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Spirals

Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle

First published April 1979
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

Synopsis

"[A] space colony, when its supplies from Earth are cut off, moves to the asteroid belt to obtain what it needs" - <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1288780">"Mindscapes, the Geographies of Imagined Worlds"</a>, by Rabkin & Slusser, 1989.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1980 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Nominee/Finalist

Publications (21)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 1979 Destinies, April-June 1979 Ace Books Anthology 8
November 1979 The Endless Frontier Ace Books Anthology 27
June 1980 The Best of Destinies Ace Books Anthology 66
January 1982 The Endless Frontier Ace Books Anthology 27
February 1985 Limits Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 23
February 1985 Limits Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC Collection 20
February 1985 Limits Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 23
February 1985 Limits Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 23
June 1985 The Endless Frontier Ace Books Anthology 27
August 1986 Limits Orbit / Futura Collection 23
1989 Limits Orbit Collection 23
February 1992 Limits Orbit Collection 23
December 2011 Limits Phoenix Pick Collection |31
January 2012 Limits Phoenix Pick Collection 31
November 2019 The Best of Jerry Pournelle Baen Books Collection 253
November 2019 The Best of Jerry Pournelle Baen Books Collection |253
November 2020 The Best of Jerry Pournelle Baen Books Collection 335
March 2021 The Best of Jerry Pournelle Tantor Audio Collection
March 2021 The Best of Jerry Pournelle Blackstone Publishing Collection |6
March 2021 The Best of Jerry Pournelle Blackstone Publishing Collection |6
March 2021 The Best of Jerry Pournelle Blackstone Publishing Collection |6