_A World Out Of Time_ by Larry Niven

[Lynn McGuire]

_A World Out Of Time_ by Larry Niven
https://www.amazon.com/World-Out-Time-Larry-Niven/dp/162578158X/

A singular book, no prequel or sequel that I know of, published in 1976. This is a hard SF book with somewhat feasible way future
technology. I read the trade paperback version with the nice paper and nice fonts.

A corpsicle from the late 1900s is revived by the State and used to imprint the mind of a brain-wiped criminal in 2190. The
corpsicle is then used as a pilot for a exploration starship with ten autonomic seed pods for appropriate earth-like planets. The
corpsicle instead heads for a sightseeing tour of the galactic core and returns to Earth three million years later as a very old man.
Things are very different now as the Earth rotates around Jupiter, the sun is a large red dwarf, and there are very few inhabitants.

This book may have been the inspiration for the _We Are Legion_ book by Dennis Taylor, but I do not know.
https://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Legion-Bob-Bobiverse/dp/1680680323/

My rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (148 reviews)

Lynn

[Dimensional Traveler]

Post by Lynn McGuire
_A World Out Of Time_ by Larry Niven
https://www.amazon.com/World-Out-Time-Larry-Niven/dp/162578158X/
A singular book, no prequel or sequel that I know of, published in
1976. This is a hard SF book with somewhat feasible way future
technology. I read the trade paperback version with the nice paper and nice fonts.
A corpsicle from the late 1900s is revived by the State and used to
imprint the mind of a brain-wiped criminal in 2190. The corpsicle is
then used as a pilot for a exploration starship with ten autonomic seed
pods for appropriate earth-like planets. The corpsicle instead heads
for a sightseeing tour of the galactic core and returns to Earth three
million years later as a very old man. Things are very different now as
the Earth rotates around Jupiter, the sun is a large red dwarf, and
there are very few inhabitants.
This book may have been the inspiration for the _We Are Legion_ book by
Dennis Taylor, but I do not know.
https://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Legion-Bob-Bobiverse/dp/1680680323/
My rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (148 reviews)

No direct prequel or sequel but Niven did write other stories set in The
State setting, like with Known Space.

[Lynn McGuire]

Post by Lynn McGuire
_A World Out Of Time_ by Larry Niven
https://www.amazon.com/World-Out-Time-Larry-Niven/dp/162578158X/
A singular book, no prequel or sequel that I know of, published in
1976. This is a hard SF book with somewhat feasible way future
technology. I read the trade paperback version with the nice paper and nice fonts.
A corpsicle from the late 1900s is revived by the State and used to
imprint the mind of a brain-wiped criminal in 2190. The corpsicle is
then used as a pilot for a exploration starship with ten autonomic seed
pods for appropriate earth-like planets. The corpsicle instead heads
for a sightseeing tour of the galactic core and returns to Earth three
million years later as a very old man. Things are very different now as
the Earth rotates around Jupiter, the sun is a large red dwarf, and
there are very few inhabitants.
This book may have been the inspiration for the _We Are Legion_ book by
Dennis Taylor, but I do not know.
https://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Legion-Bob-Bobiverse/dp/1680680323/
My rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (148 reviews)

No direct prequel or sequel but Niven did write other stories set in The State setting, like with Known Space.

I would like a sequel. But as Niven is 78, I doubt it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Niven

I saw somewhere (probably on Pournelle's website) that Niven is working on a couple of other books as is Pournelle.

Lynn

[Dimensional Traveler]

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Dimensional Traveler

Post by Lynn McGuire
_A World Out Of Time_ by Larry Niven
https://www.amazon.com/World-Out-Time-Larry-Niven/dp/162578158X/
A singular book, no prequel or sequel that I know of, published in
1976. This is a hard SF book with somewhat feasible way future
technology. I read the trade paperback version with the nice paper and nice fonts.
A corpsicle from the late 1900s is revived by the State and used to
imprint the mind of a brain-wiped criminal in 2190. The corpsicle is
then used as a pilot for a exploration starship with ten autonomic seed
pods for appropriate earth-like planets. The corpsicle instead heads
for a sightseeing tour of the galactic core and returns to Earth three
million years later as a very old man. Things are very different now as
the Earth rotates around Jupiter, the sun is a large red dwarf, and
there are very few inhabitants.
This book may have been the inspiration for the _We Are Legion_ book by
Dennis Taylor, but I do not know.
https://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Legion-Bob-Bobiverse/dp/1680680323/
My rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (148 reviews)

No direct prequel or sequel but Niven did write other stories set in
The State setting, like with Known Space.

I would like a sequel. But as Niven is 78, I doubt it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Niven
I saw somewhere (probably on Pournelle's website) that Niven is working
on a couple of other books as is Pournelle.

In conjunction with Edward Lerner Mr. Niven has been putting out "<NOUN>
of Worlds" books in the Known Space universe for the last 10 years.
Basically retconning Known Space history.

[John F. Eldredge]

Post by Dimensional Traveler

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Dimensional Traveler

Post by Lynn McGuire
_A World Out Of Time_ by Larry Niven
https://www.amazon.com/World-Out-Time-Larry-Niven/dp/162578158X/
A singular book, no prequel or sequel that I know of, published in
1976. This is a hard SF book with somewhat feasible way future
technology. I read the trade paperback version with the nice paper and nice fonts.
A corpsicle from the late 1900s is revived by the State and used to
imprint the mind of a brain-wiped criminal in 2190. The corpsicle is
then used as a pilot for a exploration starship with ten autonomic seed
pods for appropriate earth-like planets. The corpsicle instead heads
for a sightseeing tour of the galactic core and returns to Earth three
million years later as a very old man. Things are very different now as
the Earth rotates around Jupiter, the sun is a large red dwarf, and
there are very few inhabitants.
This book may have been the inspiration for the _We Are Legion_ book by
Dennis Taylor, but I do not know.
https://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Legion-Bob-Bobiverse/dp/1680680323/
My rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (148 reviews)

No direct prequel or sequel but Niven did write other stories set in
The State setting, like with Known Space.

I would like a sequel. But as Niven is 78, I doubt it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Niven
I saw somewhere (probably on Pournelle's website) that Niven is working
on a couple of other books as is Pournelle.

In conjunction with Edward Lerner Mr. Niven has been putting out "<NOUN>
of Worlds" books in the Known Space universe for the last 10 years.
Basically retconning Known Space history.
--
Some days you just don't have enough middle fingers!

Parts of "A World Out of Time" were originally published as the
short story "Rammer" and the novella "Children of the
State".

[Lynn McGuire]

Post by John F. Eldredge

Post by Dimensional Traveler

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Dimensional Traveler

Post by Lynn McGuire
_A World Out Of Time_ by Larry Niven
https://www.amazon.com/World-Out-Time-Larry-Niven/dp/162578158X/
A singular book, no prequel or sequel that I know of, published in
1976. This is a hard SF book with somewhat feasible way future
technology. I read the trade paperback version with the nice paper and nice fonts.
A corpsicle from the late 1900s is revived by the State and used to
imprint the mind of a brain-wiped criminal in 2190. The corpsicle is
then used as a pilot for a exploration starship with ten autonomic seed
pods for appropriate earth-like planets. The corpsicle instead heads
for a sightseeing tour of the galactic core and returns to Earth three
million years later as a very old man. Things are very different now as
the Earth rotates around Jupiter, the sun is a large red dwarf, and
there are very few inhabitants.
This book may have been the inspiration for the _We Are Legion_ book by
Dennis Taylor, but I do not know.
https://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Legion-Bob-Bobiverse/dp/1680680323/
My rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (148 reviews)

No direct prequel or sequel but Niven did write other stories set in
The State setting, like with Known Space.

