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ARM

Larry Niven

First published November 1975
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella
Series Known Space › Gil Hamilton

Synopsis

A detective investigates the murder of a brilliant scientist inside a locked apartment in the penthouse of a high-rise, where the only suspect is the victim's niece unconscious in a medical bed amputating her arm, and the only clue is a mysterious machine running next to the mummified corpse.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1976 Hugo Award Best Novella Nominee/Finalist
1976 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Nominee/Finalist

Publications (23)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1975 Epoch Berkley/Putnam Anthology 1
February 1976 The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton Ballantine Books Collection 116
February 1976 Epoch Berkley/Putnam / SFBC Anthology 1
January 1977 The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 116
February 1977 Epoch Berkley Medallion Anthology 1
August 1978 The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 116
November 1979 The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 116
November 1979 The 13 Crimes of Science Fiction Doubleday Anthology 239
1980 The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton Orbit / Futura Collection 116
March 1980 The 13 Crimes of Science Fiction Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 239
March 1981 The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 116
June 1982 The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 116
1983 The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 116
1983 The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton Orbit / Futura Collection 116
August 1986 The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 116
December 1991 The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 116
December 1991 The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 116
July 1992 The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s Carroll & Graf Anthology 343
July 1992 The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s Robinson Anthology 343
June 1995 Flatlander Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 124
June 1995 Flatlander Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 124
March 1997 Sci-Fi Private Eye Roc / New American Library Anthology 263
February 2009 Flatlander Del Rey / Ballantine Collection |124