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Neutron Star

Larry Niven

First published October 1966
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series Tales of Known Space › Known Space

Synopsis

A human pilot is hired by an alien species to fly past a neutron star and investigate what mysterious force killed those who last attempted it.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1967 Hugo Award Best Short Story Winner
1967 Nebula Award Short Story Nominee/Finalist
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (65)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1966 If, October 1966 Galaxy Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 7
August 1967 If, August 1967 Gold Star Publications MAGAZINE 7
April 1968 Neutron Star Ballantine Books Collection 9
April 1968 Neutron Star Ballantine Books Collection 9
1969 Neutron Star Macdonald Collection
April 1971 Where Do We Go from Here? Doubleday Anthology 414
July 1971 Neutron Star Ballantine Books Collection 9
August 1971 Where Do We Go from Here? Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 414
August 1971 Neutron Star Ballantine Books Collection 9
September 1971 The Hugo Winners, Volume Two Doubleday Anthology 308
October 1971 Neutron Star Sphere Books Collection 9
October 1971 The Hugo Winners, Volume Two Doubleday Anthology 308
1972 Neutron Star Sphere Collection 9
1972 Neutron Star Sphere Collection 9
January 1972 The Hugo Winners, Volumes One and Two Nelson Doubleday / SFBC Omnibus 546
October 1972 Where Do We Go from Here? Fawcett Crest Anthology 363
October 1972 Where Do We Go from Here? Fawcett Crest Anthology 363
1973 Speculations Glencoe Press Anthology
1973 The Hugo Winners Volume One 1962-1967 Sphere Anthology 342
1973 Where Do We Go from Here? Michael Joseph Anthology 391
August 1973 Stories from the Hugo Winners, Volume 2 Fawcett Crest Anthology 301
August 1973 Neutron Star Ballantine Books Collection 9
August 1973 Stories from the Hugo Winners, Volume 2 Fawcett Crest Anthology 301
1974 Where Do We Go from Here? Book 2 Sphere Anthology 178
October 1974 Neutron Star Ballantine Books Collection 9
August 1975 Neutron Star Ballantine Books Collection 9
1976 Where Do We Go from Here? Fawcett Crest Anthology 363
June 1976 Neutron Star Ballantine Books Collection 9
July 1977 Neutron Star Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 9
March 1978 Neutron Star Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 9
April 1978 Neutron Star Orbit Collection 9
1979 Science Fiction: English and American Short Stories Progress Publishers Anthology 257
January 1979 Neutron Star Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 9
1980 Where Do We Go from Here? Fawcett Crest Anthology 363
April 1980 The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction Priam Books / Arbor House Anthology 459
April 1980 The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction Arbor House Anthology 459
November 1980 Neutron Star Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 9
September 1981 Neutron Star Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 9
September 1982 Neutron Star Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 9
June 1983 Neutron Star Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 9
April 1984 Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction Firsts Beaufort Books Anthology 57
1985 Neutron Star Orbit Collection 9
January 1986 Neutron Star Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 9
February 1986 Neutron Star Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 9
September 1986 Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology Bluejay Books Anthology 216
September 1986 Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology Bluejay Books Anthology 216
1987 Neutron Star Orbit Collection 9
November 1987 Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century Avenel Books Anthology 459
April 1989 Neutron Star Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 9
1990 Cosmic Critiques: How & Why Ten Science Fiction Stories Work Writer's Digest Books Anthology 7
June 1991 World of Ptavvs; A Gift from Earth; Neutron Star Book-of-the-Month Club Omnibus |3.009
1992 Neutron Star Orbit Collection 9
September 1992 The Super Hugos Baen Books Anthology 327
1993 Neutron Star Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 9
July 1993 Neutron Star Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 9
April 1994 Crashlander Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 8
April 1994 Crashlander Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 8
August 1994 The SF Collection Chancellor Press Anthology 418
1996 Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction Firsts Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 57
December 1997 Crashlander Books on Tape Collection |2
December 2010 The Best of Larry Niven Subterranean Press Collection 45
December 2010 The Best of Larry Niven Subterranean Press Collection 45
June 2011 Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction Wildside Press Anthology |223
December 2011 Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction Wildside Press Anthology |223
April 2013 Neutron Star Spectrum Literary Agency Collection