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Book Reviews of Tales of Known Space, The Universe of Larry Niven

Tales of Known Space The Universe of Larry Niven
Author: Larry Niven
ISBN: 179559
Publication Date: 8/1975
Pages: 230
Rating:
  • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
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2.5 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Paperback
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4 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

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these stories trace man's expansion and colonization throughout the galaxy, completing an epic creation that stands beside Asimov's Foundation Trilogy.
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Some good stories in this book.
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A collection of 13 short stories written from 1964 to 1975. They are all connected in some way. It's a great read for earlier sci-fi fans.
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I enjoyed this anthology of Known Space stories. I especially liked the stories "Wait it out," (set on Pluto), "At the Bottom of a Hole," (Muller discovers the truth behind the failure of a human settlement on Mars) and "The Borderland of Sol" (Julius Forward has a very dangerous weapon). I also like the timeline at the beginning of the book which sets the stories in context and the bibliography at the end.

Readers who like Niven's work may like Shaun Farrell's October 2007 interview with Larry Niven at the Conjecture convention. It aired on Farrell's podcast Adventures in SciFi Publishing:
http://www.adventuresinscifipublishing.com/2007/10/aisfp-36/