Once there was unlimited magic, but reckless magicians have used up the mana, the power behind the magic. Larry Niven opens his world to the storytelling talents of Poul Anderson, Steven Barnes, Mildred Downey Broxon, and Dean Ing with stories that tap the hidden reserves of mana and uncover the forgotten places of power.

Larry Niven created his popular "Magic Goes Away" universe in 1967, and it has been a source of delight and inspiration ever since. By asking the simple question, What if magic were a finite resource?, Niven brought to life a mesmerizing world of wonder and loss, of hope and despair. The success of his first story collection, "The Magic Goes Away," birthed two sequel anthologies, "The Magic May Return" and "More Magic." All three volumes are collected here for the first time, with stories by Niven himself, as well as contributions by such luminaries of fantasy as Roger Zelazny, Fred Saberhagen, Steven Barnes, and Poul Anderson. Featuring a brand-new introduction by Larry Niven, "The Magic Goes Away Collection" gives readers insight into the breathtaking world of Niven and Jerry Pournelle's "The Burning City" and "Burning Tower" and stands on its own as a landmark in fantasy fiction

Jaybee Corbell awoke after more than 200 years as a corpsicle -- in someone else's body, and under sentence of instant annihilation if he made a wrong move while they were training him for a one-way mission to the stars. But Corbell picked his time and made his own move. Once he was outbound, where the Society that ruled Earth could not reach him, he headed his starship toward the galactic core, where the unimaginable energies of the Universe wrenched the fabric of time and space and promised final escape from his captors. Then he returned to an Earth eons older than the one he'd left...a planet that had had 3,000,000 years to develop perils he had never dreamed of -- perils that became nightmares that he had to escape...somehow!

Crashlander Beowulf Shaeffer has long been one of the most popular characters in Known Space. Now, for the first time ever, Larry Niven brings together all the Beowulf Shaeffer stories--including a brand-new one--in one long tale of exploration and adventure! PLUS--an all-new framing story that pulls together all of Beowulf Shaeffer's adventures and allows Shaeffer and his family to make a clean start at life once and for all! Contents: 1 • Ghost • [Known Space] • novelette by Larry Niven 8 • Neutron Star • [Known Space] • (1966) • novelette by Larry Niven 32 • At the Core • [Known Space] • (1966) • novelette by Larry Niven 57 • Flatlander • [Known Space] • (1967) • novelette by Larry Niven 107 • Grendel • [Known Space] • (1968) • shortstory by Larry Niven 160 • The Borderland of Sol • [Known Space] • (1975) • novelette by Larry Niven 213 • Procrustes • [Known Space] • (1993) • novella by Larry Niven

Larry Niven created his popular "Magic Goes Away" universe in 1967, and it has been a source of delight and inspiration ever since. By asking the simple question, What if magic were a finite resource?, Niven brought to life a mesmerizing world of wonder and loss, of hope and despair. The success of his first story collection, The Magic Goes Away, birthed two sequel anthologies, The Magic May Return and More Magic. All three volumes are collected here for the first time, with stories by Niven himself, as well as contributions by such luminaries of fantasy as Roger Zelazny, Fred Saberhagen, Steven Barnes, and Poul Anderson. Featuring a brand-new introduction by Larry Niven, The Magic Goes Away Collection gives readers insight into the breathtaking world of Niven and Jerry Pournelle's The Burning City and Burning Tower and stands on its own as a landmark in fantasy fiction

Allan Carpenter escaped from hell once but remained haunted by what he saw and endured.  He has now returned, on a mission to liberate those souls unfairly tortured and confined.  Partnering with the legendary poet and suicide, Sylvia Plath, Carpenter is a modern-day Christ who intends to harrow hell and free the damned.  But now that he's returned to this Dantesque Inferno, can he ever again leave?  

Ein neuer Auftrag für Hanville Svetz: Er soll herausfinden, warum die Marskanäle ausgetrocknet sind und was dies für die Zukunft der Erde bedeutet. Denn der Mars war einmal bewohnt. Als Svetz erfährt, wie die intelligenten Marsianer ausgelöscht wurden, wird ihm klar, dass die Erde bald einem ähnlichen Schicksal zum Opfer fallen könnte. Es bleibt ihm nicht viel Zeit, dies zu verhindern Der fünfmalige Hugo-Preisträger Larry Niven verknüpft Zeitreise und Fantasy, um einen einzigartigen Roman über den Ursprung der "Marskanäle" zu schaffen. ISBN 3-404-24290-4 DM 16,90

The scariest aliens in the galaxy follow a simple rule: destroy all opposition. The brilliant, xenophobic Pak are fleeing the chain reaction of supernovae at the galaxy’s core. Nothing and no one is going to impede their migration. Devastated worlds -- any civilization that could possibly have interfered -- lie shattered in their wake. And now the Fleet of Worlds is in their sights. The trillion Puppeteers who inhabit the Fleet might have the resources to confront the threat -- but Puppeteers are philosophical cowards. They don't confront anyone. They need allies to investigate the situation and then take action. Who better than the Puppeteers' newly independent one-time slave world, New Terra? Sigmund Ausfaller, former Earth intelligence agent and current paranoid, finds himself leading the war against the Pak. With his own allies, the enigmatic, aquatic Gw'oth, Sigmund prepares to face everyone's mutual enemy. And neither humans nor Gw'oth have any intention of becoming cannon fodder.

