A Hole in Space
Author | Larry Niven |
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Cover artist | Dean Ellis |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Publication date | 1974 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
Pages | 196 pp |
ISBN | 0-345-24011-1 |
OCLC | 874123 |
813/.5/4 | |
LC Class | PZ4.N734 Ho PS3564.I9 |
A Hole in Space (U.K. edition ISBN 0-86007-853-1) is a collection of 9 science fiction short stories and one essay, all by Larry Niven, published in 1974. This 1975 winner of the Locus Poll Award, Best Single Author Collection (Place: 2) includes:
- "Rammer" (this story had later become part of the novel A World Out of Time)
- ""
- "The Last Days of the Permanent Floating Riot Club"
- ""
- ""
- "There Is a Tide" [Note 1]
- "Bigger Than Worlds" (essay)
- ""
- "The Hole Man"
- ""
Footnotes[]
- ^ The title is a double quotation. (1) Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act IV Scene iii - "There is a tide in the affairs of men / Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune."[1] (2) Byron, Don Juan, Canto the Sixth "There is a tide in the affairs of women, / Which, taken at the flood, leads – God knows where."[2]
References[]
- ^ "William Shakespeare: Julius Caesar, Act 4. Scene III". The Literature Network. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- ^ "Don Juan by Lord George Gordon Byron: Canto the Sixth". The Literature Network. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
Categories:
- 1974 short story collections
- Short story collections by Larry Niven
- Ballantine Books books
- 1970s science fiction short story collection stubs