Known Space Series

18 primary works • 35 total works
A series of short stories and novels charting the expansion of mankind through space over millenia.

Although the Known Space universe has a well defined chronology, most of the stories can be read independently. The major exception being the Ringworld and Fleet of Worlds sub-series, which are best read in order.

Also, Fate of Worlds is the fifth …
The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton
3.90
· 3871 Ratings · 62 Reviews · published 1969 · 14 editions
ARMED FOR DEATH
Gil Hamilton was more than an opera…
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Flatlander
3.99
· 3600 Ratings · 80 Reviews · published 1995 · 13 editions
[A Beowulf Shaeffer story] Traveling on a spacelin…
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The Patchwork Girl
3.64
· 1126 Ratings · 39 Reviews · published 1980 · 10 editions
Only one person could have been on the lunar surfa…
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The World of Ptavvs
3.82
· 3091 Ratings · 98 Reviews · published 1966 · 34 editions
Larry Greenberg's telepathic tendencies had been t…
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Protector
4.07
· 9718 Ratings · 260 Reviews · published 1973 · 39 editions
Phssthpok the Pak had been traveling for most of h…
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Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven
4.19
· 5777 Ratings · 65 Reviews · published 1975 · 11 editions
Ranging from the 20th Century to the 31st, these i…
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Neutron Star
4.13
· 12159 Ratings · 146 Reviews · published 1966 · 29 editions
Come to Larry Niven's Universe and meet all the na…
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A Gift from Earth
3.84
· 3268 Ratings · 88 Reviews · published 1968 · 30 editions
A solitary mountain rises from the searing, toxic …
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Crashlander
3.93
· 1914 Ratings · 61 Reviews · published 1994 · 6 editions
Crashlander Beowulf Shaeffer has long been one of …
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Ringworld
3.96
· 112216 Ratings · 3767 Reviews · published 1970 · 2 editions
The artefact is a circular ribbon of matter six hu…
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The Ringworld Engineers
3.88
· 31795 Ratings · 624 Reviews · published 1979 · 5 editions
"This rousing sequel to the classic Ringworld cont…
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The Ringworld Throne
3.54
· 10298 Ratings · 299 Reviews · published 1996 · 36 editions
Come back to the Ringworld . . . the most astonish…
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Ringworld's Children
3.75
· 8434 Ratings · 184 Reviews · published 2004 · 32 editions
Welcome to a world like no other.

The Ringworld: a …
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Fleet of Worlds
3.84
· 3550 Ratings · 202 Reviews · published 2007 · 21 editions
Fleet of Worlds marks Larry Niven's first full nov…
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Juggler of Worlds
3.84
· 2495 Ratings · 128 Reviews · published 2008 · 19 editions
For too long, the Puppeteers have controlled the f…
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Destroyer of Worlds
4.01
· 2267 Ratings · 92 Reviews · published 2009 · 19 editions
The scariest aliens in the galaxy follow a simple …
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Betrayer of Worlds
3.97
· 1954 Ratings · 76 Reviews · published 2010 · 16 editions
Fleeing the supernova chain reaction at the galact…
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Fate of Worlds
3.96
· 2179 Ratings · 115 Reviews · published 2012 · 16 editions
This is the fifth and last novel in Larry Niven's …
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The Man-Kzin Wars
3.70
· 4317 Ratings · 92 Reviews · published 1988 · 1 edition
Once upon a time, in the earliest days of interpla…
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The Man-Kzin Wars II
3.67
· 1557 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 1989 · 6 editions
Born and bred to hunting, they had never encounter…
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Man-Kzin Wars 3
3.70
· 1434 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 1990 · 1 edition
IT'S HOWLING TIME IN KNOWN SPACE

Those war-crazed f…
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Man-Kzin Wars IV
3.72
· 1090 Ratings · 11 Reviews · 5 editions
A WINNING TRADITION...

Welcome to the hottest pocke…
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Man-Kzin Wars V
3.77
· 1011 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1992 · 5 editions
Between wars, an odd assortment of human and Kzin …
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Man-Kzin Wars VI
3.74
· 624 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 1994 · 2 editions
JUMP QUICK, MONKEY BOY

After two unpleasant defeats…
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Man-Kzin Wars 7
3.80
· 504 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1995 · 3 editions
The man-killing cats from Kzin are back in short n…
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A Darker Geometry
3.84
· 119 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 1996 · 2 editions
At the heart of Known Space lies mystery: How did …
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Choosing Names
3.90
· 505 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 1998 · 4 editions
ROUND EIGHT, MONKEY BOYS!

In a new story, Larry Niv…
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Man-Kzin Wars 9
3.94
· 937 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2001 · 5 editions
THOSE KZIN DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'RE LICKED (AND MAY…
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Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War
4.04
· 335 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2003 · 3 editions
The first colonists from Earth named the planet Wu…
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Man-Kzin Wars 11
3.89
· 447 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2005 · 3 editions
The warrior-race Kzin is wasting no time in conque…
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Destiny's Forge
4.05
· 266 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 2006 · 3 editions
Weed-eaters, monkey-spawn, honourless herbivores, …
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Man-Kzin Wars 12
3.96
· 357 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2009 · 3 editions
New weapons, new strategies and new leaders - the …
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Espace Connu de Larry Niven: Sphere de Dyson, L'Anneau-Monde, Marionnettistes de Pierson, Larry Niven, Louis Wu
Les achats comprennent une adhesion a l'essai grat…
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L'Anneau-Monde, Intégrale
3.38
· 8 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2014 · 3 editions
L'Anneau-Monde
Les Ingénieurs de l'Anneau-Monde
Le T…
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Espace connu - Le monde des Ptavvs ; Protecteur ; Un cadeau de la Terre
Avec Le Monde des ptavvs, premier roman écrit par …
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