Bridging the Galaxies

1993 collection of science fiction stories by Larry Niven

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Bridging the Galaxies

Cover of the first edition.

Author| Larry Niven
Cover artist| Alicia Austin
Language| English
Genre| Science fiction
Publisher| San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions

Publication date

| 1993
Publication place| United States
Media type| Print (hardcover)
Pages| 197

Bridging the Galaxies is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer Larry Niven, published in hardcover by San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions in September 1993 for the 51st World Science Fiction Convention (ConFrancisco), held September 2–6, 1993 in San Francisco, California.[1]

The book contains four short stories, three essays, a planetarium script, and a poem, together with an introduction and a bibliography.[1]

## Contents

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* "In Memoriam: Howard Grote Littlemead" (poem)
* "Introduction"
* "Procrustes"
* "Where Next, Columbus?" (essay) (with Jerry Pournelle)
* "The Color of Sunfire"
* "The Léshy Circuit: Unfinished Script for Planetarium Show"
* "Tabletop Fusion" (essay)
* "The South Los Angeles Broadcasting System"
* "It's Only a Story"
* "Intercon Trip Report: August 12, 1991" (essay)
* "All the Bridges Rusting"
* "Bibliography" (Tom Whitmore)

## References

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1. ^ a b Bridging the Galaxies title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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Bibliography of Larry Niven

Known Space|

* World of Ptavvs (1966)
* A Gift from Earth (1968)
* Neutron Star (1968)
* Protector (1973)
* Tales of Known Space (1975)
* Flatlander (1976)
* The Patchwork Girl (1986)
* Crashlander (1994)

Ringworld|

* Ringworld (1970)
* The Ringworld Engineers (1979)
* The Ringworld Throne (1996)
* Ringworld's Children (2004)

Man-Kzin Wars1|

Fleet of Worlds2|

* Fleet of Worlds (2007)
* Juggler of Worlds (2008)
* Destroyer of Worlds (2009)
* Betrayer of Worlds (2010)
* Fate of Worlds (2012)

The Magic Goes Away|

* The Magic Goes Away (1976)
* The Magic May Return (1981)
* More Magic (1984)
* The Burning City (2000)
* Burning Tower (2005)
* The Seascape Tattoo (2016)

Written with
Jerry Pournelle|

* Inferno (1976)
* Lucifer's Hammer (1977)
* Oath of Fealty (1981)
* Footfall (1985)
* Escape from Hell (2009)

Moties3|

* The Mote in God's Eye (1974)
* The Gripping Hand (1993)

Heorot4|

* The Legacy of Heorot (1987)
* Beowulf's Children (1995)
* Destiny's Road (1997)
* Starborn & Godsons (2020)

Dream Park4|

* Dream Park (1981)
* The Barsoom Project (1989)
* The California Voodoo Game (1992)
* The Moon Maze Game (2011)

The State|

* A World Out of Time (1976)
* The Integral Trees (1984)
* The Smoke Ring (1987)

Co-authored novels|

* The Flying Sorcerers (1971)
* The Descent of Anansi (1982)
* Fallen Angels (1991)
* Building Harlequin's Moon (2005)
* Bowl of Heaven (2012)

Other collections|

* All the Myriad Ways (1971)
* The Flight of the Horse (1973)
* Inconstant Moon (1973)
* A Hole in Space (1974)
* Convergent Series (1979)
* Limits (1985)
* N-Space (1990)
* Playgrounds of the Mind (1991)
* Bridging the Galaxies (1993)
* Rainbow Mars (1999)
* Scatterbrain (2003)
* The Draco Tavern (2006)
* Stars and Gods (2010)
* The Best of Larry Niven (2010)

Short stories|

* "At the Core"
* "The Borderland of Sol"
* "Death by Ecstasy"
* "The Defenseless Dead"
* "Flash Crowd"
* "Flatlander"
* "Grendel"
* "The Handicapped"
* "The Hole Man"
* "The Jigsaw Man"
* "The Magic Goes Away"
* "Neutron Star"
* "Procrustes"
* "The Return of William Proxmire"
* "The Soft Weapon"
* "What Good Is A Glass Dagger?"

Essays|

* Niven's laws
* "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex"

TV episodes written|

* "The Slaver Weapon" (Star Trek: The Animated Series)
* "Downstream" (Land of the Lost)
* "Hurricane" (Land of the Lost) with David Gerrold
* "Circle" (Land of the Lost) with David Gerrold

1. Collections by Niven or others
2. With Edward M. Lerner
3. Set in the CoDominium series
4. With Steven Barnes

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