At the Speed of Light. "Driving at 64 kilometers (40 miles) per hour and then 105 kph (65 mph), students practice slamming on the brakes. To protect puppeteer (and Earth) interests, in "Neutron Star" Ausfaller plants a bomb in the lifesystem of Shaeffer's ship, the Skydiver, so that Shaeffer will not attempt to steal it. The Puppeteer saw this as a kind of artificial selection, tending to breed for a psionic power of good luck. Emil Horne, a native of Jinx, is a top-flight computer programmer. Safe at any Speed. Transient by nature, the only home they typically own is their pressure suit, and perhaps their singleship. Introduction Procrustes Alice later becomes involved with Louis Wu, in (by the same authorial team) Betrayer of Worlds and Fate of Worlds. At the front of the body, low to the ground, is a large mouth adapted to scooping a form of mutated yeast out of shallow ocean-like yeast colonies. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or . It can be read and enjoyed as a stand-alone, but more often than not it has served as a lure, drawing readers Sharrol also has two children by Carlos Wu, Tanya and Louis, as part of an arrangement between the three so that Bey and Sharrol could raise children together on Earth. The Ringworld Engineers (Ballantine, 1979), The Ringworld Throne (Del Rey, 1996) and Shaeffer and Pelton maintained contact after the trip to Cannonball Express; when Shaeffer secretly emigrated to Fafnir with Sharrol, their children, and Carlos Wu and Feather Filip, Elephant gave him the money he had received from General Products Corporation for the indemnity on his General Products hull. When Shaeffer discovers that Bellamy is part of the kidnap plot, he and Emil Horne are captured by the kidnappers who intend to stage their deaths as an accident. Born in Los Angeles on 30th April 1938, he attended California Institute of Technology in 1956 but left after a year after discovering science fiction. Sharrol Janss appears in the stories Flatlander, Procrustes and Ghost, and is mentioned in the stories Grendel and The Borderland of Sol. Share via email. He is 300 years old and takes boosterspice, although he was born before that drug became available; initially, like all humans before boosterspice, he relied on the organ banks to keep him healthy. Baen Books A worldwide bestseller, he is best known for the legendary RINGWORLD series, which THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION called "the most energetic future history series ever written". Shaeffer meets her when he arrives at Elephant's house during lush-hour one day. It's pretty good but there's not much to test it's limits in-universe. Lit's nickname comes from the fact that he spent a good deal of time in low and zero-g during his body's growth period, and is now unusually tall. One such instance is named Ol't'ro. Actually, they Almost deserve this. In "modern" times (i.e. The success of this is unknown, since earlier-written but chronologically later Niven works do not mention free Jotoki.[15]. Contact with alien races has so far been limited, but I liked learning more about the Slavers and the Tnuctipun. They have no eyes, having evolved on a world which instead drove the development of echolocation rather than vision. If caught, one simply pays the fine and that is the end of it. While not xenophobic, Bellamy tends to not think of aliens as people; Shaeffer remembers that he had said they should wipe out the Kzinti for good and all. Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile is a non-fiction book by consumer advocate Ralph Nader, first published in 1965.Its central theme is that car manufacturers resisted the introduction of safety features (such as seat belts), and that they were generally reluctant to spend money on improving safety.This work contains substantial references and material from . She was employed at the time she met Shaeffer as a computer analyst for Donovan's Brains, Inc. She had been previously employed by the Epcot-Atlanta police. Speed, Speed the Cable. He was the one that caused the most damage to the Ringworld village of Zignamuclikclik, and were he not a part of the Docile Kzinti project, he probably would have leveled the village to the ground. The broadest overview of all of Known Space is found in the collection Three Books of Known Space (Del Rey, 1996), They, like humans, descended from a failed attempt by Pak Protectors to colonize Sol and nearby star systems. It's time to get behind the wheel, starting with an exercise in extreme braking. Together with flatlander Roy Truesdale, they set out for the Kuiper Belt in search of Jack Brennan, a human turned Protector who has been abducting humans for study. Niven has described the problems that such a character and such a trait pose to his story and to his fictional universe. In the Known Space universe, the Bandersnatchi were created by the Tnuctipun during the Thrintun empire (~1.5 billion BCE) as a food source with a flavor nearly irresistible to the predatory Thrintun. Share to Twitter. Safe at Any Speed Afterthoughts Bibliography: The Worlds of Larry Niven Genres Science Fiction FictionShort StoriesSpace OperaAnthologiesCollections Science Fiction Fantasy .more 240 pages, Paperback First published August 1, 1975 Book details & editions About the author Larry Niven 548 books2,961 followers However, the hair in the back can be of any length, particularly for women. Time? Authors: Hannum, W H; Griffith, J D; Millunzi, A C Publication Date: Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1975 Research Org. Shortly afterward, Gil finds out that his new arm had not come from a