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• Larry Niven
• Jody Lynn Nye

Larry Niven

I have not included books written in Jerry Pournelle's Co-Dominion series in this listing.

Dream Park Series (co-author with Steve Barnes)

This set of novels take place in the same universe.

• Dream Park
• The Descent of Anansi
• The Barsoom Project

Herot Series

Known Space Series

This was one of the first science fiction series that I tried to collect. The series is kind of hard to collect in that to get some stories you have to buy collections with stories you already have multiple copies of. I am not sure what the order of books should be. The novels are fairly easy to number, but the short story collections kind of mess it up. The copies I used to own had a time line in the front of the book that showed each story and the year it happened. Niven was fairly careful that any technology he introduced in one book was going to be used by society in future books. As such, most of the novels and short stories had to occur later and later in time as he wrote them.

• A Hole In Space
• N-Space (collection of Known Space stories along with a lot of other stuff.)
• Tales of Known Space (#1) - short stories
• World of Ptavvs (#2) - novel about alien telepath on Earth.
• The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton - (#3) - four short stories, I think, about a murder detective with some telekinetic ability who investigates crimes that only exist due to new technology.
• Protector (#4) -
• A Gift From Earth (#5) - The geography of this novel is the basis for my Spire campaign.
• Neutron Star (#6) - set of short stories around a single character.
• Ringworld
• Ringworld Engineers
• The Ringworld Throne
• Man-Kzin Wars
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Smoke Ring Series

The setting is very interesting to me. It takes place in a donut of atmosphere around a neutron star. Society is basically low tech, having been stranded there when their starship stopped.

• The Integral Trees (#1)
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Warlock Series

This is Niven's attempt at fantasy. Magic is based upon mana, and mana can run out. At one point I wanted to use the setting and concept for a fantasy campaign. I've seen others try and do something similar. The problem I see with it, from a gaming point, is the need to track energy in each locale. Use to much magic in a given area, and there is no more mana to power magic.

• What Good Is a Glass Dagger
• The Magic Goes Away
• The Magic May Return
• The Burning City

Stand Alone Books with Jerry Pournelle

• Fallen Angels - also co-authored with Michael Flynn
• Footfall - alien invasion that makes sense
• Inferno
• Lucifer's Hammer - An excellent book on end of the world setups. Giant astroid strikes Earth. Good basic reading for any end of world game.
• Oath of Fealty
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Co-author with Jerry Pournelle in Pournelle's Co-Dominion Universe

• The Mote In Gods Eye (#1)
• The Gripping Hand (#2)

Jody Lynn Nye

Brainship Series (co-authored with Anne McCaffery)

• The Ship Who Won -
• The Ship Who Saved Worlds - co-author with Anne McCaffery
• The Ship Errant - compilation of The Ship Who Won and The Ship Who Saved Worlds

Mythology Series

• Mythology 101 (#1)
• Mythology Abroad (#2)
• Higher Myth (#3)
• Applied Mythology - complination of Mythology 101, Mythology Abroad, Higher Myth)
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