![]() ![]() ![]() In his essay on the theme of "Future Histories", Alastair Reynolds said that Known Space was the first of the kind he encountered as a teenager and remembered reading this collection (though he incorrectly gives the title as Tales from Known Space). In John Clute's survey of Niven's work in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, he described the sequence as a "wide-ranging, complex, unusually well integrated Future History which, within an essentially optimistic and technophilic frame, provides an explanatory structure for the expansion of humanity into space, one notable from the first for the complexity of the Universe into which it introduces the burgeoning human race." Particular note is given to the inclusion of the timeline chart in Tales of Known Space. "About the Cover" (1975 essay, Rick Sternbach)."Bibliography: The Worlds of Larry Niven"."Afterthoughts" (1975 essay, Larry Niven)." The Borderland of Sol" (1975) (In the Three Books of Known Space omnibus, "Madness Has Its Place" replaced this story)."Introduction: My Universe and Welcome to It!" (1975 essay, Larry Niven)."Timeline for Known Space" (1975 essay, Larry Niven).This book was collected in Three Books of Known Space. Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven is a science fiction collection by American writer Larry Niven, collecting thirteen short stories published between 19 (all in Niven's Known Space future history) along with several essays by Niven and a chronology. ![]()
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