I would like a sequel. But as Niven is 78, I doubt it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Niven
I saw somewhere (probably on Pournelle's website) that Niven is working
on a couple of other books as is Pournelle.

In conjunction with Edward Lerner Mr. Niven has been putting out "<NOUN>
of Worlds" books in the Known Space universe for the last 10 years.
Basically retconning Known Space history.
--
Some days you just don't have enough middle fingers!

Parts of "A World Out of Time" were originally published as the
short story "Rammer" and the novella "Children of the
State".

Sounds like Larry Niven was a student of Mr. Heinlein who apparently preached that you should always sell your stories three times.
Once for serialization in a magazine, once in hardback, and once in paperback. Pournelle writes on his website about Mr. Heinlein
critiquing _Lucifer's Hammer_ and _Footfall_ for them.

Lynn

[Greg Goss]

Post by Lynn McGuire
Sounds like Larry Niven was a student of Mr. Heinlein who apparently preached that you should always sell your stories three times.
Once for serialization in a magazine, once in hardback, and once in paperback. Pournelle writes on his website about Mr. Heinlein
critiquing _Lucifer's Hammer_ and _Footfall_ for them.

Two of the pieces that Heinlein made them take out of A Mote in God's
Eye were published separately. I read the "lost preface" in Galaxy
before reading the novel.

I didn't know that Heinlein performed the same service for those other
two novels.

[Kevrob]

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by John F. Eldredge

Post by Dimensional Traveler

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Dimensional Traveler

Post by Lynn McGuire
_A World Out Of Time_ by Larry Niven
https://www.amazon.com/World-Out-Time-Larry-Niven/dp/162578158X/
A singular book, no prequel or sequel that I know of, published in
1976. This is a hard SF book with somewhat feasible way future
technology. I read the trade paperback version with the nice paper and
nice fonts.
A corpsicle from the late 1900s is revived by the State and used to
imprint the mind of a brain-wiped criminal in 2190. The corpsicle is
then used as a pilot for a exploration starship with ten autonomic seed
pods for appropriate earth-like planets. The corpsicle instead heads
for a sightseeing tour of the galactic core and returns to Earth three
million years later as a very old man. Things are very different now as
the Earth rotates around Jupiter, the sun is a large red dwarf, and
there are very few inhabitants.
This book may have been the inspiration for the _We Are Legion_ book by
Dennis Taylor, but I do not know.
https://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Legion-Bob-Bobiverse/dp/1680680323/
My rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (148 reviews)

No direct prequel or sequel but Niven did write other stories set in
The State setting, like with Known Space.

I would like a sequel. But as Niven is 78, I doubt it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Niven
I saw somewhere (probably on Pournelle's website) that Niven is working
on a couple of other books as is Pournelle.

In conjunction with Edward Lerner Mr. Niven has been putting out "<NOUN>
of Worlds" books in the Known Space universe for the last 10 years.
Basically retconning Known Space history.
--
Some days you just don't have enough middle fingers!

Parts of "A World Out of Time" were originally published as the
short story "Rammer" and the novella "Children of the
State".

Sounds like Larry Niven was a student of Mr. Heinlein who apparently preached that you should always sell your stories three times.
Once for serialization in a magazine, once in hardback, and once in paperback.

Then you have the comic strip, the comic book, the comic book collected
as a trade paperback, which you can sell as a "graphic novel," the
radio show,* the animated film, the animated TV series, the live action
film, the live action TV series, the board game, the video game, the
trading cards, the game cards (a la "Magic: TG") the 3-D versions of
the films and the collected comic strips, the online game, the soundtrack
albums from the films and TV series, the live stage show, the Ice
Capades version {Destination Moon On Ice!} and the Broadway musical, later
adapted into a film, with a new song as Oscar-bait.

Plus the associated merch: clothing, plush toys, digital watches...

Have I left anything out? There's always something.

This is not a criticism. I'm all for the authors making some money.

Post by Lynn McGuire
Pournelle writes on his website about Mr. Heinlein
critiquing _Lucifer's Hammer_ and _Footfall_ for them.

Kevin R

[Kevrob]

the radio show,*

Orphaned footnote:

* See also the LP versions of h2g2 done slightly differently than the
BBC broadcast versions for whatever arcane copyright reasons, or to
make the fits fit.

Kevin R

[Robert Carnegie]

Post by Kevrob

the radio show,*

* See also the LP versions of h2g2 done slightly differently than the
BBC broadcast versions for whatever arcane copyright reasons, or to
make the fits fit.

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On Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 12:17:02 PM UTC-7, Kevrob wrote:

(multiple sales of the same story)

Post by Kevrob
Then you have the comic strip, the comic book, the comic book collected
as a trade paperback, which you can sell as a "graphic novel," the
radio show,* the animated film, the animated TV series, the live action
film, the live action TV series, the board game, the video game, the
trading cards, the game cards (a la "Magic: TG") the 3-D versions of
the films and the collected comic strips, the online game, the soundtrack
albums from the films and TV series, the live stage show, the Ice
Capades version {Destination Moon On Ice!} and the Broadway musical, later
adapted into a film, with a new song as Oscar-bait.

_Ringworld_ would make a fantastic movie. The Fist-Of-God impact flashback alone would satisfy any explosion/disaster junkie.

Post by Kevrob
Plus the associated merch: clothing, plush toys, digital watches...
Have I left anything out? There's always something.

Action figures! Playsets!

(I'd love to see a Puppeteer-designed TY-Baby plush toy of a Kzintosh. Not sure how well Ghoul plushes would sell though.)

Soft Weapon pistols next to the Star Wars blasters in Walmart.

Model kits of Lying Bastard and the Ringworld (large display area required for the latter).

The various GP hull kits would be transparent polystyrene with bronzy engines and chromed lifesystems.

Dot-and-comma decals for the Kzinti "police ships"...

Ooh. Bolo Models. Also large, but hey.

Back to Heinlein for a minute, a model kit of Gay Deceiver would sell well too.

(can you tell I built a lot of model kits as a kid?)

Post by Kevrob
This is not a criticism. I'm all for the authors making some money.

It would definitely get Niven's name out to more of the population.


Mark L. Fergerson

[Dimensional Traveler]

Post by ***@bid.nes
(multiple sales of the same story)

Post by Kevrob
Then you have the comic strip, the comic book, the comic book collected
as a trade paperback, which you can sell as a "graphic novel," the
radio show,* the animated film, the animated TV series, the live action
film, the live action TV series, the board game, the video game, the
trading cards, the game cards (a la "Magic: TG") the 3-D versions of
the films and the collected comic strips, the online game, the soundtrack
albums from the films and TV series, the live stage show, the Ice
Capades version {Destination Moon On Ice!} and the Broadway musical, later
adapted into a film, with a new song as Oscar-bait.

_Ringworld_ would make a fantastic movie. The Fist-Of-God impact flashback alone would satisfy any explosion/disaster junkie.

And various studios have been trying to develop the movie for at least
20 years....

[Lynn McGuire]

Post by Dimensional Traveler

Post by ***@bid.nes
(multiple sales of the same story)

Post by Kevrob
Then you have the comic strip, the comic book, the comic book collected
as a trade paperback, which you can sell as a "graphic novel," the
radio show,* the animated film, the animated TV series, the live action
film, the live action TV series, the board game, the video game, the
trading cards, the game cards (a la "Magic: TG") the 3-D versions of
the films and the collected comic strips, the online game, the soundtrack
albums from the films and TV series, the live stage show, the Ice
Capades version {Destination Moon On Ice!} and the Broadway musical, later
adapted into a film, with a new song as Oscar-bait.

