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• 1 • Introduction: The Maker of Worlds • (1990) • essay by Tom Clancy
• 3 • On Niven • essay by Wendy All and Steven Barnes and Gregory Benford and David Brin and John Hertz and Frederik Pohl
• 15 • Dramatis Personae • (1990) • essay by Larry Niven
• 25 • Foreword: Playgrounds for the Mind • (1990) • essay by Larry Niven
• 31 • From World of Ptavvs (excerpt) • (1990) • short fiction by Larry Niven
• 36 • Bordered in Black • (1966) • short story by Larry Niven
• 56 • Convergent Series • (1967) • short story by Larry Niven (variant of The Long Night)
• 62 • All the Myriad Ways • [Time Travel - Parallel Universe] • (1968) • short story by Larry Niven
• 73 • From A Gift From Earth (Excerpt) • (1990) • short fiction by Larry Niven
• 90 • The Meddler • (1968) • novelette by Larry Niven
• 112 • Passerby • [State / Leshy Circuit] • (1969) • short story by Larry Niven
• 126 • Down in Flames • (1969) • essay by Larry Niven
• 139 • From Ringworld (Excerpt) • (1990) • short fiction by Larry Niven
• 148 • The Fourth Profession • (1971) • novelette by Larry Niven
• 195 • "Shall We Indulge in Rishathra?" • (1978) • short fiction by Larry Niven
• 195 •  "Shall We Indulge in Rishathra?" • (1978) • interior artwork by William Rotsler
• 199 • Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex • (1969) • essay by Larry Niven
• 208 • Inconstant Moon • (1971) • novelette by Larry Niven
• 234 • What Can You Say About Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers? • (1971) • short story by Larry Niven
• 245 • Cloak of Anarchy • [Known Space] • (1972) • novelette by Larry Niven
• 269 • From Protector (excerpt) • (1990) • short fiction by Larry Niven
• 279 • The Hole Man • (1974) • short story by Larry Niven
• 293 • Night on Mispec Moor • [State / Leshy Circuit] • (1974) • short story by Larry Niven
• 305 • Flare Time • [Medea] • (1978) • novelette by Larry Niven
• 347 • The Locusts • (1979) • novelette by Steven Barnes and Larry Niven
• 389 • From The Mote in God's Eye (excerpt) • (1990) • short fiction by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
• 394 • Building the Mote in God's Eye • [A Step Farther Out] • (1976) • essay by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
• 420 • Brenda • (1988) • novella by Larry Niven
• 465 • The Return of William Proxmire • (1989) • short story by Larry Niven
• 475 • The Tale of the Jinni and the Sisters • (1988) • short story by Larry Niven
• 491 • Madness Has Its Place • [Man-Kzin Wars] • (1990) • novelette by Larry Niven
• 519 • Niven's Laws • (1984) • essay by Larry Niven
• 528 • The Kiteman • [Integral Trees] • (1990) • novelette by Larry Niven
• 571 • The Alien in Our Minds • (1987) • essay by Larry Niven
• 580 • Space • (1990) • essay by Larry Niven
• 597 • Bibliography of Larry Niven • (1990) • essay by uncredited