Convergent Series
by Larry Niven
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This collection of stories includes the title story, which looks at what happens when a nice guy messing around in witchcraft succeeds. The Nonesuch follows Doris as she discovers that a mind-reading, flesh-eating alien is stalking her. Also includes stories from the Draco's Tavern series.Tags
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Some good, some meh. All are cracking Nivenesque ideas.
I was addicted to Niven's style and this like all his books in the "Known Universe" series were excellent
Writing the ultra-short story is a special skill, especially with science fiction, where the author must include information about the surroundings and characters that is assumed in regular fiction.
This book contains short and ultra-short science fiction by Larry Niven. Tales from the Draco Tavern and its interstellar clientele; "The Meddler," about a private investigator named Bruce; "Convergent Series," a clever story about what to do when you've conjured up a demon who's going to drag you to Hell. The stories are:
- The Nonesuch
- Bordered in Black
- Night on Mispec Moor
- Dry Run
- The Schumann Computer
- Plaything
- Mistake
- Cautionary Tales
- Wrong Way Street
- One Face
- The Meddler
- Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global show more Causality Violation
- Grammar Lesson
- Transfer of Power
- The Subject is Closed
- Like Banquo's Ghost
- Cruel and Unusual
- Singularities Make Me Nervous
- The Deadlier Weapon
- Convergent Series
- Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing
For more ultra-short stories, science-fiction see Mike Resinick's Whatdunits. show less
This book contains short and ultra-short science fiction by Larry Niven. Tales from the Draco Tavern and its interstellar clientele; "The Meddler," about a private investigator named Bruce; "Convergent Series," a clever story about what to do when you've conjured up a demon who's going to drag you to Hell. The stories are:
- The Nonesuch
- Bordered in Black
- Night on Mispec Moor
- Dry Run
- The Schumann Computer
- Plaything
- Mistake
- Cautionary Tales
- Wrong Way Street
- One Face
- The Meddler
- Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global show more Causality Violation
- Grammar Lesson
- Transfer of Power
- The Subject is Closed
- Like Banquo's Ghost
- Cruel and Unusual
- Singularities Make Me Nervous
- The Deadlier Weapon
- Convergent Series
- Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing
For more ultra-short stories, science-fiction see Mike Resinick's Whatdunits. show less
Esp. for the TT "Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation.”
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Larry Niven received his B.A. in mathematics in 1962. His first novel, World of Ptavvs (1966), was a success and launched his career. Niven has won five Hugos and one Nebula award, testimony that his colleagues in the science fiction world respect his work. Perhaps Niven's most well-known creation is Ringworld, a distant planet that may be taken show more as a metaphor for Earth, as it was once great but has since fallen into decay. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Convergent Series
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- 1979 (Collection) (Collection); 1967; 1978 (Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing!) (Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing!); 1966 (Bordered in Black) (Bordered in Black); 1978 (Cautionary Tales) (Cautionary Tales); 1979 (Convergent Series) (Convergent Series) (show all 23); 1977 (Cruel and Unusual) (Cruel and Unusual); 1968 (The Deadlier Weapon) (The Deadlier Weapon); 1968 (Dry Run) (Dry Run); 1977 (Grammar Lesson) (Grammar Lesson); 1968 (Like Banquo's Ghost) (Like Banquo's Ghost); 1968 (The Meddler) (The Meddler); 1976 (Mistake) (Mistake); 1974 (Night on Mispec Moor) (Night on Mispec Moor); 1974 (The Nonesuch) (The Nonesuch); 1965 (One Face) (One Face); 1974 (Plaything) (Plaything); 1977 (Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation) (Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation); 1979 (The Schumann Computer) (The Schumann Computer); 1974 (Singularities Make Me Nervous) (Singularities Make Me Nervous); 1977 (The Subject is Closed) (The Subject is Closed); 1978 (Transfer of Power) (Transfer of Power); 1965 (Wrong Way Street) (Wrong Way Street)
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- English
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