_Ringworld_ would make a fantastic movie. The Fist-Of-God impact
flashback alone would satisfy any explosion/disaster junkie.

And various studios have been trying to develop the movie for at least
20 years....

I'm not that anyone other than James Cameron could do it.

Lynn

[Lynn McGuire]

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Dimensional Traveler

Post by ***@bid.nes
(multiple sales of the same story)

Post by Kevrob
Then you have the comic strip, the comic book, the comic book collected
as a trade paperback, which you can sell as a "graphic novel," the
radio show,* the animated film, the animated TV series, the live action
film, the live action TV series, the board game, the video game, the
trading cards, the game cards (a la "Magic: TG") the 3-D versions of
the films and the collected comic strips, the online game, the soundtrack
albums from the films and TV series, the live stage show, the Ice
Capades version {Destination Moon On Ice!} and the Broadway musical, later
adapted into a film, with a new song as Oscar-bait.

_Ringworld_ would make a fantastic movie. The Fist-Of-God impact
flashback alone would satisfy any explosion/disaster junkie.

And various studios have been trying to develop the movie for at least
20 years....

I'm not that anyone other than James Cameron could do it.
Lynn

^not^not sure

I'm not sure that anyone other than James Cameron could do it.

Lynn

[Kevrob]

Post by ***@bid.nes
(multiple sales of the same story)

Post by Kevrob
Then you have the comic strip, the comic book, the comic book collected
as a trade paperback, which you can sell as a "graphic novel," the
radio show,* the animated film, the animated TV series, the live action
film, the live action TV series, the board game, the video game, the
trading cards, the game cards (a la "Magic: TG") the 3-D versions of
the films and the collected comic strips, the online game, the soundtrack
albums from the films and TV series, the live stage show, the Ice
Capades version {Destination Moon On Ice!} and the Broadway musical, later
adapted into a film, with a new song as Oscar-bait.

_Ringworld_ would make a fantastic movie. The Fist-Of-God impact flashback alone would satisfy any explosion/disaster junkie.

Post by Kevrob
Plus the associated merch: clothing, plush toys, digital watches...
Have I left anything out? There's always something.

Action figures! Playsets!
(I'd love to see a Puppeteer-designed TY-Baby plush toy of a Kzintosh. Not sure how well Ghoul plushes would sell though.)
Soft Weapon pistols next to the Star Wars blasters in Walmart.
Model kits of Lying Bastard and the Ringworld (large display area required for the latter).
The various GP hull kits would be transparent polystyrene with bronzy engines and chromed lifesystems.
Dot-and-comma decals for the Kzinti "police ships"...
Ooh. Bolo Models. Also large, but hey.
Back to Heinlein for a minute, a model kit of Gay Deceiver would sell well too.
(can you tell I built a lot of model kits as a kid?)

"....associated merch...." covers multitudes.

Post by ***@bid.nes

Post by Kevrob
This is not a criticism. I'm all for the authors making some money.

It would definitely get Niven's name out to more of the population.

Larry's made his pile, and good for him. Others are scratching
by, as seen here in recent posts. Heck, I'm scratching by!

I'm not a published author, though. I have to do...*shudder*.....
"honest" work!

Kevin R

[Greg Goss]

Post by Kevrob

Post by ***@bid.nes
It would definitely get Niven's name out to more of the population.

Larry's made his pile, and good for him. Others are scratching
by, as seen here in recent posts. Heck, I'm scratching by!

I don't remember which essay writer claimed that Niven was "born with
a silver backhoe in his mouth." and that his great grandfather was a
GREAT grandfather to discover oil in LA county. But he didn't need
the pile. I think that the comment was about Tim Hamner in Lucifer's
Hammer.

[Cryptoengineer]

Post by Kevrob

Post by ***@bid.nes
(multiple sales of the same story)

Post by Kevrob
Then you have the comic strip, the comic book, the comic book
collected as a trade paperback, which you can sell as a "graphic
novel," the radio show,* the animated film, the animated TV series,
the live action film, the live action TV series, the board game,
TG") the 3-D versions of the films and the collected comic strips,
the online game, the soundtrack albums from the films and TV
series, the live stage show, the Ice Capades version {Destination
Moon On Ice!} and the Broadway musical, later adapted into a film,
with a new song as Oscar-bait.

_Ringworld_ would make a fantastic movie. The Fist-Of-God impact
flashback alone would satisfy any explosion/disaster junkie.

Post by Kevrob
Plus the associated merch: clothing, plush toys, digital watches...
Have I left anything out? There's always something.

Action figures! Playsets!
(I'd love to see a Puppeteer-designed TY-Baby plush toy of a
Kzintosh. Not sure how well Ghoul plushes would sell though.)
Soft Weapon pistols next to the Star Wars blasters in Walmart.
Model kits of Lying Bastard and the Ringworld (large display area
required for the latter).
The various GP hull kits would be transparent polystyrene with
bronzy engines and chromed lifesystems.
Dot-and-comma decals for the Kzinti "police ships"...
Ooh. Bolo Models. Also large, but hey.
Back to Heinlein for a minute, a model kit of Gay Deceiver would sell well too.
(can you tell I built a lot of model kits as a kid?)

"....associated merch...." covers multitudes.

Post by ***@bid.nes

Post by Kevrob
This is not a criticism. I'm all for the authors making some money.

It would definitely get Niven's name out to more of the population.

Larry's made his pile, and good for him. Others are scratching
by, as seen here in recent posts. Heck, I'm scratching by!

I'm under the impression that Niven inherited his wealth; he
was rich before he ever set pen to paper.

pt

[Lawrence Watt-Evans]

Post by Kevrob
Larry's made his pile, and good for him. Others are scratching
by, as seen here in recent posts. Heck, I'm scratching by!

Larry INHERITED his pile; his mother's maiden name was Doheny, and his
grandfather was the guy who got rich in the Teapot Dome scandal during
the Harding administration. Except he was already rich before that,
so I should say "got richer."

Larry told me that his 21st birthday present from his father was a
check for a million dollars and the advice, "Don't waste it."

His writing income is just a nice little side bit. His grandfather
didn't want any of his descendants to be too lazy to work, so Larry
needed to prove he could support himself in order to get his share of
the family fortune. Which he did by writing, which satisfied the old
man.

Post by Kevrob
I'm not a published author, though. I have to do...*shudder*.....
"honest" work!

I lie for a living, but it's still work.

[Kevrob]

Post by Lawrence Watt-Evans

Post by Kevrob
Larry's made his pile, and good for him. Others are scratching
by, as seen here in recent posts. Heck, I'm scratching by!

Larry INHERITED his pile; his mother's maiden name was Doheny, and his
grandfather was the guy who got rich in the Teapot Dome scandal during
the Harding administration. Except he was already rich before that,
so I should say "got richer."
Larry told me that his 21st birthday present from his father was a
check for a million dollars and the advice, "Don't waste it."
His writing income is just a nice little side bit. His grandfather
didn't want any of his descendants to be too lazy to work, so Larry
needed to prove he could support himself in order to get his share of
the family fortune. Which he did by writing, which satisfied the old
man.

I knew that Niven had family money that allowed him to not
have to "There is only one sure means in life," Deasey said, "of ensuring that you are not ground into paste by disappointment, futility, and disillusion. And that is always to ensure, to the utmost of your ability, that you are doing it solely for the money."take a day job and just write. I didn't know it
was that much.

Post by Lawrence Watt-Evans

Post by Kevrob
I'm not a published author, though. I have to do...*shudder*.....
"honest" work!

I lie for a living, but it's still work.

I love the motto Michael Chabon put in the mouth of his pulp
editor character, George Deasey, in "Kavalier & Clay."

