What a Universe he's created. I still enjoyed reading this book again. , ISBN-10 Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon, The World of Ptavvs (Tales of known space). Even after all these years. His manga works "Galaxy Express 999 . Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon, The World of Ptavvs (Tales of known space). Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. The machinery that made the magic work was invisible, buried beneath the booth. Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web. This becomes a problem with disks that are a significant distance apart on the Ringworld's surface, as they will have different velocities: same speed, different direction. In the hero is marooned on Pluto trapped in an eternal vigil that may never end in rescue. Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago thought provoking examinations of the social effects of technological change, which . Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. Tales of Known Space by Larry Niven. By doing this, they unleash the last living member of the Slaver species on the world. Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app. Something went wrong. Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2014. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! : JERRY POURNELLE is an essayist, journalist, and science fiction author. That means I probably bought it from W.H. Try again. Ships which activate hyperdrive close to a star are likely to disappear without a trace. Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. Although the article is written as though Niven intended to write the story, he later wrote that the article was only an elaborate joke, and he never intended to write such a novel. Contact has been made with other species, such as the two-headed Pierson's Puppeteers and the aggressive felinoid Kzinti. , Language Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. . Add to Cart Have one to sell? Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them. What a Universe he's created. Ballantine Books. This is used in World of Ptavvs where humans develop a stasis field technology and realize that a mirrored artifact known as the Sea Statue must be actually an alien in a stasis field. Per i racconti migliori di qiesto autore leggete Flatlander e Neutron Star. Stepping disks are a teleportation technology. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. In Lew Knowles bemoans the unfairness of both fate and the law, but will he escape both? The later, Neutron Star, period features faster-than-light ships using "hyperdrive". Reynolds describes it as having "a sense of the future as teeming, chaotic, prone to unexpected swerves and lurching accelerations. TOKYO (AP) Leiji Matsumoto, the anime creator known for "Space Battleship Yamato" and other classics using a fantastical style and antiwar themes, has died at age 85. : In Howie's very unusual spacecraft has developed a fault that might require some canny thought to fix it. Something went wrong. . Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations. A Slaver stasis field creates a bubble of spacetime disconnected from the entropy gradient of the rest of the universe. Tales of Known Space Kindle Edition by Larry Niven (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 58 ratings Kindle $5.99 Read with Our Free App Paperback $8.64 6 Used from $4.00 2 Collectible from $20.02 Thirteen interconnected short stories set in Larry Niven's future history series, spanning the 20th to 31st centuries. , Sticky notes After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. In Howie's very unusual spacecraft has developed a fault that might require some canny thought to fix it. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. In the hero is marooned on Pluto trapped in an eternal vigil that may never end in rescue. Born April 30, 1938 in Los Angeles, California. . Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Tales of Known Space by Larry Niven (1985, Mass Market) Paperback at the best online prices at eBay! Please try again. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club thats right for you for free. In the hero is marooned on Pluto trapped in an eternal vigil that may never end in rescue. Mass Market Paperback. Do you believe that this item violates a copyright? I'm reading the Know Space stories, and this is great. Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2017, Read it before, then gave one as a gift, they liked better than Harry Potter, Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2016. , Language Graduated Washburn University, Kansas, June 1962: BA in Mathematics with a Minor in Psychology, and later received an honorary doctorate in Letters from Washburn. What a Universe he's created. Tales of Known Space Paperback - January 1, 1975 by Larry Niven (Author) 60 ratings 4.2 on Goodreads 5,847 ratings Kindle $5.99 Read with Our Free App Paperback $4.65 7 Used from $4.00 2 Collectible from $20.02 Mass Market Paperback $5.59 13 Used from $2.99 2 New from $37.79 Print length 256 pages Language English Publisher Ballantine Books You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. I live with a cat, and borrow dogs to hike with. Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon, The World of Ptavvs (Tales of known space). Please try again. : Sleeper ships containing human colonists were sent to the indicated star systems. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness. , Ballantine Books; First Edition (July 12, 1975), Language Flatlander: The Collected Tales of Gil "The Arm" Hamilton (Known Space). Uploaded by However one stasis field cannot exist inside another. You've discovered a title that's missing from our library. Try again. In John Clute's survey of Niven's work in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, he described the sequence as a "wide-ranging, complex, unusually well integrated Future History which, within an essentially optimistic and technophilic frame, provides an explanatory structure for the expansion of humanity into space, one notable from the first for the complexity of the Universe into which it introduces the burgeoning human race." . In this vast area events occur that are filled with intrigue, wonder and adventure. , Item Weight In Niven's novel Ringworld's Children the Ringworld itself is converted into a gigantic Quantum II hyperdrive and launched into hyperspace while within its star's gravity well. "World of Ptavvs" (March 1965) was expanded as the novel, "The Adults" (June 1967) was incorporated into the novel, "Slowboat Cargo" (serial, FebruaryApril 1968) was expanded as the novel, This is almost certainly a corruption of BD+05 1668 (a.k.a. Available on Compatible NOOK Devices and the free NOOK Apps. Story 1 (Theft of a Myth): Sandra Nox arrives on Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2017, Read it before, then gave one as a gift, they liked better than Harry Potter, Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2016. A more advanced Quantum II hyperdrive introduced later is able to cover the same distance in one and a quarter minutes (420,768c). : Publisher After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2016. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Moving mankind into space by any means, but particularly by making space endeavors attractive to commercial interests. Compared to other of Niven's work, this is a 5-star book. Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser, Science Fiction - Science of Space Travel, The Complete Fleet of Worlds: A Ringworld Series: Fleet of Worlds, Juggler of Worlds, Destroyer of Worlds, Betrayer of Worlds, Fate of Worlds, " data-ean="9781429935357" data-title="Dream Park">See Details, Destroyer of Worlds (Fleet of Worlds Series #3). Saving to read later, but the ability to source through the Amazon network just excellent, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to find the book. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. In Lew Knowles bemoans the unfairness of both fate and the law, but will he escape both? , File size Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web. In the vast majority of Known Space material, hyperdrive requires that a ship be outside a star's gravity well to use. Even after all these years. . The fantasy series "Tales of the Dreamer Witch" features the space adventures of Sandra Nox, also known as The Dreamer Witch, who has escaped the tyranny of the interstellar Palladian Empire and has been fighting for her freedom ever since. Something went wrong. Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2014. In the late 1980shaving written almost no Tales of Known Space in more than a decade[1]Niven opened the 300-year gap in the Known Space timeline as a shared universe, and the stories of the Man-Kzin Wars volumes fill in that history, bridging the two settings. : The ARM is the police force of the United Nations. There is a bit of jumping around and pulling chapters out of certain books, but this is what I ended up with. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness. Harlan hired Lew to find his sister. Javascript is not enabled in your browser. I still enjoyed reading this book again. I'm reading the Know Space stories, and this is great. Embittered and angry, she returns to Foggy Point, Washington, the small town where she spent some of her happier, Bri's uncertain of whether she finds it more unnerving or thrilling that Kole, a warrior well over six feet in height and built like the hulk, watches her with hungry, covetous eyes, until the, Long-arm quilter Harriet Truman and her quilt group the Loose Threads set off for what should be an enjoyable week of stitching at the Angel Harbor Folk Art School, where member Lauren Sawyer is, Widowed Vanessa Damery had two young children to raise, a deteriorating estate to improve, and a household full of pseudo-relatives and dependents to placate. , ISBN-13 all of which are in this future history series. He is known to millions as the premier modern author of rigorous, scientifically consistent hard SF, the champion of 'SF without a net'. Yoga and other approaches to longevity. He lives in Chatsworth, California. I still enjoyed reading this book again. , Paperback In Ringworld, the character Teela Brown is said to have this ability (although possibly not to the same extent as others who avoided being included in the expedition). [1] This was the first-published work in the 1975 collection. In the future that the series depicts, spanning roughly the third millennium, humans have explored this region and colonized many of its worlds. : Try again. : Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2016. Tales of Known Space Larry Niven 4.19 5,835 ratings71 reviews Want to read Kindle $5.99 Rate this book Ranging from the 20th Century to the 31st, these interconnected stories trace Man's expansion and colonization throughout the galaxy. They place it with a human envoy, who is a telepath, and envelop both in field. Some of the shorter novels (novellas) published in magazines were expanded as, or incorporated in, book-length novels. : Agents with natural tendencies toward paranoia were medicated into docility during their off duty hours, through the aforementioned science of psychistry (see Madness Has Its Place and Juggler of Worlds). , Print length Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Saving to read later, but the ability to source through the Amazon network just excellent, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to find the book. approx] Jotok ( Man-Kzin Wars aka MKW vol 8) [2] [1976 C.E. The strength of the hulls was revealed to be based on the fact that they were essentially one giant molecule. They are not actual photos of the physical item for sale and should not be relied upon as a basis for edition or condition. Niven has a knack for entertaining his readers by including the surprising and unusual. Women are in short supply in Niven's early fiction, and this shows here particularly badly. Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. Niven! To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we dont use a simple average. In the hero is marooned on Pluto trapped in an eternal vigil that may never end in rescue. Developed by the Institute of Knowledge on Jinx, it is said to be made from genetically engineered ragweed (although early stories have it ingested in the form of edible seeds). Tales of Known Space by Larry Niven, March 12, 1981, Del Rey edition, Mass Market Paperback in English For example, though a high speed impact with the surface of a planet or star may cause no harm to the hull, the occupants will be crushed if they are not protected by additional measures such as a stasis field (Ringworld) or a gravity compensating field. : Too often, those colonists had to make the best of a bad situation. I'm reading the Know Space stories, and this is great. Unable to add item to List. In Juggler of Worlds, the Puppeteers, attempting to surmise how this was done without antimatter, identify another technique which can be used to destroy the otherwise invulnerable hulls, one which does suggest some potential defense options. . , Ballantine Books; First Edition (January 1, 1975), Language Many of the stories appeared in more than one subsequent collection, which may not all be listed here. They also have a far greater range than transfer booths, extending several astronomical units. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we dont use a simple average. Learn more. Tales of Known Space Larry Niven 4.38 16 ratings0 reviews Kindle Edition Published October 13, 2021 Book details & editions About the author Larry Niven 534 books2,941 followers Laurence van Cott Niven's best known work is Ringworld (Ringworld, #1) (1970), which received the Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser, "Niven lifts the reader far from the conventional world -- and does it with dash. , ISBN-10 Storie mediocri e datate, non certo il meglio di Niven.In una, how an hero dies, si respira un lezzo di insopportabile omofobia. A stasis field may be recognized by its perfectly reflecting surface, so perfect that it reflects 100% of all radiation and particles, including neutrinos. Additional gift options are available when buying one eBook at a time. : In Howie's very unusual spacecraft has developed a fault that might require some canny thought to fix it. Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. ARM originated as an acronym for "Amalgamation of Regional Militia", though this is not a term in current usage by the time of the Known Space novels. Introduced by one of Gregory Pelton's ancestors, apparently bought from, and based on, Puppeteer technology. FREE Shipping on orders over $25 shipped by Amazon, Publisher Niven! I live with a cat, and borrow dogs to hike with. The Puppeteer firm, General Products, produces a series of invulnerable starship hulls, known simply as the General Products hull. approx] Becalmed In Hell (TKS) [1989 C.E.] Additional gift options are available when buying one eBook at a time. Together Niven and Pournelle are the authors of many New York Times bestsellers including Inferno, The Mote in God's Eye, Footfall, and Lucifer's Hammer. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we dont use a simple average. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. Unable to add item to List. In short, the ARM hunts down women who have illegal pregnancies and suppresses all new technologies. Be the first one to, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Science fiction -- Themes -- Mercury (Planet), Science fiction -- Themes -- Venus (Planet), urn:lcp:talesofknownspac0000nive_o0n9:lcpdf:abc4168b-bc4b-449e-86cf-2f2874887f72, urn:lcp:talesofknownspac0000nive_o0n9:epub:2c50ac8b-f068-46b4-a65b-eddf109688f2, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. One phenomenon travelers in hyperspace can experience is the so-called 'blind spot' should they look through a porthole or camera screen, giving the impression that the walls around the porthole or sides of the camera view screen are expanding to 'cover up the outside'. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations. Niven! Niven has a knack for entertaining his readers by including the surprising and unusual. Learn more. : , Dimensions Several times weve hosted The Citizens Advisory Council for a National Space Policy. : Generally the short fiction was subsequently released in one or more collections and the serial novels as books. Niven! The series features a number of "superscience" inventions which figure as plot devices. The Tales of Known Space were first published primarily as short stories or serials in science fiction magazines. Tales of Known Space A classic collection of stories that traces humankind's expansion and colonization throughout the galaxy from the twentieth century to the thirty-first . Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Particular note is given to the inclusion of the timeline chart in Tales of Known Space.[2]. Niven! Niven demonstrated this, to his own satisfaction, with "Safe at Any Speed" (1967). Niven also states that this is not an invitation to violate his copyrights, warning potential publishers and editors not to proceed without permission. Known Space is the huge area of the galaxy in which man has explored, though not necessarily settled. : Pages: 242. Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2009. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Learn more. JERRY POURNELLE is an essayist, journalist, and science fiction author. : He has advanced degrees in psychology, statistics, engineering, and political science. Saving to read later, but the ability to source through the Amazon network just excellent, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to find the book. Magazines were expanded as, or computer - no Kindle device required ( TKS ) [ 2 [., look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you interested. 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