Short Stories by Larry Niven
Flash Crowd, Grendel, Procrustes, Inconstant Moon, Flatlander, Neutron Star, the Magic Goes Away
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2010
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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Flash Crowd, Grendel, Procrustes, Inconstant Moon, Flatlander, Neutron Star, the Magic Goes Away, the Borderland of Sol, at the Core, the Soft Weapon, the Return of William Proxmire, the Jigsaw Man, the Defenseless Dead, the Handicapped, the Hole Man, Death by Ecstasy, Arm. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: "Grendel" is an English language science fiction short story written in 1968 by Larry Niven. It is the fourth in the series of Known Space stories featuring crashlander Beowulf Shaeffer. The short story was originally published in Neutron Star, Larry Niven, New York: Ballantine, 1968, pp. 51-72 (ISBN 0-345-29665-6), and reprinted in Crashlander, Larry Niven, New York: Ballantine, 1994, pp. 57-101 (ISBN 0-345-38168-8). Beowulf "Bey" Shaeffer, ex-chief pilot for the now-defunct Nakamura Lines on a two-year sabbatical from Earth and on a flight between Down and Gummidgy, befriends both fellow passenger Emil Horne, a top-flight computer programmer, and the captain of the Argos, Margo Tellefsen. Shaeffer and Tellefsen "talk shop" about space travel, and she and Shaeffer spend much of her free time together, but when Emil asks how hes doing with her, Shaeffer tells him hes not really trying. Shaeffers and Emil mostly interact over cards and drinking; when Margo tells Shaeffer shes dropping out of hyperdrive outside the Gummidgy system to show the passengers a starseed setting sail, Shaeffer invites Emil to join him and they get front row seats for the event. One of the ET passengers, a Kdatlyno touch sculptor named Lloobee, a sightless ten-foot humanoid with clawed hands, knees and elbows, sits next to Shaeffer during the event and Shaeffer suddenly realizes the Kdatlyno can see nothing of the starseed setting sail outs...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=566235
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