[quote]

"There is only one sure means in life," Deasey said, "of ensuring
that you are not ground into paste by disappointment, futility,
and disillusion. And that is always to ensure, to the utmost of
your ability, that you are doing it solely for the money."

[/quote]

http://preview.tinyurl.com/KandC-Deasey

https://tinyurl.com/KandC-Deasey

https://books.google.com/books?id=XIga7RhvVOIC&pg=PA285&lpg=PA285&dq=that+you+are+doing+it+for+the+money+deasey&source=bl&ots=pGiqxnpRj2&sig=6dX306RUCF_3L07qjOiVNwQlNE0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiX4sHIjJbTAhVm8IMKHfZ3CcEQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=that%20you%20are%20doing%20it%20for%20the%20money%20deasey&f=false

I imagine Niven never had to adopt that outlook.

Kevin R

[Kevrob]

Post by Kevrob

Post by Lawrence Watt-Evans

Post by Kevrob
Larry's made his pile, and good for him. Others are scratching
by, as seen here in recent posts. Heck, I'm scratching by!

Larry INHERITED his pile; his mother's maiden name was Doheny, and his
grandfather was the guy who got rich in the Teapot Dome scandal during
the Harding administration. Except he was already rich before that,
so I should say "got richer."
Larry told me that his 21st birthday present from his father was a
check for a million dollars and the advice, "Don't waste it."
His writing income is just a nice little side bit. His grandfather
didn't want any of his descendants to be too lazy to work, so Larry
needed to prove he could support himself in order to get his share of
the family fortune. Which he did by writing, which satisfied the old
man.

Corrected copypasta fubar*.......

Post by Kevrob
I knew that Niven had family money that allowed him to not
have to take a day job and just write. I didn't know it
was that much.

Post by Lawrence Watt-Evans

Post by Kevrob
I'm not a published author, though. I have to do...*shudder*.....
"honest" work!

I lie for a living, but it's still work.

I love the motto Michael Chabon put in the mouth of his pulp
editor character, George Deasey, in "Kavalier & Clay."
[quote]
"There is only one sure means in life," Deasey said, "of ensuring
that you are not ground into paste by disappointment, futility,
and disillusion. And that is always to ensure, to the utmost of
your ability, that you are doing it solely for the money."
[/quote]
http://preview.tinyurl.com/KandC-Deasey
https://tinyurl.com/KandC-Deasey
https://books.google.com/books?id=XIga7RhvVOIC&pg=PA285&lpg=PA285&dq=that+you+are+doing+it+for+the+money+deasey&source=bl&ots=pGiqxnpRj2&sig=6dX306RUCF_3L07qjOiVNwQlNE0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiX4sHIjJbTAhVm8IMKHfZ3CcEQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=that%20you%20are%20doing%20it%20for%20the%20money%20deasey&f=false
I imagine Niven never had to adopt that outlook.
Kevin R

* I was streaming a hockey game (Isles 4, Devils 2!
Playoff hopes still alive!) and it caused some problems!

[Juho Julkunen]

Post by Kevrob
* I was streaming a hockey game (Isles 4, Devils 2!
Playoff hopes still alive!) and it caused some problems!

I really hoped Bolts or Isles would have jumped the Leafs. Alas for the
useless Pens.

[Kevrob]

Post by Juho Julkunen

Post by Kevrob
* I was streaming a hockey game (Isles 4, Devils 2!
Playoff hopes still alive!) and it caused some problems!

I really hoped Bolts or Isles would have jumped the Leafs. Alas for the
useless Pens.

I was proud of the effort by our Lawnislanders, but, given
that John Tavares is hurt, I question how we would have fared in
round 1, anyway. Maybe now the Isles can fire Garth Snow!

100th Leaf Season, 50th since their last Cup.

Oh, well. "Let's Go, Mets!"

Kevin R

[David DeLaney]

Post by Kevrob
Larry's made his pile, and good for him.

... Larry Niven _started_ with a pile, didn't he?

Dave, how to make a small fortune from investing

[James Nicoll]

Post by ***@bid.nes
(multiple sales of the same story)

Post by Kevrob
Then you have the comic strip, the comic book, the comic book collected
as a trade paperback, which you can sell as a "graphic novel," the
radio show,* the animated film, the animated TV series, the live action
film, the live action TV series, the board game, the video game, the
trading cards, the game cards (a la "Magic: TG") the 3-D versions of
the films and the collected comic strips, the online game, the soundtrack
albums from the films and TV series, the live stage show, the Ice
Capades version {Destination Moon On Ice!} and the Broadway musical, later
adapted into a film, with a new song as Oscar-bait.

_Ringworld_ would make a fantastic movie. The Fist-Of-God impact
flashback alone would satisfy any explosion/disaster junkie.

The problem will be the same one as with Rama, which is the plot. Which
is basically, some people go look at a big thing and marvel at its bigness.
I'm thinking the explosions and lensflare crowd will be less good at
adapting it than people experienced in making movies focused on wonder.

[Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy]

In article

Post by ***@bid.nes
(multiple sales of the same story)

Post by Kevrob
Then you have the comic strip, the comic book, the comic book
collected as a trade paperback, which you can sell as a
"graphic novel," the radio show,* the animated film, the
animated TV series, the live action film, the live action TV
series, the board game, the video game, the trading cards, the
game cards (a la "Magic: TG") the 3-D versions of the films
and the collected comic strips, the online game, the
soundtrack albums from the films and TV series, the live stage
show, the Ice Capades version {Destination Moon On Ice!} and
the Broadway musical, later adapted into a film, with a new
song as Oscar-bait.

_Ringworld_ would make a fantastic movie. The Fist-Of-God
impact
flashback alone would satisfy any explosion/disaster junkie.

The problem will be the same one as with Rama, which is the
plot. Which is basically, some people go look at a big thing and
marvel at its bigness.

That's about as much plot as most sf movies have. Of course, most
sf movies suck.
--
Terry Austin

Vacation photos from Iceland:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/collection/QaXQkB

"Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
-- David Bilek

Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

[-dsr-]

Post by James Nicoll

Post by ***@bid.nes
_Ringworld_ would make a fantastic movie. The Fist-Of-God impact
flashback alone would satisfy any explosion/disaster junkie.

The problem will be the same one as with Rama, which is the plot. Which
is basically, some people go look at a big thing and marvel at its bigness.
I'm thinking the explosions and lensflare crowd will be less good at
adapting it than people experienced in making movies focused on wonder.

If you mashed 1 and 2 together, that would make a plausible 120 minute
movie.

1. Louis Wu's 24 hour birthday party, establishing This is The Future,
two characters, and teleportation booths.

2. Kidnapping, establishing Nessus and the mission

3. Gathering Speaker-to-Animals and Teela.

4. Launch

5. Arrival at the Ringworld, look at large features, get fired upon. Crash.

6. Explain the nature of the getting-off-the-Ringworld problem. Pack up.

7. Cycle around looking at things, meeting people. The cycles need
to cool down after every ten thousand miles at Mach 5, so more
opportunities to see things up close.

8. Avoid sunflowers, meet more people. Discover vampires.

9. Eye Storm; Teela is lost. Discover shadow-square wire.

10. Slog to the edge; find a port city, meet Harloprillalar, learn about
meteor defense, superconductor plague, discover that the Ringworld
is unstable, deduce fusion ramjets.

11. Not enough ramjets: angst about killing a trillion people.

12. Speaker pulls the trigger. He has no angst about hominids.

13. Well, that's awful but it's going to take 50 years to do anything,
so maybe we can get some areas evacuated. But only if we have a
working spaceship! Hey, let's use shadow-square wire to haul the
ship up Fist-of-God.

