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Crashlander is a fix-up by Larry Niven published in 1994 (ISBN 978-0345381682), set in his Known Space universe. It is also a term used in the Known Space universe
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Crashlander (novel)
Crashlander brings together the short stories featuring the space pilot Beowulf Shaeffer — "Neutron Star" (1966), "At the Core" (1966), "Flatlander" (1967), "Grendel" (1968), "The Borderland of Sol" (1975), and "Procrustes" (1993).
Each of the stories is linked and, in some cases extended, by a framing story, "Ghost". This story recounts Shaeffer's reunion with a ghostwriter whom Shaeffer had used to write the stories "Neutron Star" and "At The Core", Ander Smittarasheed. Ander, working for ARM agent Sigmund Ausfaller, has come to question him about his dealings with Pierson's Puppeteers, General Products and Carlos Wu, as well as what happened to Wu and ARM agent Feather Filip. Wu, Shaeffer and Sharrol Janss and their children, Tanya and Louis Wu, had secretly emigrated from Earth to the planet Fafnir to escape the control of Earth's United Nations government and the ARM.
Neutron Star, At The Core, Flatlander, and Grendel were previously included in the 1968 collection Neutron Star.
Most of the stories in the collection are retold from the point of view of Sigmund Ausfaller in Juggler of Worlds.
Crashlander (in-universe term)
A Crashlander, in Known Space, is anyone from the planet We Made It. As the names imply, the colonists who first settled the planet almost didn't.
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See also
- Flatlander (in-universe term)
- Belter (in-universe term)
The Ringworld series by Larry Niven Known Space Main series Prequel series Fleet of Worlds (2007) • Juggler of Worlds (2008) • Destroyer of Worlds (2009) • Betrayer of Worlds (2010)Games Ringworld RPG • Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch • Return to RingworldCharacters Concepts Preceding Work: CrashlanderLarry Niven Books
(novels and
collections)World of Ptavvs (1966) · A Gift from Earth (1968) · Neutron Star (1968 collection) · The Shape of Space (1969 collection) · Protector (1973) · Tales of Known Space (1975 collection) · Flatlander (1976 collection, originally The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton) · The Patchwork Girl (1980) · Crashlander (1994 omnibus)
RingworldRingworld (1970) · The Ringworld Engineers (1980) · Guide to Larry Niven's Ringworld (1994, with Kevin Stein) · The Ringworld Throne (1996) · Ringworld's Children (2004)Man-Kzin
Wars**collections by Niven or mostly others: Man-Kzin Wars (1988) · Man-Kzin Wars II (1989) · Man-Kzin Wars III (1990) · Man-Kzin Wars IV (1991) · Man-Kzin Wars V (1992) · Man-Kzin Wars VI (1994) · Man-Kzin Wars VII (1995) · Man-Kzin Wars VIII: Choosing Names (1998) · Man-Kzin Wars IX (2002) · Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War (2003) · Man-Kzin Wars XI (2005) · Destiny's Forge (2007 novel) · Man-Kzin Wars XII (2009) · Man-Kzin Wars XIII (2012)Fleet of
Worlds**with Edward M. Lerner: Fleet of Worlds (2007) · Juggler of Worlds (2008) · Destroyer of Worlds (2009) · Betrayer of Worlds (2010)The
WarlockNot Long before the End (1969) · What Good Is a Glass Dagger? (1972) The Magic Goes Away (1978) · The Magic May Return (1981 collection) · More Magic (1984) · The Time of the Warlock (1984)Golden
Road**with Jerry Pournelle: The Burning City (2000) · Burning Tower (2005) · Burning Mountain (in progress)with
Jerry
PournelleInferno (1976) · Lucifer's Hammer (1977) · Oath of Fealty (1982) · Footfall (1985) · Escape from Hell (2009 sequel to Inferno)
The Mote in God's Eye (1974) · The Gripping Hand (1993, UK: The Moat around Murcheson's Eye) · Outies (2010, by J. R. Pournelle)Heorot (with Steven Barnes
and Jerry Pournelle)The Legacy of Heorot (1987) · Beowulf's Children (1995, UK: The Dragons of Heorot) · Destiny's Road (1997, by Niven alone)Dream
Park**with Steven Barnes: Dream Park (1981) · The Barsoom Project (1989) · The California Voodoo Game (1992, UK: The Voodoo Game) · The Descent of Anansi (1982) · Achilles' Choice (1991) · Saturn's Race (2001)Other
novels**with various: The Flying Sorcerers (1971, with David Gerrold) · Berserker Base (1984, with Poul Anderson, Edward Bryant, Stephen R. Donaldson, Fred Saberhagen, Connie Willis, and Roger Zelazny) · Fallen Angels (1991, with Jerry Pournelle and Michael Flynn) · Rainbow Mars (1999) · Building Harlequin's Moon (2005, with Brenda Cooper)Other
collectionsAll the Myriad Ways (1971) · The Flight of the Horse (1973) · Inconstant Moon (1973) · A Hole in Space (1974) · Convergent Series (1979) · Niven's Laws (1984) · Limits (1985) · N-Space (1990) · Playgrounds of the Mind (1991) · Bridging the Galaxies (1993) · Scatterbrain (2003) · Larry Niven Short Stories Volume 1 (2003) · Larry Niven Short Stories Volume 2 (2003) · Larry Niven Short Stories Volume 3 (2003) · The Draco Tavern (2006) · Stars and Gods (2010) · The Best of Larry Niven (2010)Comics**adapted by various: Death by Ecstasy (1991) · Green Lantern: Ganthet's Tale (1992, by John Byrne) · The Magic Goes Away (by Jan Duursema) · "Not Long before the End" (by Doug Moench and Vicente Alcazar) · "All the Myriad Ways" (by Howard Chaykin)Select
short stories
and novellas"At the Core" · "The Borderland of Sol" · "Death by Ecstasy" · "The Defenseless Dead" · "Flash Crowd" · "Flatlander" · "Grendel" · "The Handicapped" · "The Hole Man" "Inconstant Moon" · "The Jigsaw Man" · "The Magic Goes Away" · Neutron Star · "Procrustes" · "The Return of William Proxmire" · "The Soft Weapon"Essays Categories:- Known Space stories
- Known Space characters
- 1994 short story collections
- Short story collections by Larry Niven
- Science fiction book stubs
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