Known Space Story List
In mid-2003 my friend Ignacio read Protector and
wanted a chronological listing of the rest of Larry Niven's
Known Space, so he could know in what order to read the stories.
Several lists were available on the Internet, but most of them
included significant spoilers (often to explain fine details of
story placement). This bare-bones list should avoid spoiling
anyone. It includes only stories written by Larry Niven, and I
believe it is up to date (as of Monday, May 5 2003). I welcome
comments and corrections at raja98@pannis.com .
Note: Items in bold italics are the
titles of (standalone) novels.
- [First few pages of World of Ptavvs]
- [Flashbacks in “Phssthpok” (opening section of
Protector)]
- “The Coldest Place” (collected in Three
Books of Known Space)
- “Becalmed in Hell” (collected in Three
Books of Known Space)
- “Wait It Out” (collected in Three
Books of Known Space)
- “Eye of an Octopus” (collected in Three
Books of Known Space)
- “How the Heroes Die” (collected in Three
Books of Known Space)
- “The Jigsaw Man” (collected in Three Books
of Known Space)
- World of Ptavvs
- “At the Bottom of a Hole” (collected in
Three Books of Known Space)
- “Intent to Deceive” (collected in Three
Books of Known Space)
- “Phssthpok” (opening section of
Protector)
- “Death by Ecstasy” (collected in
Flatlander)
- “The Defenseless Dead” (collected in
Flatlander)
- “ARM” (collected in
Flatlander)
- “The Patchwork Girl” (collected in
Flatlander)
- “The Woman in Del Rey Crater” (collected in
Flatlander)
- “Cloak of Anarchy” (collected in Three
Books of Known Space. Also online
at larryniven.org)
- “Interlude”, “Vandervecken”, and
“Protector” (remaining sections of
Protector)
- “The Warriors” (collected in Three
Books of Known Space)
- “Madness Has Its Place” (collected in
Three Books of Known Space)
- “Choosing Names” (collected in Man-Kzin
Wars VIII)
- A Gift from Earth
- “The Ethics of Madness” (collected in
Neutron Star)
- “Neutron Star” (collected in Neutron
Star and Crashlander)
- “A Relic of Empire” (collected in Neutron
Star)
- “At the Core” (collected in Neutron
Star and Crashlander)
- “Flatlander” (collected in Neutron
Star and Crashlander)
- “The Handicapped” (collected in Neutron
Star)
- “Grendel” (collected in Neutron
Star and Crashlander)
- “The Borderland of Sol” (collected in
Tales of Known Space and
Crashlander)
- “Procrustes” (collected in
Crashlander)
- “Ghost” (framing story of
Crashlander)
- “Fly-By-Night” (collected in Man-Kzin Wars
IX; first appeared in Oct/Nov 2000 Asimov's
Science Fiction magazine)
- “The Soft Weapon” (collected in Neutron
Star)
- “There Is a Tide” (collected in Three
Books of Known Space)
- Ringworld
- The Ringworld Engineers
- The Ringworld Throne
- “Safe at Any Speed” (collected in Three
Books of Known Space)