14. Ship looks over the edge, sees the ramjets firing, Speaker says
"what the hell is a giant map of Kzin doing in this ocean?"; Louis
says "what the hell is a giant map of Earth doing in this ocean?"

15. Teela-protector comes on the comm and says "I have ordered the
meteor defense laser not to fire on you. Let's talk."
"Who are you?"
"I was Teela, but I'm much smarter now."

and credits.

Then the followup is a version of Protector.

-dsr-

[Cryptoengineer]

Post by -dsr-

Post by James Nicoll

Post by ***@bid.nes
_Ringworld_ would make a fantastic movie. The Fist-Of-God impact
flashback alone would satisfy any explosion/disaster junkie.

The problem will be the same one as with Rama, which is the plot.
Which is basically, some people go look at a big thing and marvel at
its bigness. I'm thinking the explosions and lensflare crowd will be
less good at adapting it than people experienced in making movies
focused on wonder.

If you mashed 1 and 2 together, that would make a plausible 120 minute
movie.
1. Louis Wu's 24 hour birthday party, establishing This is The Future,
two characters, and teleportation booths.
2. Kidnapping, establishing Nessus and the mission
3. Gathering Speaker-to-Animals and Teela.
4. Launch
5. Arrival at the Ringworld, look at large features, get fired upon. Crash.
6. Explain the nature of the getting-off-the-Ringworld problem. Pack up.
7. Cycle around looking at things, meeting people. The cycles need
to cool down after every ten thousand miles at Mach 5, so more
opportunities to see things up close.
8. Avoid sunflowers, meet more people. Discover vampires.
9. Eye Storm; Teela is lost. Discover shadow-square wire.
10. Slog to the edge; find a port city, meet Harloprillalar, learn about
meteor defense, superconductor plague, discover that the Ringworld
is unstable, deduce fusion ramjets.
11. Not enough ramjets: angst about killing a trillion people.
12. Speaker pulls the trigger. He has no angst about hominids.
13. Well, that's awful but it's going to take 50 years to do anything,
so maybe we can get some areas evacuated. But only if we have a
working spaceship! Hey, let's use shadow-square wire to haul the
ship up Fist-of-God.
14. Ship looks over the edge, sees the ramjets firing, Speaker says
"what the hell is a giant map of Kzin doing in this ocean?"; Louis
says "what the hell is a giant map of Earth doing in this ocean?"
15. Teela-protector comes on the comm and says "I have ordered the
meteor defense laser not to fire on you. Let's talk."
"Who are you?"
"I was Teela, but I'm much smarter now."
and credits.
Then the followup is a version of Protector.

You forgot the scene where 'rishathra' is practiced, even if slightly
off-screen.

pt

[Juho Julkunen]

Post by -dsr-

Post by James Nicoll

Post by ***@bid.nes
_Ringworld_ would make a fantastic movie. The Fist-Of-God impact
flashback alone would satisfy any explosion/disaster junkie.

The problem will be the same one as with Rama, which is the plot. Which
is basically, some people go look at a big thing and marvel at its bigness.
I'm thinking the explosions and lensflare crowd will be less good at
adapting it than people experienced in making movies focused on wonder.

If you mashed 1 and 2 together, that would make a plausible 120 minute
movie.

I don't know if they do two hour SF movies anymore. All the movies of
that sort I recall seeing in recent years have been two and a half, or
pushing three hours.

[Lynn McGuire]

Post by Juho Julkunen

Post by -dsr-

Post by James Nicoll

Post by ***@bid.nes
_Ringworld_ would make a fantastic movie. The Fist-Of-God impact
flashback alone would satisfy any explosion/disaster junkie.

The problem will be the same one as with Rama, which is the plot. Which
is basically, some people go look at a big thing and marvel at its bigness.
I'm thinking the explosions and lensflare crowd will be less good at
adapting it than people experienced in making movies focused on wonder.

If you mashed 1 and 2 together, that would make a plausible 120 minute
movie.

I don't know if they do two hour SF movies anymore. All the movies of
that sort I recall seeing in recent years have been two and a half, or
pushing three hours.

Peter Jackson could easily (and should) make it into a mini-series.

Lynn

[Juho Julkunen]

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Juho Julkunen

Post by -dsr-

Post by James Nicoll

Post by ***@bid.nes
_Ringworld_ would make a fantastic movie. The Fist-Of-God impact
flashback alone would satisfy any explosion/disaster junkie.

The problem will be the same one as with Rama, which is the plot. Which
is basically, some people go look at a big thing and marvel at its bigness.
I'm thinking the explosions and lensflare crowd will be less good at
adapting it than people experienced in making movies focused on wonder.

If you mashed 1 and 2 together, that would make a plausible 120 minute
movie.

I don't know if they do two hour SF movies anymore. All the movies of
that sort I recall seeing in recent years have been two and a half, or
pushing three hours.

Peter Jackson could easily (and should) make it into a mini-series.

Peter Jackson's _Running tour of the Ringworld_ might piss me off less
than Peter Jackson's _Running tour of the Middle-earth featuring a
drowning hobbit_.

[Don Bruder]

Post by Juho Julkunen

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Juho Julkunen

Post by -dsr-

Post by James Nicoll

Post by ***@bid.nes
_Ringworld_ would make a fantastic movie. The Fist-Of-God impact
flashback alone would satisfy any explosion/disaster junkie.

The problem will be the same one as with Rama, which is the plot. Which
is basically, some people go look at a big thing and marvel at its bigness.
I'm thinking the explosions and lensflare crowd will be less good at
adapting it than people experienced in making movies focused on wonder.

If you mashed 1 and 2 together, that would make a plausible 120 minute
movie.

I don't know if they do two hour SF movies anymore. All the movies of
that sort I recall seeing in recent years have been two and a half, or
pushing three hours.

Peter Jackson could easily (and should) make it into a mini-series.

Peter Jackson's _Running tour of the Ringworld_ might piss me off less
than Peter Jackson's _Running tour of the Middle-earth featuring a
drowning hobbit_.

You actually expected something decent from the ... um... shall we say
"person"? responsible for the puke-fest that got released under the
title "Meet the Feebles"???

[Jaimie Vandenbergh]

Post by Don Bruder

Post by Juho Julkunen

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Juho Julkunen

Post by -dsr-

Post by James Nicoll

Post by ***@bid.nes
_Ringworld_ would make a fantastic movie. The Fist-Of-God impact
flashback alone would satisfy any explosion/disaster junkie.

The problem will be the same one as with Rama, which is the plot. Which
is basically, some people go look at a big thing and marvel at its bigness.
I'm thinking the explosions and lensflare crowd will be less good at
adapting it than people experienced in making movies focused on wonder.

If you mashed 1 and 2 together, that would make a plausible 120 minute
movie.

I don't know if they do two hour SF movies anymore. All the movies of
that sort I recall seeing in recent years have been two and a half, or
pushing three hours.

Peter Jackson could easily (and should) make it into a mini-series.

Peter Jackson's _Running tour of the Ringworld_ might piss me off less
than Peter Jackson's _Running tour of the Middle-earth featuring a
drowning hobbit_.

You actually expected something decent from the ... um... shall we say
"person"? responsible for the puke-fest that got released under the
title "Meet the Feebles"???

Be fair - he also directed Dead Alive.

Cheers - Jaimie

[Juho Julkunen]

Post by Don Bruder

Post by Juho Julkunen
Peter Jackson's _Running tour of the Ringworld_ might piss me off less
than Peter Jackson's _Running tour of the Middle-earth featuring a
drowning hobbit_.

You actually expected something decent from the ... um... shall we say
"person"? responsible for the puke-fest that got released under the
title "Meet the Feebles"???

