Neutron Star (short story collection)|Neutron Star]]''
|-
|"The Jigsaw Man"||1967||''[[Dangerous Visions]]''||''[[Tales of Known Space]]''
|-
|"Slowboat Cargo"{{efn|name=cargo|1="Slowboat Cargo" (serial, February–April 1968) was expanded as the novel ''[[A Gift from Earth]]'' (Sep 1968). See ISFDB.}} ||1968||''Worlds of If''||''[[A Gift from Earth]]''
|-
|"The Deceivers" (later titled "Intent to Deceive") ||1968||''Galaxy Magazine''||''[[Tales of Known Space]]''
|-
|"[[Grendel (Niven)|Grendel]]"||1968||(collection only)||''[[Neutron Star (short story collection)|Neutron Star]]'', ''[[Crashlander]]''
|-
|"There Is a Tide"<ref>"[https://archive.org/stream/Galaxy_v26n06_1968-07#page/n85/mode/2up There Is a Tide]"</ref>||1968||''Galaxy Magazine''||''[[Tales of Known Space]]'', ''A Hole in Space''
|-
|''[[A Gift from Earth]]''{{efn|name=cargo}} ||1968||(novel)|| ''[[Three Books of Known Space]]''
|-
|"Wait It Out"||1968||''Future Unbounded convention program''||''[[Tales of Known Space]]''
|-
|"[[Death by Ecstasy|The Organleggers]]" (later titled "Death by Ecstasy") ||1969 (January) ||''Galaxy Magazine''||''The Shape of Space'', ''[[Flatlander (short story collection)|The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton]]'', ''[[Flatlander (short story collection)|Flatlander]]''
|-
|''[[Ringworld]]''||1970||(novel)|| —
|-
|"Cloak of Anarchy"||1972||''[[Analog Science Fiction]]''||''[[Tales of Known Space]]'', ''[[N-Space (short story collection)|N-Space]]''
|-
|''[[Protector (novel)|Protector]]''{{efn|name=adults}} ||1973||(novel)|| —
|-
|"[[The Defenseless Dead]]"||1973||''Ten Tomorrows''||''[[Flatlander (short story collection)|Flatlander]]'', ''[[The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton]]'', ''[[Playgrounds of the Mind]]''
|-
|"[[The Borderland of Sol]]"||1975||''Analog Science Fiction''||''[[Tales of Known Space]]'', ''[[Crashlander]]'', ''[[Playgrounds of the Mind]]''
|-
|"[[Arm (novella)|ARM]]"||1975||''Epoch''||''[[Flatlander (short story collection)|The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton]]''
|-
|''[[The Ringworld Engineers]]''||1979||(novel)|| —
|-
|''[[The Patchwork Girl]]''||1980||(novel)|| ''[[Flatlander (short story collection)|Flatlander]]''
|-
|"Madness Has Its Place"||1990||''[[Asimov's Science Fiction|Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine]]''||''[[Man-Kzin Wars|Man-Kzin Wars III]]'', ''[[Three Books of Known Space]]''
|-
|''[[Inconstant Star]]''
|1991
|(fix-up novel)
|''The Man-Kzin Wars'' (Part One), ''Man-Kzin Wars III'' (Part Two)
|-
|"The Color Of Sunfire"||1993||[[51st World Science Fiction Convention|Worldcon 51]] convention program ("Bridging the Galaxies")|| ''[[Bridging the Galaxies]]''
|-
|"[[Procrustes (story)|Procrustes]]"||1993||[[51st World Science Fiction Convention|Worldcon 51]] convention program ("Bridging the Galaxies")||''[[Crashlander]]''
|-
|"[[Ghost (Niven)|Ghost]]"||1994|| (collection only, as [[frame story]]) ||''[[Crashlander]]''
|-
|"The Woman in Del Rey Crater"||1995||(collection only)||''[[Flatlander (short story collection)|Flatlander]]''
|-
|''[[The Ringworld Throne]]''||1996||(novel)|| —
|-
|"Choosing Names"||1998||(collection only)||''[[Man-Kzin Wars|Choosing Names: Man-Kzin Wars VIII]]''
|-
|"Fly-By-Night"||2000||''[[Asimov's Science Fiction]]''||''[[Man-Kzin Wars|Man-Kzin Wars IX]]''
|-
|''[[Ringworld's Children]]''||2004||(novel)|| —
|-
|"The Hunting Park"||2005||(collection only)||''[[Man-Kzin Wars|Man-Kzin Wars XI]]''
|-
|''[[Fleet of Worlds]]'' <br />([[Edward M. Lerner]] and Niven, coauthors) ||2007 ||(novel)|| —
|-
|''[[Juggler of Worlds]]'' <br />(Lerner and Niven) ||2008||(novel)|| —
|-
|''[[Destroyer of Worlds (novel)|Destroyer of Worlds]]'' <br />(Lerner and Niven) ||2009||(novel)|| —
|-
|''[[Betrayer of Worlds]]'' <br />(Lerner and Niven) ||2010||(novel)|| —
|-
|''[[Fate of Worlds]]'' <br />(Lerner and Niven) ||2012||(novel)|| —
|-
|"Sacred Cow" <ref>{{cite web | url=https://tangentonline.com/print-bi-monthly/analog-november-december-2022/ | title=Analog, November/December 2022 – Tangent Online | date=30 October 2022 }}</ref> <br /> (Larry Niven and [[Steven Barnes]],  coauthors)||2022||''Analog Science Fiction'' || —
|}

''Ringworld'' (1970) won the annual Nebula, Hugo, and Locus best novel awards.<ref name="WWE-1970">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1970
| title = 1970 Award Winners & Nominees
| work = Worlds Without End
| access-date=2009-07-20
}}</ref><ref name="WWE-1971">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1971
| title = 1971 Award Winners & Nominees
| work = Worlds Without End
| access-date=2009-07-20
}}</ref>
''Protector'' (1973) and ''The Ringworld Engineers'' (1980) were nominated for the Hugo and Locus Awards.<ref name="WWE-1974">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1974
| title = 1974 Award Winners & Nominees
| work = Worlds Without End
| access-date=2009-07-20
}}</ref><ref name="WWE-1981">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1981
| title = 1981 Award Winners & Nominees
| work = Worlds Without End
| access-date=2009-07-20
}}</ref>

{{notelist|25em|notes=
{{efn|name=coll |1=
Many of the stories appeared in more than one subsequent collection, which may not all be listed here. See ISFDB.
}}
{{efn|name=to1968 |1=
The 1968 and 1975 collections ''Neutron Star'' and ''Tales of Known Space'' contain 21 distinct stories, 19 of which were among those 22 in the series that were originally published by the end of 1968. The three other early stories had been expanded into books published by 1973. The 1975 collection contains two post-1968 stories (as well as some 1975 nonfiction) and a fourth novel,  ''Ringworld'' (1970), was "original" beyond the published stories. See ISFDB.
}}
}}

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