condemned criminal as he had hoped, but from the captured stock of "organleggers", black market dealers in illicit organ transplants. Compiled by David Lambert and Carol Phillips. These two books, along with World of Ptavvs and A Gift From Earth, paint the picture of pre-hyperspace When Shaeffer and Janss decided to have children but Shaeffer was denied a parenthood license due to his albinism, they agreed that Carlos would father two children with Sharrol and she and Bey would raise them. Most Belters, male and female, sport what is known as the Belter Crest: shaving their heads on the sides, leaving a strip of hair down the center resembling a mohawk. I'd bet the Infinite Luck Soldiers from Escaflowne over them. Sane Puppeteers are far too cautious (cowardly from the human perspective) to go off-world or interact with non-Puppeteers, so only insane individuals like Nessus can manage to act as business liaisons or ambassadors to other species, as he does with humans and others. Ringworld. He meets Shaeffer on a trip from Down to Gummidgy and they struck up a quick friendship. The Legacy of Heorot. The lure of Carlos Wu's special autodoc proves too tempting for Ander. Ander was tasked with finding Shaeffer and questioning him about the threat level of certain alien races, notably the puppeteers. Teela Brown was a member of the crew recruited by Puppeteer Nessus for an expedition to the Ringworld. Their race was formerly subjugated by the Kzinti until freed by the humans. In the sequel The Ringworld Engineers Chmeee, along with Louis Wu, is kidnapped by the Hindmost (the exiled leader of the Puppeteers), who wants Louis and Chmeee to uncover the secret behind the creation of the Ringworld. He contracted with Shaeffer to pilot a Quantum II hyperdrive ship (named Long Shot by Shaeffer) to the core of the Milky Way galaxy, where Shaeffer discovers the core explosion. Stories Man-Kzin Wars Main article: Man-Kzin Wars Playground While on Earth, Carlos lived underwater at the United Nations-protected Great Barrier Reef. She joins the Ringworld expedition, and eventually becomes separated from the group. Unsafe At Any Speed Hardcover - January 1, 1965 by Ralph Nader (Author) 32 ratings Hardcover $79.99 14 Used from $75.75 14 Collectible from $71.19 Ralph Nader's book about the lack of safety built into autos which created controversy when published. Martians killed many of the early human explorers on Mars, principally because they concealed their existence, and they weren't suspected. This is a collection of three books, one of which is a collection of short stories. Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven: date unknown: Larry Niven: Ballantine Books: -345-25836-3: $1.75? When Bellamy tries to save his ship, it flips end-for-end, throwing him into the air to his death. Years later, in The Borderlands of Sol, when Shaeffer encounters him on Jinx, he offers Shaeffer and Carlos Wu a ride home to Earth on his ship, Hobo Kelly, in hopes of attracting the attention of whoever or whatever was causing ships to disappear when entering or leaving Sol system. Fill every fillable field. However, sometimes a glitch is so game-breaking or unpopular, that the speedrun community agrees to a different naming convention. [return][return]In all, I'm glad I read the volumes, if no other reason than that I can say I read them. Im very pleased to have discovered this author and his body of work! [return][return]As a modern reader and writer, I also found it bothersome how the point of view might change several times within a scene. David Niven. Ander Smittarasheed, a native of Earth, was hired by Shaeffer to ghostwrite his neutron star story, and again four years later to write his galactic core story. If she was right, then the events of present Worm will be shaped by the collective power of the trillions of lucky humans who in the future will be descended from those first few hundred arrivals. His son, Acolyte, is a supporting character in these novels. So, humans (hundreds or so) from "Safe at any speed" from Larry Niven's Known Space is teleported to Wormverse. To stem overcrowding, the planet had strict birth control laws, limiting the number of children each person could have. I have a much better basis for understanding Ringworld having read this collection first. Details on her physical appearance are sparse. Carlos and Bey meet with Dr. Julian Forward and discover that he has found a quantum black hole and is using it to make ships in hyperdrive disappear. [17] Juggler of Worlds introduces a number of possible retcons to established Outsider history. Gregory Pelton appears in the Beowulf Shaeffer story Flatlander and was mentioned in the stories Grendel, The Borderland of Sol and Ghost. A sauropod-like neck, with no head, extends about as high as the bandersnatch's body. Their prices can be very high and scaled to the estimated impact the information will have on the civilization of the client race. At some point Human beings tried to ally with them against the Kzin. In the novel Protector, the Martians were wiped out when Jack Brennan caused an ice asteroid to crash into the surface of Mars, raising the average humidity of the atmosphere. Carlos Wu, a native of Earth, is one of only about 120 people with an unlimited parenthood license due to his incredible genius and resistance to disease and injury. This collection spans the entire Beowulf Shaeffer stories (formerly printed in Neutron Star) and serves as a fine lead-in to the Ringworld stories, which come [8] The species is named for Lewis Carroll's Bandersnatch. Ander is in the employ of Sigmund Ausfaller, an ARM and