A WORLD OUT OF TIME

"... he turned, fighting to stay on his feet. Under a hooded robe of white cloth with a touch of iridescence in it: a bent human form... while the cat-snake distracted him, she had struck. He saw her in shadow: tall and stooped, gaunt, her face all wrinkles, her nose hooked, her eyes deep-set and malevolent in the shadow of the hood. Her swollen hands held a silver cane aimed at Corbell's eyes."

Futura paperback, 1979. Cover artwork by Peter Jones.

Rear cover, etc.

Full artwork by Peter Jones.

A HOLE IN SPACE

Orbit paperback, 1980. Cover painting by Peter Jones.

Rear cover/synopsis.

THE FLIGHT OF THE HORSE

Futura paperback, 1979. Cover artwork by Peter Jones.

Rear cover/synopsis - more art!

THE LONG ARM OF GIL HAMILTON

Orbit paperback, 1980. Cover artwork by Peter Jones.

Rear cover and synopsis.

THE WORLD OF PTAVVS

Orbit paperback, 1982 .Cover painting by Peter Jones.

Rear cover synopsis: 

"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."

LIMITS

Orbit paperback, 1988 reprint. Cover artist uncredited.

"LIMITS. Two aliens fascinated by Man's fondness for defining boundaries decide to make sure he doesn't get out of the habit. 

THE LION IN HIS ATTIC. Seventy-six years after Atlantis drowned, a sorceress and a prince learn to their dismay that not all lions eat red meat. 

TABLE MANNERS. When the proprietor of the Draco Tavern is invited to dine with some carnivorous etees, he brings along a xenobiologist to coach him in alien etiquette. But he forgets that he is already outfitted with the oldest guide of all. 

A TEARDROP FALLS. In his youth, Hilary Gage had fought men and studied the ravages of Berserkers. As a machine, he terraformed planets and lay in wait. 

YET ANOTHER MODEST PROPOSAL. At last, a solution to the problem of radioactive wastes that costs nothing and yields an immodest profit."

Contents:

The Lion In His Attic

Spirals (written with Jerry Pournelle)

A Teardrop Falls

Talisman (written with Dian Girard)

Flare Time

The Locust (written with Steve Barnes)

Yet Another Modest Proposal: The Roentgen Standard

More Tales From The Draco Tavern...

Table Manners

The Gren Marauder

War Movie

The Real Thing

Limits

DREAM PARK

Orbit paperback, 1983. Cover painting by Peter Jones.

"They were all playing games...but one of them was playing for keeps. 

Chet Henderson was playing at revenge, and to boost his flagging reputation as a Lore-master. 

Richard Lopez was playing to prove that his earlier successes as a Gamesmaster were no fluke. 

Ollie and Gwen and Mary-em and Tony were playing because it made them feel alive. 

Alex Griffin was palying to protect Dream Park's darkest secret. 

In Dream Park, everyone plays. But if some win, some have to lose. And losing can be a matter of life or death."

THE RINGWORLD ENGINEERS

Orbit paperback, 1981. Cover painting by Peter Jones.

In the decade since its first appearance, RINGWORLD has become the most talk-about locale in Known Space and made the name of Larry Niven synonymous with ingenious, inimitable SF. 

THE RINGWORLD ENGINEERS sees the return of Louis Wu (now hooked on electrical ecstasy as a wirehead) and the aging kzin warrior Speaker-To-Animals, while introducing the Hindmost, puppeteer mate of made Nessus: Together the bizarre crew seek to avert tragic cataclysm in the Ringworld System."

THE MAGIC GOES AWAY

Orbit paperback, 1982. Cover painting by Peter Jones.

"Once there was magic in the world. But hordes of selfish, short-sighted magicians have used up the mana which moved the world and even the most powerful spells are becoming futile. Soon all the creatures of spirit, the unicorns and centaurs, will have disappeared, and unless Orolandes with half a sword succeeds in his quest for the lost power, those stupid barbarians with their stupid swords will win after all..."

THE PATCHWORK GIRL

Orbit paperback, 1982. Cover painting by Peter Jones.

"Only the most beautiful woman on Luna could have sent a near fatal laser into the chest of the Fourth Speaker for the Asteroids. And with the evidence stacked against her she may be destined for the organ bank where criminals wait to 'repay society' with their bodies. Investigator Gil Hamilton will need to move fast to save her from becoming a nicely arranged stack of spare parts."

CONVERGENT SERIES

Orbit paperback, 1980. Cover painting by Peter Jones.

CONVERGENT SERIES 

What the devil can a nice guy messing around in witchcraft do when he succeeds? Think fast - before all hell gets loose. 

THE NONESUCH 

Pretty young Doris MacAran was unaware that a hungry mind-reading, flesh-eating alien was stalking her - and when she found out, it surprised them both in more ways than one. 

CRUEL AND UNUSUAL 

One thing you could say about the chirpsthra - they knew how to make the punishment fit the crime. 

Plus stories from the DRACO'S TAVERN Series.

Contents:

Bordered In Black

One Face

Like Banquo's Ghost

The Meddler

Dry Run

Convergent Series

The Deadlier Weapon

The Nonesuch

Singularities Make Me Nervous

The Schumann Computer

Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing!

Grammar Lesson

The Subject Is Closed

Cruel And Unusual

Transfer Of Power

Cautionary Tales

Rotating Cylinders And The Possibility Of Global Casualty Violation

Plaything

Mistake

Night On Mispec Moor

Wrong Way Street

PROTECTOR

Orbit paperback, 1979 reprint. Cover painting by Peter Jones.

"PHSSTHPOK THE PAK had been travelling for most of his 32,000 years - his mission, to save, develop and protect the group of Pak breeders sent out into space some 2 ½ million years before... 

BREENAN WAS A BELTER, the product of a fiercely independent, somewhat anarchic society living in, on, and around an outer asteroid belt. The Belters were rebels one and all, and Brennan was a smuggler. The Belt worlds had been tracking the Pak ship for days - Brennan figured to meet that ship first... 

He was never seen again - at least not in the form of Homo sapiens."

I'm finding it a bit bizarre than in the five years that I've been posting on this blog, this is the first of my Larry Niven novels I've posted. What I've also noticed is I'm still to put Heinlein's Starship Troopers up. What gives?