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Bartender Rick Shumann at his Siberian tavern catering to aliens, narrates 26 tales include: "The Subject Is Closed" - Could AI stop working on life after death because subject solved? "Table Manners" - Is Rick hunter or hunted by five Folk aliens? "Losing Mars" - Unpublished. Aliens on Mars angry humans forget their planet.

Gil "The Arm" Hamilton was one of the top operatives of ARM, the elite UN plice force. His intuition was unfailingly accurate, his detective skills second to none, and his psychic powers — esper sense and telekinesis — were awesome. Now you can read all the classic stories of the legendary ARM operative, collected in one volume for the first time — plus, an all-new, never-before-published Gil Hamilton adventure!From the Paperback edition.

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 ... spaceship captain ... teleporter .... translator ... but Ed can't remember how many pills he took, or if the confusing overload of information in his head shadows the terrible secret of their mission. Hugo Award Nominee

The Man-Kzin wars is a series of military science fiction short stories. It was created by Larry Niven and set in his Known Space universe. Niven himself wrote only a few stories but with a large demand for more stories, he allowed the Man-Kzin Wars to become a shared universe, starting with the the release of 1988 release of The Man-Kzin Wars.

This is the fifth and last novel in Larry Niven's "Ringworld" series. This series began in 1970, with the publication of Ringworld, now, in conjunction with Edward M. Lerner, Niven brings the series to its conclusion. For decades, the spacefaring species of Known Space have battled over the largest artifact—and grandest prize—in the galaxy: the all-but-limitless resources and technology of the Ringworld, but without warning the Ringworld has vanished, leaving behind three rival war fleets. Something must justify the blood and treasure that have been spent. If the fallen civilization of the Ringworld can no longer be despoiled of its secrets, the nearby advanced, but pacifistic species known as "Puppeteers" will be forced to surrender theirs. Yet, the danger to the Puppeteers goes far beyond mere invasion fleets, the survival of their planet is at stake, plus political intrigue, deadly rivalries, risk and danger at every turn.

A stand-alone  novel in the best-selling Man-Kzin War anthology series created by multiple New York Times best seller Larry Niven. A young man and his Kzin friend seek technological bounty on a forbidden planet while in a race with Kzin space pirates willing to kidnap and kill to make the treasure their own. A thrilling stand-alone novel addition to the long-running, popular Man-Kzin Wars series created by New York Times multiple best seller, Larry Niven. “Ah, the wealth o’ the treasure planet be beyond the dreams of Man or the hopes o’ Kzin!” On Wunderland, a generation after Liberation, memories of the bloody kzin conquest and Occupation have faded, and men and kzin live largely in peace. But the fabulous treasure of the kzin pirates, hidden on a distant world, remains a magnet for freebooters. Young Peter Cartwright and his kzinrett friend Marthar receive information and map from a most unlikely source and soon themselves fighting the most ruthless pirates in Known Space for an unimaginable prize. About the Man-Kzin War Series:“[The Man-Kzin Wars series is] excellent . . .gripping . . .and expands well on Larry Niven’s universe. . . .” –Locus**

This impressive collection of Larry Niven's short stories — science fiction, fantasy, contemporary fiction, and mixed genres (detective-noir-meets-aliens) — shows the range of this Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author's fiction, with many clever twists. A feast for lovers of the short story. Contents: Bordered in Black (1966) One Face (1965) Like Banquo's Ghost (1968) The Meddler (1968) Dry Run (1968) Convergent Series (1967) The Deadlier Weapon (1968) The Nonesuch (1974) Singularities Make Me Nervous (1974) The Schumann Computer (1979) Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing! (1978) Grammar Lesson (1977) The Subject Is Closed (1977) Cruel and Unusual (1977) Transfer of Power (1978) Cautionary Tales (1978) Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation (1977) Plaything (1974) Mistake (1976) Night on Mispec Moor (1974) Wrong Way Street (1965) About the AuthorBorn April 30, 1938 in Los Angeles, California. Attended California Institute of Technology; flunked out after discovering a book store jammed with used science fiction magazines. Graduated Washburn University, Kansas, June 1962: BA in Mathematics with a Minor in Psychology, and later received an honorary doctorate in Letters from Washburn. Interests: Science fiction conventions, role playing games, AAAS meetings and other gatherings of people at the cutting edges of science. Comics. Filk singing. Yoga and other approaches to longevity. Moving mankind into space by any means, but particularly by making space endeavors attractive to commercial interests. Several times we’ve hosted The Citizens Advisory Council for a National Space Policy. I grew up with dogs. I live with a cat, and borrow dogs to hike with. I have passing acquaintance with raccoons and ferrets. Associating with nonhumans has certainly gained me insight into alien intelligences. www.larryniven.net

Phssthpok the Pak had been traveling for most of his thirty-two thousand years. His mission: save, develop, and protect the group of Pak breeders sent out into space some two and a half million years before... Brennan was a Belter, the product of a fiercely independent, somewhat anarchic society living in, on, and around an outer asteroid belt. The Belters were rebels, one and all, and Brennan was a smuggler. The Belt worlds had been tracking the Pak ship for days -- Brennan figured to meet that ship first... He was never seen again -- at least not by those alive at the time.

'We don't know where on Earth you'll wind up,' Ra Chen had told him. And the Director of the Institute for Temporal Research didn't know precisely when, either. All he knew was that Haville Svetz would be travelling back in time almost 2,000 years. But when he returns, Hanville Svetz won't be alone. If his mission is successful he will be accompanied by a creature long extinct — a spectacular birthday present for the Secretary-General. His only hope is a picture from a children's book. A picture of a horse. And so begins the first incredible adventure in time of Hanville Svetz. Anthology containing: The Flight of the HorseLeviathonBird in the HandThere's a Wolf in my Time MachineDeath in a CageFlash CrowdWhat Good is a Glass Dagger

The Man-Kzin wars is a series of military science fiction short stories. It was created by Larry Niven and set in his Known Space universe. Niven himself wrote only a few stories but with a large demand for more stories, he allowed the Man-Kzin Wars to become a shared universe, starting with the the release of 1988 release of The Man-Kzin Wars.

Phssthpok the Pak had been traveling for most of his thirty-two thousand years. His mission: save, develop, and protect the group of Pak breeders sent out into space some two and a half million years before...Brennan was a Belter, the product of a fiercely independent, somewhat anarchic society living in, on, and around an outer asteroid belt. The Belters were rebels, one and all, and Brennan was a smuggler. The Belt worlds had been tracking the Pak ship for days -- Brennan figured to meet that ship first...He was never seen again -- at least not by those alive at the time.From the Inside Flap