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

Larry Greenberg's telepathic tendencies had been trained and developed to a critical level. The trouble was that if these psychic interchanges were strong enough, a man could end up not knowing who he really was. And when Larry's mind is taken over by a sinister alien force, he has to fight to retain his sanity - and divert a disaster that threatens all mankind... "Snappy, ingenious, and upbeat." - Galaxy Made the 1st ballot for the 1967 Nebula

On an L.A. talk show Arthur C. Clarke was once asked to name his favorite writer. His answer was "Larry Niven." Countless others agree. The Baltimore Sun and Kirkus Reviews have both dubbed Niven "the premier writer of hard SF," and Gregory Benford has hailed him as "the paradigm of SF personality of the last several decade." Now Larry Niven presents us with his undisputed masterwork. N-Space contains, very simply, the best SF of his career--marvelous fiction, a wealth of anecdotes and gossip, plus Niven's own special brand of wit and excitement. Contents: 1 • Introduction: The Maker of Worlds • (1990) • essay by Tom Clancy 3 • On Niven • (1992) • essay by Frederik Pohl and Steven Barnes and David Brin and John Hertz and Wendy All and Gregory Benford 15 • Dramatis Personae • (1990) • essay by Larry Niven 25 • Foreword: Playgrounds for the Mind • (1990) • essay by Larry Niven 31 • From World of Ptavvs (excerpt) • (1990) • shortfiction by Larry Niven 36 • Bordered in Black • (1966) • shortstory by Larry Niven 56 • Convergent Series • (1967) • shortstory by Larry Niven (variant of The Long Night) 62 • All the Myriad Ways • [Time Travel - Parallel Universe] • (1968) • shortstory by Larry Niven 73 • From A Gift From Earth (Excerpt) • (1990) • shortfiction by Larry Niven 90 • The Meddler • (1968) • novelette by Larry Niven 112 • Passerby • [State] • (1969) • shortstory by Larry Niven 126 • Down in Flames • (1969) • essay by Larry Niven 139 • From Ringworld (Excerpt) • (1990) • shortfiction by Larry Niven 148 • The Fourth Profession • (1971) • novelette by Larry Niven 195 • "Shall We Indulge in Rishathra?" • (1978) • shortfiction by Larry Niven 195 •  "Shall We Indulge in Rishathra?" • (1978) • interior artwork by William Rotsler 199 • Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex • (1969) • essay by Larry Niven 208 • Inconstant Moon • (1971) • novelette by Larry Niven 234 • What Can You Say About Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers? • (1971) • shortstory by Larry Niven 245 • Cloak of Anarchy • [Known Space] • (1972) • shortstory by Larry Niven 269 • From Protector (excerpt) • (1990) • shortfiction by Larry Niven 279 • The Hole Man • (1974) • shortstory by Larry Niven 293 • Night on Mispec Moor • [State] • (1974) • shortstory by Larry Niven 305 • Flare Time • (1978) • novella by Larry Niven 347 • The Locusts • (1979) • novelette by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes 389 • From The Mote in God's Eye (excerpt) • (1990) • shortfiction by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle 394 • Building the Mote in God's Eye • [A Step Farther Out] • (1976) • essay by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle 420 • Brenda • (1988) • novella by Larry Niven 465 • The Return of William Proxmire • (1989) • shortstory by Larry Niven 475 • The Tale of the Jinni and the Sisters • (1988) • shortstory by Larry Niven 491 • Madness Has Its Place • [Man-Kzin Wars] • (1990) • novelette by Larry Niven 519 • Niven's Laws (1990 version) • (1990) • essay by Larry Niven 528 • The Kiteman • [Integral Trees] • (1990) • novelette by Larry Niven 571 • The Alien in Our Minds • (1987) • essay by Larry Niven 580 • Space • (1990) • essay by Larry Niven 597 • Bibliography of Larry Niven • (1990) • essay by uncredited

Ranging from the 20th Century to the 31st, these interconnected stories trace Man's expansion and colonization throughout the galaxy... Becalmed in hell Howie's spaceship had a malfunction...but it might be only psychosomatic! Wait it out He was trapped on Pluto...and all his assets were frozen! The borderland of Sol Forward possessed the ultimate weapon...but no one would ever see it! The jigsaw man The organ banks want you...now! Cloak of anarchy They were free to be anything but violent...but that wasn't enough! -- plus eight other great stories in Niven's spectacular cycle of the future...and, special for this volume, a complete Niven bibliography and a detailed chronology of all his Known Space stories! Timeline for Known Space My Universe and Welcome To It! Coldest Place, The Becalmed in Hell Wait it Out Eye of an Octopus How the Heroes Die The Jigsaw Man At the Bottom of a Hole The Deceivers Cloak of Anarchy Warriors, The The Borderland of Sol There is a Tide Safe at Any Speed Afterthoughts Bibliography: The Worlds of Larry Niven