Publication: Niven's Laws

Publication: Niven's LawsPublication Record # 233229
Author: Larry Niven
Date: 1984-11-16
ISBN: 0-913896-24-1 [978-0-913896-24-2]
Publisher: Owlswick Press / PSFS
Price:
$12.00^?$: US dollar
Pages: vii+108
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Cover: Niven's Laws by Jack Gaughan
Notes:
- Cover art credit from The Science-Fantasy Publishers by Chalker & Owings (Electronic Edition, 1999, page 493) and from Catalog of Copyright entry below.
- 1,200 copies according to The Science-Fantasy Publishers by Chalker & Owings (Electronic Edition, 1999, page 493).
- Issued without dustjacket.
- Price from Locus1. No price printed on book.
- Published for PhilCon 1984 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (November 16 - November 18, 1984). Publication date from convention date. Catalog of Copyright entry TX0001571331 puts the publication date at 1984-11-16.
- No BLIC.
- LCCN from LOC lookup.
- For several of the entries, the titles in the Table of Contents on page vii differ from their titles at the start of the entry:
  - 1 Introduction (omits ": Larry Niven by Jerry Pournelle")
  - 9 Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing (omits exclamation mark)
  - 24 Green Marauder (omits "The")
  - 81 If Idi Amin Had Had the Bomb (omits ellipsis)
  - 84 The Roentgen Standard (omits "Yet Another Modest Proposal:")
  - 89 Why Men Fight Wars and What You Can Do About It (omits comma and exclamation mark)
- The poem on page 87 is preceded by a short introduction titled "In Memoriam ..."
External IDs:
- LCCN: 85157823
- OCLC/WorldCat: 11991756

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Collection Title: Niven's Laws • collection by Larry Niven

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

1 • Introduction: Larry Niven by Jerry Pournelle • (1984) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
5 • The Schumann Computer • [Draco Tavern] • (1979) • short story by Larry Niven
9 • Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing! • [Draco Tavern] • (1978) • short story by Larry Niven
13 • Grammar Lesson • [Draco Tavern] • (1977) • short story by Larry Niven
17 • The Subject Is Closed • [Draco Tavern] • (1977) • short story by Larry Niven
21 • Cruel and Unusual • [Draco Tavern] • (1977) • short story by Larry Niven
24 • The Green Marauder • [Draco Tavern] • (1980) • short story by Larry Niven
28 • Limits • [Draco Tavern] • (1981) • short story by Larry Niven
33 • War Movie • [Draco Tavern] • (1981) • short story by Larry Niven
38 • The Real Thing • [Draco Tavern] • (1982) • short story by Larry Niven
42 • Folk Tale • [Draco Tavern] • (1984) • short story by Larry Niven
55 • Niven's Laws • (1984) • essay by Larry Niven
57 • Convention Stories • (1984) • essay by Larry Niven
67 • Staying Rich • (1979) • essay by Larry Niven
73 • The Theory and Practice of Instant Learning • (1984) • essay by Larry Niven
81 • If Idi Amin Had Had the Bomb ... • (1984) • essay by Larry Niven
84 • Yet Another Modest Proposal: The Roentgen Standard • (1984) • essay by Larry Niven
87 • In Memoriam: Howard Grote Littlemead • [Moties] • poem by Larry Niven
89 • Why Men Fight Wars, and What You Can Do About It! • (1984) • essay by Larry Niven
92 • Collaboration • (1984) • essay by Larry Niven
97 • Five Years to Infinity • (1984) • essay by Larry Niven

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