A Hole in Space
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Not read this for a while.
Most of the stories in this collection explore the social implications of cheap matter transmitters, but judging by the blurb, one is the one that launched the universe in which Niven has set some recent novels, including The Smoke Ring.
Loan only for now.
Most of the stories in this collection explore the social implications of cheap matter transmitters, but judging by the blurb, one is the one that launched the universe in which Niven has set some recent novels, including The Smoke Ring.
Loan only for now.
Having got this out to register it, I ended up reading it.
Rammer is indeed the story that started the universe with The Smoke Ring, and even explains how such an unlikely system as the Smoke Ring got edible biota and breathable air.
Three short stories look at matter transmitters, each picking up a point raised in the early novella Flash Crowd
A final matter transmitter story, All the Bridges Rusting looks at some ideas for matter-transmitter-based spaceships.
The rest of the book is less co-ordinated.
There is a Tide is a "Known Space" story. Indeed, the comment I made reviewing Tales of Known Space refers to it.
Bigger than Worlds is an essay, rather than a story, exploring space habitats that might be built if we run out of space for planets.
$16,940.00 is a short story again, but not SF.
The Hole Man is science fiction, but presumably only included for its title (the "hole" is a black hole).
Finally, The Fourth Profession is a story in which a casual visit by alien traders could be scarier than an alien invasion, but the technology is too easy to be true.
Available for trade.
Rammer is indeed the story that started the universe with The Smoke Ring, and even explains how such an unlikely system as the Smoke Ring got edible biota and breathable air.
Three short stories look at matter transmitters, each picking up a point raised in the early novella Flash Crowd
A final matter transmitter story, All the Bridges Rusting looks at some ideas for matter-transmitter-based spaceships.
The rest of the book is less co-ordinated.
There is a Tide is a "Known Space" story. Indeed, the comment I made reviewing Tales of Known Space refers to it.
Bigger than Worlds is an essay, rather than a story, exploring space habitats that might be built if we run out of space for planets.
$16,940.00 is a short story again, but not SF.
The Hole Man is science fiction, but presumably only included for its title (the "hole" is a black hole).
Finally, The Fourth Profession is a story in which a casual visit by alien traders could be scarier than an alien invasion, but the technology is too easy to be true.
Available for trade.
