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Neutron Star

Neutron Star

Short storySeveral booksScience Fiction
Pages
285
Published
1968
Language
English

Synopsis

Eight science fiction stories set in Larry Niven's Known Space, first published in If and Galaxy Science Fiction between 1966 and 1967 under Frederik Pohl, and collected by Ballantine Books in April 1968. The contents are "Neutron Star", "A Relic of the Empire", "At the Core", "The Soft Weapon", "Flatlander", "The Ethics of Madness", "The Handicapped" and "Grendel".

Genres

Science Fiction

About the author

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Larry Niven

Laurence van Cott Niven — known as Larry Niven — is an American science fiction writer. His best-known work is Ringworld (1970), which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. The Science Fiction Writers of America named him the 2015 recipient of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics. It also often includes elements of detective fiction and adventure stories. His fantasy includes the se...

Characters

Beowulf ShaefferProtagonist
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