agent for the Bureau of Alien Affairs. Sometimes manufacturers overlook (or ignore). Ulf Reichstein-Markham was born on Wunderland in 2390, the son of a Solar System Belter. The Grogs are thought by some to be the descendants of the Thrintun species, after 1.5 billion years of atrophy. Lightning is dangerous. They have made their approach even more complicated by partnering with Rally, a tools vendor. Sphere. Nessus demonstrates traits that in humans would be diagnosed as manic-depressive disorder, displacement, and at times, extreme suggestibility. Contents include: Fill In The Blank by Ron Goulart / Where Is Thy Sting by Emil Petaja / Interview With A Lemming by James Thurber / Fifteen Miles by Ben Bova / Safe At Any Speed by Larry Niven / Sleeping Beauty by Terry Carr . As with most Man-Kzin Wars material, its canonicity has not been confirmed by Niven. Another theory behind the Outsiders-Starseed connection is that Starseeds actually carry Outsider 'spores'; as the Outsiders are a small-numbered species their offspring are of great importance to them. Safe at Any Speed (#20) Summary Published in Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1967. Almost. The Kdatlyno are chiefly known for their touch sculpture, their sonar "vision". Click the Sign tool and make an e-signature. His ability to ask the right questions when programming complex problems also helps him deduce the probable identities of the kidnappers when the Kdatlyno touch sculptor Lloobee is kidnapped from the Argos as it was about to enter Gummidgy system. Margo Tellefsen appears in the Beowulf Shaeffer story Grendel. Jotok technological specialties included gravity polarizers, linguistics and biotechnology. It is considered equivalent to a parking violation on Earth. : Energy Research and Development Administration . You must log in or register to reply here. | Web Design by Cortex Media and Design | Bibliography Software 2010 Fly-By-Night Software. They will answer any question, even those about themselves, if the questioner is willing to pay the price. Known Space is the richest of the many "Playgrounds of the Mind" that Larry Niven has built for On an urban road, driving only 5km above the 60km/h speed limit doubles the risk of a casualty crash. Contents [ edit] "[2] This indicates that the author felt constrained to develop story lines around Teela consistent with the view that luck is genetic and inheritableany hardship inflicted upon Teela which appears unlucky on first glance must thereafter be revealed as concealing a silver lining of greater import in order to maintain indeterminacy, at the expense of dissipating plot tension (Teela was never in any danger really)regardless of the views expressed by various characters within the narrative. They sell the singleship containing her to Sigmund Ausfaller, who releases her from stasis. Dave Lambert, He finally died in the year 2443 after being selected to chair the Interworld Commission, an early form of pan-Human government established after the peace treaty with the Kzin was signed. The Whrloo are meter-tall insectoids with long eyestalks,[23] their homeworld has low gravity with a thick, dense atmosphere. Carlos and Beowulf Sheaffer are returning to Earth: Bey in order to be with his love, Sharrol Janss, and their two children, Tanya and Louis (both of whom were fathered by Carlos). Margo reveals that she is Bellamy's mother and therefore well over 300 years old. Flying down the pavement in a red sports car, Courtney Springfield, 17, slams. which contains all the short stories from Tales of Known Space (now out of print) and has the short novels Safe at Any Speed Behind the Wheel Ground school's over. From there, they would take the place of a family named Graynor, a group of two men, two women and two children. In Ringworld's Children we learn that Teela Brown and Seeker had a child, who remained on the Ringworld after the end of the Fringe War. And her power scans the future, while theirs can manipulate the past; or at least Protector!Teela thought so. Following Niven senior's death at Turkey's infamous Suvla Bay, Niven's mother went on to marry his biological father, the Conservative politician Sir Thomas Comyn-Platt, but it was years before the true father/son relationship was acknowledged. This is a list of fictional characters featured in the Known Space novels by Larry Niven. A lean man with a lean face, a sharp-edged nose, prominent cheekbones and dark, deep-set eyes with shaggy black eyebrows, Bellamy is in prime condition. In Destroyer of Worlds (by Niven and Edward M. Lerner), Alice is found by Outsiders in a stasis field in a singleship. Niven demonstrated this, to his own satisfaction, with "Safe at Any Speed" (1967). An unconfirmed source states that they breathe a "primordial reducing atmosphere" mainly composed of methane and ammonia, and are culturally paranoid, at least by human standards. I had begun reading Ringworld when I discovered there was more to the Known Space story in previous books. Several other Tnuctip inventions are inadvertently discovered in the various known space novels, including a prototype hyperspace shunt, discovered during the first Man-Kzin War (in the novelette Inconstant Star by Poul Anderson). In order for the Tnuctipun to think creatively, the Thrintun allowed them some limited mental freedom. In the process of exploring space, humankind encounters several intelligent alien species, including the following (in alphabetical order): The Bandersnatch (plural bandersnatchi) is a fictional alien species in Larry Niven's Known Space universe. 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