I said it pisses me off, not that I expected it wouldn't.

[Don Bruder]

Post by Juho Julkunen

Post by Don Bruder

Post by Juho Julkunen
Peter Jackson's _Running tour of the Ringworld_ might piss me off less
than Peter Jackson's _Running tour of the Middle-earth featuring a
drowning hobbit_.

You actually expected something decent from the ... um... shall we say
"person"? responsible for the puke-fest that got released under the
title "Meet the Feebles"???

I said it pisses me off, not that I expected it wouldn't.

Ahhh... a subtle distinction, but valid :)

[Gary R. Schmidt]

Post by Don Bruder

Post by Juho Julkunen

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Juho Julkunen

Post by -dsr-

Post by James Nicoll

Post by ***@bid.nes
_Ringworld_ would make a fantastic movie. The Fist-Of-God impact
flashback alone would satisfy any explosion/disaster junkie.

The problem will be the same one as with Rama, which is the plot. Which
is basically, some people go look at a big thing and marvel at its bigness.
I'm thinking the explosions and lensflare crowd will be less good at
adapting it than people experienced in making movies focused on wonder.

If you mashed 1 and 2 together, that would make a plausible 120 minute
movie.

I don't know if they do two hour SF movies anymore. All the movies of
that sort I recall seeing in recent years have been two and a half, or
pushing three hours.

Peter Jackson could easily (and should) make it into a mini-series.

Peter Jackson's _Running tour of the Ringworld_ might piss me off less
than Peter Jackson's _Running tour of the Middle-earth featuring a
drowning hobbit_.

You actually expected something decent from the ... um... shall we say
"person"? responsible for the puke-fest that got released under the
title "Meet the Feebles"???

"Meet the Feebles" is Jackson's best work!

Everything since has been steadily worse and worse.

Cheers,
Gary B-)

[Don Bruder]

Post by Gary R. Schmidt

Post by Don Bruder

Post by Juho Julkunen

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Juho Julkunen

Post by -dsr-

Post by James Nicoll

Post by ***@bid.nes
_Ringworld_ would make a fantastic movie. The Fist-Of-God impact
flashback alone would satisfy any explosion/disaster junkie.

The problem will be the same one as with Rama, which is the plot. Which
is basically, some people go look at a big thing and marvel at its bigness.
I'm thinking the explosions and lensflare crowd will be less good at
adapting it than people experienced in making movies focused on wonder.

If you mashed 1 and 2 together, that would make a plausible 120 minute
movie.

I don't know if they do two hour SF movies anymore. All the movies of
that sort I recall seeing in recent years have been two and a half, or
pushing three hours.

Peter Jackson could easily (and should) make it into a mini-series.

Peter Jackson's _Running tour of the Ringworld_ might piss me off less
than Peter Jackson's _Running tour of the Middle-earth featuring a
drowning hobbit_.

You actually expected something decent from the ... um... shall we say
"person"? responsible for the puke-fest that got released under the
title "Meet the Feebles"???

"Meet the Feebles" is Jackson's best work!
Everything since has been steadily worse and worse.
Cheers,
Gary B-)

Son, you need to go down to the store and pick yourself up a package of
standards - Your statement makes it obvious that you have none :)

[Gary R. Schmidt]

Post by Don Bruder

Post by Gary R. Schmidt

Post by Don Bruder

Post by Juho Julkunen

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Juho Julkunen

Post by -dsr-

Post by James Nicoll

Post by ***@bid.nes
_Ringworld_ would make a fantastic movie. The Fist-Of-God impact
flashback alone would satisfy any explosion/disaster junkie.

The problem will be the same one as with Rama, which is the plot. Which
is basically, some people go look at a big thing and marvel at its bigness.
I'm thinking the explosions and lensflare crowd will be less good at
adapting it than people experienced in making movies focused on wonder.

If you mashed 1 and 2 together, that would make a plausible 120 minute
movie.

I don't know if they do two hour SF movies anymore. All the movies of
that sort I recall seeing in recent years have been two and a half, or
pushing three hours.

Peter Jackson could easily (and should) make it into a mini-series.

Peter Jackson's _Running tour of the Ringworld_ might piss me off less
than Peter Jackson's _Running tour of the Middle-earth featuring a
drowning hobbit_.

You actually expected something decent from the ... um... shall we say
"person"? responsible for the puke-fest that got released under the
title "Meet the Feebles"???

"Meet the Feebles" is Jackson's best work!
Everything since has been steadily worse and worse.
Cheers,
Gary B-)

Son, you need to go down to the store and pick yourself up a package of
standards - Your statement makes it obvious that you have none :)

You have obviously never met any New Zealanders, they are just over ==>
there from me, that's just what they are like!

Cheers,
Gary B-)

[Paul Colquhoun]

On Sat, 8 Apr 2017 03:52:05 +0000 (UTC), James Nicoll <***@panix.com> wrote:
| In article <c8ea52a8-8709-4b8a-a009-***@googlegroups.com>,
| ***@bid.nes <***@gmail.com> wrote:
|>On Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 12:17:02 PM UTC-7, Kevrob wrote:
|>
|>(multiple sales of the same story)
|>
|>> Then you have the comic strip, the comic book, the comic book collected
|>> as a trade paperback, which you can sell as a "graphic novel," the
|>> radio show,* the animated film, the animated TV series, the live action
|>> film, the live action TV series, the board game, the video game, the
|>> trading cards, the game cards (a la "Magic: TG") the 3-D versions of
|>> the films and the collected comic strips, the online game, the soundtrack
|>> albums from the films and TV series, the live stage show, the Ice
|>> Capades version {Destination Moon On Ice!} and the Broadway musical, later
|>> adapted into a film, with a new song as Oscar-bait.
|>
|> _Ringworld_ would make a fantastic movie. The Fist-Of-God impact
|>flashback alone would satisfy any explosion/disaster junkie.
|
| The problem will be the same one as with Rama, which is the plot. Which
| is basically, some people go look at a big thing and marvel at its bigness.
| I'm thinking the explosions and lensflare crowd will be less good at
| adapting it than people experienced in making movies focused on wonder.


Mix in some plot elements from the sequels (Lois being kidnapped, for
example) and ramp up the inter-personnel friction until they need to
co-operate or stay trapped.

[Cryptoengineer]

Post by Paul Colquhoun
On Sat, 8 Apr 2017 03:52:05 +0000 (UTC), James Nicoll
|>
|>(multiple sales of the same story)
|>
|>> Then you have the comic strip, the comic book, the comic book
|>> collected as a trade paperback, which you can sell as a "graphic
|>> novel," the radio show,* the animated film, the animated TV series,
|>> the live action film, the live action TV series, the board game,
|>> TG") the 3-D versions of the films and the collected comic strips,
|>> the online game, the soundtrack albums from the films and TV
|>> series, the live stage show, the Ice Capades version {Destination
|>> Moon On Ice!} and the Broadway musical, later adapted into a film,
|>> with a new song as Oscar-bait.
|>
|> _Ringworld_ would make a fantastic movie. The Fist-Of-God impact
|>flashback alone would satisfy any explosion/disaster junkie.
|
| The problem will be the same one as with Rama, which is the plot.
| Which is basically, some people go look at a big thing and marvel at
| its bigness. I'm thinking the explosions and lensflare crowd will be
| less good at adapting it than people experienced in making movies
| focused on wonder.
Mix in some plot elements from the sequels (Lois being kidnapped, for
example) and ramp up the inter-personnel friction until they need to
co-operate or stay trapped.

