Contents (view Concise Listing)

• vii • Introduction (Convergent Series) • (1979) • essay by Larry Niven
• 1 • Bordered in Black • (1966) • short story by Larry Niven
• 25 • One Face • (1965) • novelette by Larry Niven
• 55 • Like Banquo's Ghost • (1968) • short story by Larry Niven
• 61 • The Meddler • (1968) • novelette by Larry Niven
• 87 • Dry Run • (1968) • short story by Larry Niven
• 99 • Convergent Series • (1967) • short story by Larry Niven (variant of The Long Night)
• 107 • The Deadlier Weapon • non-genre • (1968) • short story by Larry Niven
• 119 • The Nonesuch • (1974) • short story by Larry Niven
• 127 • Singularities Make Me Nervous • (1974) • short story by Larry Niven
• 141 • The Schumann Computer • [Draco Tavern] • (1979) • short story by Larry Niven
• 147 • Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing! • [Draco Tavern] • (1978) • short story by Larry Niven
• 153 • Grammar Lesson • [Draco Tavern] • (1977) • short story by Larry Niven
• 159 • The Subject Is Closed • [Draco Tavern] • (1977) • short story by Larry Niven
• 165 • Cruel and Unusual • [Draco Tavern] • (1977) • short story by Larry Niven
• 169 • Transfer of Power • (1978) • short story by Larry Niven
• 177 • Cautionary Tales • (1978) • short story by Larry Niven
• 183 • Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation • (1977) • short story by Larry Niven
• 189 • Plaything • (1974) • short story by Larry Niven
• 195 • Mistake • (1976) • short story by Larry Niven
• 199 • Night on Mispec Moor • [State / Leshy Circuit] • (1974) • short story by Larry Niven
• 213 • Wrong-Way Street • [Time Travel - Parallel Universe] • (1965) • short story by Larry Niven