Tales of Known Space (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Larry Niven
- First Published: 1975
- Type of Work: Stories
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—future history
- Time of Work: 1975-3100
- Setting: Various locations in space
- Genres: Short fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: 1970’s, Extraterrestrial life, Future, Other worlds, Space flight or travel, Bioengineering or biotechnology, Venus
- Locales: Space
The Plot
The stories in Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven are part of Larry Niven’s Known Space chronology, which includes a number of novels and other collected works. The Known Space stories and novels tell a relatively coherent future history in which humans expand their civilization into space, go to war with the Kzinti, and eventually take part in an informal bartering economy with several species. The galaxy is littered with artifacts from earlier species, including weapons, plants, and animals from the Slaver empire and large artifacts from a...
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