I'm watching a lot of David Attenborough documentaries on Netflix
these days. I suspect he'd have a lot of fun with all the human
variants.

pt

[William Hyde]

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by John F. Eldredge

Post by Dimensional Traveler

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Dimensional Traveler

Post by Lynn McGuire
_A World Out Of Time_ by Larry Niven
https://www.amazon.com/World-Out-Time-Larry-Niven/dp/162578158X/
A singular book, no prequel or sequel that I know of, published in
1976. This is a hard SF book with somewhat feasible way future
technology. I read the trade paperback version with the nice paper and
nice fonts.
A corpsicle from the late 1900s is revived by the State and used to
imprint the mind of a brain-wiped criminal in 2190. The corpsicle is
then used as a pilot for a exploration starship with ten autonomic seed
pods for appropriate earth-like planets. The corpsicle instead heads
for a sightseeing tour of the galactic core and returns to Earth three
million years later as a very old man. Things are very different now as
the Earth rotates around Jupiter, the sun is a large red dwarf, and
there are very few inhabitants.
This book may have been the inspiration for the _We Are Legion_ book by
Dennis Taylor, but I do not know.
https://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Legion-Bob-Bobiverse/dp/1680680323/
My rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (148 reviews)

No direct prequel or sequel but Niven did write other stories set in
The State setting, like with Known Space.

I would like a sequel. But as Niven is 78, I doubt it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Niven
I saw somewhere (probably on Pournelle's website) that Niven is working
on a couple of other books as is Pournelle.

In conjunction with Edward Lerner Mr. Niven has been putting out "<NOUN>
of Worlds" books in the Known Space universe for the last 10 years.
Basically retconning Known Space history.
--
Some days you just don't have enough middle fingers!

Parts of "A World Out of Time" were originally published as the
short story "Rammer" and the novella "Children of the
State".

Sounds like Larry Niven was a student of Mr. Heinlein who apparently preached that you should always sell your stories three times.

Once for serialization in a magazine, once in hardback, and once in paperback.

That is a strange thing to preach. It is like preaching the virtues of breathing.

The triple sale was standard in the 50s and 60s, if you were prominent enough. Asimov did it with most of his novels, e.g. "The Currents of Space" was serialized in "Astounding" a few months before Doubleday's publication in hardback, later paperback.

A check of Anderson's "Brain Wave" shows the same pattern.

William Hyde

[h***@gmail.com]

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by John F. Eldredge

Post by Dimensional Traveler

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Dimensional Traveler

Post by Lynn McGuire
_A World Out Of Time_ by Larry Niven
https://www.amazon.com/World-Out-Time-Larry-Niven/dp/162578158X/
A singular book, no prequel or sequel that I know of, published in
1976. This is a hard SF book with somewhat feasible way future
technology. I read the trade paperback version with the nice paper and
nice fonts.
A corpsicle from the late 1900s is revived by the State and used to
imprint the mind of a brain-wiped criminal in 2190. The corpsicle is
then used as a pilot for a exploration starship with ten autonomic seed
pods for appropriate earth-like planets. The corpsicle instead heads
for a sightseeing tour of the galactic core and returns to Earth three
million years later as a very old man. Things are very different now as
the Earth rotates around Jupiter, the sun is a large red dwarf, and
there are very few inhabitants.
This book may have been the inspiration for the _We Are Legion_ book by
Dennis Taylor, but I do not know.
https://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Legion-Bob-Bobiverse/dp/1680680323/
My rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (148 reviews)

No direct prequel or sequel but Niven did write other stories set in
The State setting, like with Known Space.

I would like a sequel. But as Niven is 78, I doubt it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Niven
I saw somewhere (probably on Pournelle's website) that Niven is working
on a couple of other books as is Pournelle.

In conjunction with Edward Lerner Mr. Niven has been putting out "<NOUN>
of Worlds" books in the Known Space universe for the last 10 years.
Basically retconning Known Space history.
--
Some days you just don't have enough middle fingers!

Parts of "A World Out of Time" were originally published as the
short story "Rammer" and the novella "Children of the
State".

Sounds like Larry Niven was a student of Mr. Heinlein who apparently preached that you should always sell your stories three times.

Once for serialization in a magazine, once in hardback, and once in paperback.
That is a strange thing to preach. It is like preaching the virtues of breathing.

Depends on who he's saying it to.
Scalzi (and others) point out that money in a publishing relationship should be going into the author's account.
That's not exactly news to published authors (although most of them will be disappointed in how little comes their way) but the success of publishing scams suggests that there are a lot of people where this knowledge needs to be distributed a lot more.

Post by Lynn McGuire
The triple sale was standard in the 50s and 60s, if you were prominent enough. Asimov did it with most of his novels, e.g. "The Currents of Space" was serialized in "Astounding" a few months before Doubleday's publication in hardback, later paperback.

Yes, but how many people thought about that applying to their works before they'd been around the traps for a while?

[William Hyde]

Post by h***@gmail.com

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by John F. Eldredge

Post by Dimensional Traveler

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Dimensional Traveler

Post by Lynn McGuire
_A World Out Of Time_ by Larry Niven
https://www.amazon.com/World-Out-Time-Larry-Niven/dp/162578158X/
A singular book, no prequel or sequel that I know of, published in
1976. This is a hard SF book with somewhat feasible way future
technology. I read the trade paperback version with the nice paper and
nice fonts.
A corpsicle from the late 1900s is revived by the State and used to
imprint the mind of a brain-wiped criminal in 2190. The corpsicle is
then used as a pilot for a exploration starship with ten autonomic seed
pods for appropriate earth-like planets. The corpsicle instead heads
for a sightseeing tour of the galactic core and returns to Earth three
million years later as a very old man. Things are very different now as
the Earth rotates around Jupiter, the sun is a large red dwarf, and
there are very few inhabitants.
This book may have been the inspiration for the _We Are Legion_ book by
Dennis Taylor, but I do not know.
https://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Legion-Bob-Bobiverse/dp/1680680323/
My rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (148 reviews)

No direct prequel or sequel but Niven did write other stories set in
The State setting, like with Known Space.

I would like a sequel. But as Niven is 78, I doubt it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Niven
I saw somewhere (probably on Pournelle's website) that Niven is working
on a couple of other books as is Pournelle.

In conjunction with Edward Lerner Mr. Niven has been putting out "<NOUN>
of Worlds" books in the Known Space universe for the last 10 years.
Basically retconning Known Space history.
--
Some days you just don't have enough middle fingers!

Parts of "A World Out of Time" were originally published as the
short story "Rammer" and the novella "Children of the
State".

Sounds like Larry Niven was a student of Mr. Heinlein who apparently preached that you should always sell your stories three times.

Once for serialization in a magazine, once in hardback, and once in paperback.
That is a strange thing to preach. It is like preaching the virtues of breathing.

Depends on who he's saying it to.
Scalzi (and others) point out that money in a publishing relationship should be going into the author's account.
That's not exactly news to published authors (although most of them will be disappointed in how little comes their way) but the success of publishing scams suggests that there are a lot of people where this knowledge needs to be distributed a lot more.

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The triple sale was standard in the 50s and 60s, if you were prominent enough. Asimov did it with most of his novels, e.g. "The Currents of Space" was serialized in "Astounding" a few months before Doubleday's publication in hardback, later paperback.

Yes, but how many people thought about that applying to their works before they'd been around the traps for a while?

Everybody? I'm talking about the 1950s, after all. SF in North America is virtually defined by pulp magazine SF.

You sold to the magazines first. If, and for a long time it never happened, a publishing company wanted to do a hardcover, so much the better. And paperbacks, when they came along, were so much gravy.

It's not like it was something new, absent the paperbacks - Dickens did it. Only he added readings to it, for considerable cash.

