His known space story the soft weapon was adapted as a script for the animated star trek series, featuring spock in the puppeteer role. In the first part he comes up with the story adult which describes an alien race known as the pak who are the ancestors of the human race. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. Larry niven project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Mar 07, 2019 this is a short story taking place in larry niven s known space universe. The first three in this collection are among our personal favorites. This hugonominated work is a classic of nivens known space saga. Three books of known space paperback september 3, 1996 by larry niven author. It collects several of niven s known space short stories from his golden age of the late1960s, including the beowulf shaeffer stories.
Its a mans first contact story and concerns the arrival in the solar system of the first alien visitor. In 1966 larry niven created the ultimate tourist with his awardwinn. The main characters of this science fiction, fiction story are luke garner, jack brennan. Known space is a volume of interstellar space explored by humans and their alien neighbors. Fans began to digest these concepts with a hunger not knowing that there was more to this reality. Protector known space series by larry niven, paperback. With time, larry s stories began to evolve into what is known as known space timeline. Although out of print, neutron star is a book worth getting for any fan of science fiction. And this is a shame as it is one of the keys to larry niven s wonderland known as known space. Larry niven tales of known space, reading order the chris. That novel is included in the omnibus three books of known space, along with another early novel, a gift from earth, and quite a few known space short stories. A new window will open with the information so you wont lose your spot. See all books authored by larry niven, including ringworld, and lucifers hammer, and more on. Known space crashlander beowulf shaeffer ringworld ringworld engineers the ringworld throne ringworlds children fleet of worlds juggler of worlds destroyer of worlds betrayer of worlds.
Protector is a tale of how human beings came about, a story made apparent by the arrival of an outsider in human space. Protector is a excellent novel in niven s known space series, a thought provoking book that covers a vast amount of space and time the basic elements of sf. I wrote it mainly to introduce it to avid fanfic writers. Although the known space universe has a well defined chronology, most of the stories can be read independently. I hope that known space will eventually become its own subcategory as larry niven is one of the most famous scifi writers.
Though it seems like the concept of the pak protector was an interesting thought experiment that niven decided to create a whole story about, the idea is interesting and works very well. Im a big space opera scifi fan, and an equally big larry niven fan. His mission was to save, develop, and protect the group of pak breeders sent out into space some two and a half million years before. Original title isbn 9780345353122 published on 1973. If youre just starting to read the books of larry niven, any fan would advise lucifers hammer, to get familiar with his style, then protector, because protectors make cameos in many of his books like robots do in asimovs stories, and of course, his signature book, ringworld. Protector known space series by larry niven nook book. Pdf protector book known space free download 218 pages. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Crashlander, protector, three books of known space, flatlander. Much like isaac asimov, his books follow a set of rules, which include. If youre just starting to read the books of larry niven, any fan would advise lucifers hammer, to get familiar with his style, then protector, because protectors. Giving up freedom for security is beginning to look naive. It depicts mans first contacts with extraterrestrials about two and four centuries hence. A gift from earth small tears edge of first 15 pages.
Larry niven s career, already dynamic and creative, exploded in new directions after protector. Contentsshow plot summary this novel expands the story of the pak protectors which was begun in the 1967 short story the adults short story. Larry niven books list of books by author larry niven. It has also become a shared universe in the spinoff mankzin wars anthologies. Known space is a volume of interstellar space explored by humans and their alien. Phssthpok the pak had been traveling for most of his thirtytwo thousand years. Nivens known space has dimensions, details, rules, nuances and surprises similar to that of star treks and. The universe of larry niven 1975 collection three books of known space 1996 reprint of tales of known space, with madness has its place in place of the borderland of sol, packed with world of ptavvs and a gift from earth. Larry niven s novel protector is good, solid, science fiction like they dont write anymore.
Known space is the fictional setting of about a dozen science fiction novels and several collections of short stories written by larry niven. It presents a consistent world that we can easily understand. A hole in space cracked spine, writing on front matter pg, bottom edge of back cover torn. It has all the qualities that make those books so special. It was nominated for the hugo in 1974, and placed fourth in the annual locus poll for that year the work fleshes out a species called the pak, originally introduced in a 1967 story called the adults, which forms the first half of the novel there titled phssthpok. After youve read protector and ringworld, dont miss the ringworld engineers.
Larry niven is an american author of hard science fiction, best known for his ringworld series, which is part of the largely known space universe. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. Human space world of ptavvs flatlander gil hamilton protector a gift from earth tales of known space 2. Protector is a science fiction novel by larry niven, set in his known space universe and with ties into numerous other books set in known space. Aliens, fiction, hard science fiction, novels, science fiction, science fiction fantasy, space, space opera, speculative fiction. Phssthpok the pak had been traveling for most of his thirtytwo thousand. At the heart of this novel is the concept that humans evolved from the juvenile stages of the pak. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 218 pages and is available in paperback format. Protector is yet one more in the superlative known space collection of books by larry niven that were written last century. Larry nivens world of ptavvs, protector, and a gift. Phssthpok the pak had been traveling for most of h more. Here are all the larry niven books in reading order for his work over the last 50 or so years. It is an area near the earth which is explored and settled and is peopled by races such as piersons puppeteers, kzinti, and the many.
Often overlooked in comparission to the ringworld series of books is protector. In 1956, he entered the california institute of technology, only to flunk out a year and a half later after discovering a bookstore jammed with used sciencefiction magazines. Mar 08, 2020 download book protector known space by author larry niven in pdf epub. Free download or read online protector pdf epub known space series book.
Isfdb catalogs all works set in the fictional universe that includes known space under the series name tales of known space. Protectors represent the final stage of maturation for the pak and other hominids which follow. I recently decided to reread a bunch of larry niven stories from his known space series, but was at a complete loss about the read order of the various stories, short stories and novels that encompass the timeline. Fans today still debate the existence of niven s alien races in the star trek universe. The first edition of the novel was published in 1973, and was written by larry niven. Be sure to read world of ptavvs, niven s first novel and of major importance to the known space background. The flatlander collection contains the gil the arm detective stories set in an early era of known space.
Though it was first printed in 1970, it appears farther down the list in niven s published bibliographies. Protector was larry niven s fourth fulllength novel in the known space universe, and the last known space work written before the series decline in the mid1970s. In another twist, larry released the novel protector returning back to the known space theory. See more ideas about larry niven, science fiction and sci fi art. The major exception being the ringworld and fleet of worlds subseries, which are best read in order. From there things do not go as you might expect and the book covers several hundred years due to lots of travelling at sub light speeds. The known space started to be populated with brazen images of aliens and description of far off worlds. Its set in nivens known space universe, early in it, before humanity has ftl travel or contact with aliens. This is probably a good time to read the fleet of worlds books. Since the author has several series published, they are listed in the order of publication, starting from known space, a series written between 19661980. Niven strength here is his ability to create believable aliens and cast them in scientifically challenging and plausible situations. It was nominated for the hugo in 1974, and placed fourth in the annual locus poll for that year.
A classic of known space by niven, larry, weiner, tom from amazons fiction books store. Download book protector known space by author larry niven in pdf epub. Late in the series, this area is an irregularly shaped bubble about 60 lightyears across. Known space is about 80 light years in diameter and contains human space. Larry niven is the new york times bestselling author of such classic science fiction novels as ringworld and destinys road. Protector by larry niven book 3 in the known space scifi series 1973.
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