Known Space Series

This expansive saga chronicles humanity's millennia-long journey across the cosmos. It unveils incredible discoveries, encounters with alien civilizations, and the challenges of colonizing uncharted worlds. The narratives delve into profound questions about humanity's place in the universe and its future among the stars. It is an epic adventure for fans of science fiction and grand space odysseys.

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A Gift from Earth
Larry Niven
254 pages
9 hours of reading
3.6(49)Add rating
No place for bleeding hearts. The world named Mount Lookitthat was never meant for humans - it was shrouded in lethal mists. Life only existed on one plateau, unreachable except from space. But the disastrous decision to colonize the planet could not be reversed. So the settlers survived somehow - under the ruthless dictatorship. Mount Lookitthat was rebellion-proof. Then fate dealt the colonists a wild card named Matthew Keller, who had a talent that neither he nor anybody else knew about. At last colonists had a glimmer of hope!
Crashlander
Larry Niven
288 pages
11 hours of reading
4.0(1984)Add rating
Crashlander Beowulf Shaeffer has long been one of the most popular characters in Known Space. Now, for the first time ever, Larry Niven brings together all the Beowulf Shaeffer stories--including a brand-new one--in one long tale of exploration and adventure! PLUS--an all-new framing story that pulls together all of Beowulf Shaeffer's adventures and allows Shaeffer and his family to make a clean start at life once and for all!Contents:1 • Ghost • [Known Space] • novelette by Larry Niven8 • Neutron Star • [Known Space] • (1966) • novelette by Larry Niven32 • At the Core • [Known Space] • (1966) • novelette by Larry Niven57 • Flatlander • [Known Space] • (1967) • novelette by Larry Niven107 • Grendel • [Known Space] • (1968) • shortstory by Larry Niven160 • The Borderland of Sol • [Known Space] • (1975) • novelette by Larry Niven213 • Procrustes • [Known Space] • (1993) • novella by Larry Niven
Protector
Larry Niven
224 pages
8 hours of reading
4.1(10309)Add rating
A classic novel of known spacePhssthpok the Pak had been traveling for most of his thirty-two thousand years. His save, develop, and protect the group of Pak breeders sent out into space some two and a half million years before . . .Brennan 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 by those alive at the time.
The Patchwork Girl
Larry Niven
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A murder on the moon sends investigator Gil "The Arm" Hamilton on the trail of the killer while trying to clear the beautiful Naomi Mitchison from the suspect list.
Neutron Star
Larry Niven
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Tales of Known Space
The Universe of Larry Niven
Larry Niven
240 pages
9 hours of reading
4.2(5737)Add rating
Ranging from the 20th Century to the 31st, these interconnected stories trace Man's expansion and colonization throughout the galaxy...Becalmed in hellHowie's spaceship had a malfunction...but it might be only psychosomatic!Wait it outHe was trapped on Pluto...and all his assets were frozen!The borderland of SolForward possessed the ultimate weapon...but no one would ever see it!The jigsaw manThe organ banks want you...now!Cloak of anarchyThey were free to be anything but violent...but that wasn't enough!-- plus eight other great stories in Niven's spectacular cycle of the future...and, special for this volume, a complete Niven bibliography and a detailed chronology of all his Known Space stories!Timeline for Known SpaceMy Universe and Welcome To It!Coldest Place, TheBecalmed in HellWait it OutEye of an OctopusHow the Heroes DieThe Jigsaw ManAt the Bottom of a HoleThe DeceiversCloak of AnarchyWarriors, TheThe Borderland of SolThere is a TideSafe at Any SpeedAfterthoughtsBibliography: The Worlds of Larry Niven
Flatlander. Band 6
Larry Niven
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In diesem Buch hat Larry Niven alle Hamilton-Erzählungen um den Agenten Gil der ARM Hamilton zusammengestellt und mit einer neuen Rahmenhandlung verknüpft. Gil kämpft gegen skrupellose Organschmuggler, die sowohl Tote als auch Lebende ins Visier nehmen. Ein spannender Roman entsteht.
Kzanol de ruimtepiraat
Larry Niven
3.0(30)Add rating
Een naar aardse maatstaven onovertroffen telepaat moet waarmaken dat hij is opgewassen tegen het superbrein van een gewetenloos buitenaards wezen.
Flatlander
Larry Niven
368 pages
13 hours of reading
4.0(2822)Add rating
Gil "The Arm" Hamilton was one of the top operatives of ARM, the elite UN plice force. His intuition was unfailingly accurate, his detective skills second to none, and his psychic powers -- esper sense and telekinesis -- were awesome. Now you can read all the classic stories of the legendary ARM operative, collected in one volume for the first time -- plus, an all-new, never-before-published Gil Hamilton adventure! Table of Contents: Death by Ecstasy (1969) • novella The Defenseless Dead (1973) • novelette ARM (1975) • novella Patchwork Girl (1980) • novel The Woman in Del Rey Crater - novelette Afterword - essay
Geschichten aus dem Ringwelt-Universum. Science Fiction Special
Larry Niven
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Brennans Legende. Band 4
Larry Niven
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Ein Pak-Protektor kennt nur ein Ziel in seinem 32.000 Jahre währenden Leben: den Schutz seiner Spezies, die vor 2,5 Millionen Jahren in den Weltraum ausgesandt wurde. Brennan ist ein Belter, ein Schürfer und Rebell vom Asteroidengürtel. Und Brennan ist ein Schmuggler. Seit Wochen haben die Belter ein Pak-Schiff beobachtet: reiche Beute. Brennan erreicht das Schiff als erster - und wird nie wieder gesehen. Zumindest nicht von seinen Zeitgenossen ...