Somewhere in his memoirs Asimov mentions the first time he published a novel without first selling it to a magazine. I no longer remember when this happened. It may be that after the magazine crash of the late 1950s there simply wasn't enough space for the sf novels being published. Clarke's "Earthlight" as far as I can tell was originally published first in HB, later PB, with no magazine sale (though it was based in part on a short story).

William Hyde

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_A World Out Of Time_ by Larry Niven
https://www.amazon.com/World-Out-Time-Larry-Niven/dp/162578158X/
A singular book, no prequel or sequel that I know of, published in
1976. This is a hard SF book with somewhat feasible way future
technology. I read the trade paperback version with the

nice paper and

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nice fonts.
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imprint the mind of a brain-wiped criminal in 2190. The

corpsicle is

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then used as a pilot for a exploration starship with ten

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pods for appropriate earth-like planets. The corpsicle

instead heads

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for a sightseeing tour of the galactic core and returns to

Earth three

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million years later as a very old man. Things are very

different now as

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the Earth rotates around Jupiter, the sun is a large red dwarf, and
there are very few inhabitants.
This book may have been the inspiration for the _We Are

Legion_ book by

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Dennis Taylor, but I do not know.
https://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Legion-Bob-Bobiverse/dp/1680680323/
My rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (148 reviews)

No direct prequel or sequel but Niven did write other stories set in
The State setting, like with Known Space.

I would like a sequel. But as Niven is 78, I doubt it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Niven
I saw somewhere (probably on Pournelle's website) that Niven

is working

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on a couple of other books as is Pournelle.

In conjunction with Edward Lerner Mr. Niven has been putting

out "<NOUN>

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of Worlds" books in the Known Space universe for the last 10 years.
Basically retconning Known Space history.
--
Some days you just don't have enough middle fingers!

Parts of "A World Out of Time" were originally published as the
short story "Rammer" and the novella "Children of the
State".

Sounds like Larry Niven was a student of Mr. Heinlein who

apparently preached that you should always sell your stories three
times.

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Once for serialization in a magazine, once in hardback, and once in

paperback.

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That is a strange thing to preach. It is like preaching the virtues

of breathing.

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Depends on who he's saying it to.
Scalzi (and others) point out that money in a publishing relationship

should be going into the author's account.

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That's not exactly news to published authors (although most of them

will be disappointed in how little comes their way) but the success of
publishing scams suggests that there are a lot of people where this
knowledge needs to be distributed a lot more.

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The triple sale was standard in the 50s and 60s, if you were

prominent enough. Asimov did it with most of his novels, e.g. "The
Currents of Space" was serialized in "Astounding" a few months before
Doubleday's publication in hardback, later paperback.

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Yes, but how many people thought about that applying to their works

before they'd been around the traps for a while?
Everybody? I'm talking about the 1950s, after all. SF in North
America is virtually defined by pulp magazine SF.
You sold to the magazines first. If, and for a long time it never
happened, a publishing company wanted to do a hardcover, so much the
better. And paperbacks, when they came along, were so much gravy.
It's not like it was something new, absent the paperbacks - Dickens did
it. Only he added readings to it, for considerable cash.
Somewhere in his memoirs Asimov mentions the first time he published a
novel without first selling it to a magazine. I no longer remember when
this happened. It may be that after the magazine crash of the late 1950s
there simply wasn't enough space for the sf novels being published.
Clarke's "Earthlight" as far as I can tell was originally published
first in HB, later PB, with no magazine sale (though it was based in
part on a short story).
William Hyde

Wasn't Andre Norton kind of a pioneer there? I can't recall any of her
books being serialized.

[Don Kuenz]

John F. Eldredge <***@jfeldredge.com> wrote:

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Parts of "A World Out of Time" were originally published as the
short story "Rammer" and the novella "Children of the
State".

Here's what isfdb says about AWOoT:

Chapter 1 "Rammer" published in _Galaxy Magazine_ November-December 1971
Chapter 2 "Don Juan" shortfiction
Chapter 3 "The House Divided" shortfiction
Chapter 4 "The Norn" shortfiction
Chapter 5 "Stealing Youth" shortfiction
Chapter 6 "The Changelings" shortfiction
Chapter 7 "The Dictators" shortfiction
Chapter 8 "Dial at Random" shortfiction published in _Red Tide_ 2014
Chapter 9 "Peerssa for the State" shortfiction

Note to Ahasuerus, FWIW the full "Rammer" story appears in a single
_Galaxy_ issue available at:

https://archive.org/details/Galaxy_v32n03_1971-11

Perhaps that particular issue is a November/December combo. IIRC, at
certain times in the past, _Galaxy_ published every other month. By 1976
it seems that _Galaxy_ published every month because
"Children of the State" appears in three _Galaxy_ issues available at:

https://archive.org/details/Galaxy_v37n06_1976-09
https://archive.org/details/Galaxy_v37n07_1976-10
https://archive.org/details/Galaxy_v37n08_1976-11

In another thread Kevrob talks about how much of a PITA it was in the
late 1970s to acquire the four _Galaxy_ installments of
_The Faded Sun: Kesrith_ (Cherryh) and the three _Galaxy_ installments
of _The Courts of Chaos_ (Zelazny). Humanity may not have gone to Mars
(yet), but at least we have a better way to acquire old _Galaxy_
stories. :0)

Thank you,

--
Don Kuenz KB7RPU

[Greg Goss]

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I would like a sequel. But as Niven is 78, I doubt it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Niven
I saw somewhere (probably on Pournelle's website) that Niven is working
on a couple of other books as is Pournelle.

In conjunction with Edward Lerner Mr. Niven has been putting out "<NOUN>
of Worlds" books in the Known Space universe for the last 10 years.
Basically retconning Known Space history.

I love a good retcon. Book one of that series is a prequel to the
Neutron Star period. Books two and four tie nice retcons to
characters we already know from existing stories, and three uses the
characters from one and two to tell a good, important story. I didn't
really like book four so much.

Book 5 of this series is ALSO book 5 of Ringworld. Don't read it till
you've read all eight lead-in novels.

[Greg Goss]

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In conjunction with Edward Lerner Mr. Niven has been putting out "<NOUN>
of Worlds" books in the Known Space universe for the last 10 years.
Basically retconning Known Space history.

Book 5 of this series is ALSO book 5 of Ringworld. Don't read it till
you've read all eight lead-in novels.

INCLUDING Ringworld 3, which everyone but me wants to pretend doesn't
exist.

[-dsr-]

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I would like a sequel. But as Niven is 78, I doubt it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Niven
I saw somewhere (probably on Pournelle's website) that Niven is working
on a couple of other books as is Pournelle.

In conjunction with Edward Lerner Mr. Niven has been putting out "<NOUN>
of Worlds" books in the Known Space universe for the last 10 years.
Basically retconning Known Space history.

I love a good retcon. Book one of that series is a prequel to the
Neutron Star period. Books two and four tie nice retcons to
characters we already know from existing stories, and three uses the
characters from one and two to tell a good, important story. I didn't
really like book four so much.

It's the best work Niven has done in 15 years or more.

(I don't think he did anything but approve outlines and settle questions
for Lerner, but I don't know for sure.)

-dsr-

[Greg Goss]

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_A World Out Of Time_ by Larry Niven
https://www.amazon.com/World-Out-Time-Larry-Niven/dp/162578158X/
A singular book, no prequel or sequel that I know of, published in 1976. This is a hard SF book with somewhat feasible way future
technology. I read the trade paperback version with the nice paper and nice fonts.

Just like the second half of this book is set long after the first
half, the Integral Trees / Smoke Ring novel(s) are also set long after
the first half of AWOOT. So there is a sequel to the first half.