Kzinti ears are hairless, pink, and shaped liked a segment of a Chinese parasol (or cocktail umbrella); they can fold back flat against the head for protection during a fight. When Shaeffer discovers that Bellamy is part of the kidnap plot, he and Emil Horne are captured by the kidnappers who intend to stage their deaths as an accident. Chess master-- at any age. Peter had freed himself from the Kzinti and was reunited with Tyra, and after the weapon was destroyed by the Kzin, returned to Wunderland to free his name. Carlos and Bey meet with Dr. Julian Forward and discover that he has found a quantum black hole and is using it to make ships in hyperdrive disappear. 94 million: The number of individual U.S. investors in mutual funds. Safe at Any Speed Hardcover - January 1, 1992 by Jim Russell (Author), Ed Watson (Author) 2 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover $13.19 10 Used from $3.45 1 Collectible from $16.98 The great double career of Joie Chitwood. Over a billion years, the Thrintun food yeast evolved into the different life forms in Known Space. Nicholas Brewster Sohl is a Belter, born in the mid 21st century. Forward takes them hostage and attempts to destroy the Hobo Kelly, but Ausfaller fires on his ships and Shaeffer manages to damage his equipment, causing Forward to temporarily lose control of the quantum black hole; sensing defeat, Forward allows himself to be drawn into it. Emil Horne, a native of Jinx, is a top-flight computer programmer. Read these sentences from the text. Jotoki resemble large, spindly starfish. The Outsiders may have inspired the Melnorme, from Star Control 2, another highly advanced and very mysterious species. The Tnuctipun used that freedom to stage a rebellion against their masters, the culmination of a carefully thought out, centuries-long plan. Author: Niven Larry. When a Belter dies, his or her close friends will typically get intoxicated (either alone or in groups according to one's nature or circumstance) and reminisce about the deceased. They live on thermoelectricity by lying with their heads in sunlight and their tails in shadow; the temperature difference sets up a current. He also came under the control of a Thrint who escaped its Slaver stasis field before being destroyed by the Catskinner AI. But by the end of the series Louis says he believes the luck is real, because he sees no other explanation for the appalling coincidences that have swirled around her life. $: US dollar. The Whrloo are meter-tall insectoids with long eyestalks,[23] their homeworld has low gravity with a thick, dense atmosphere. Their nerves have no cell body and no nuclei; nothing to separate them from other specialized protoplasm. Shaeffer meets her when he arrives at Elephant's house during lush-hour one day. a must-have for readers looking to explore the details of Known Space. However, after reaching Fafnir, Feather turned on them, shooting Shaeffer in the chest with the punchgun, to show Carlos what she was capable of, so he would stay with her. Sharrol Janss appears in the stories Flatlander, Procrustes and Ghost, and is mentioned in the stories Grendel and The Borderland of Sol. Please address all correspondence relating to the Known Space pages to the Webmasters. However, the hair in the back can be of any length, particularly for women. Niven's best-known novel, of course, is the multiple-award-winning Flatlander refers to any human born on Earth, in contrast to those who live on other planets or space habitats. For those looking to stay a while, read on. In order to secure his release and clear his name, his daughter Tyra secured the help of Robert Saxtorph and his ship to investigate. Grade: 4. Carlos and Beowulf Sheaffer are returning to Earth: Bey in order to be with his love, Sharrol Janss, and their two children, Tanya and Louis (both of whom were fathered by Carlos). The Outsiders maintain a strict commercial ethos regarding any form of knowledge, which shrouds them in a secrecy only wealth can penetrate. Also figuring in some stories are dolphins and other intelligent cetaceans, and various offshoots of Homo sapiens including the associate lineage of the hominids of the Ringworld. When it grows large enough, the Jotok imprints itself on an adult (if one is available) and enters a stage of rapid learning and brain growth. Pelton and Shaeffer's personalities tend to complement each other, and they quickly made friends when Shaeffer first encountered him aboard the Lensman, bound for Earth from Jinx after Shaeffer's fateful trip to the core of the Milky Way galaxy. For most of the first book, Louis believes her to be only a statistical fluke. 388 Followers, 5 Following, 24 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Safe At Any Speed (@safeatanyspeed) After Shaeffer and Pelton returned from Cannonball Express, Pelton made plans to revisit it but when government agencies became involved the plan bogged down in details. ("They fought constantly. You are using an out of date browser. She is slim and lovely with long, dark hair that she wears in a "free fall" effect. He was born in Los Angeles California, United States, on April 30th 1938 and studied at Washburn University, and California institute of technology. Introduction to "Safe at Any Speed" as published in, The Ringworld Engineers, Larry Niven, Del Rey; 9th THUS edition (November 12, 1985), Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Analog, November/December 2022 Tangent Online", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Known_Space_characters&oldid=1135836638, This page was last edited on 27 January 2023, at 04:18. Alice later becomes involved with Louis Wu, in (by the same authorial team) Betrayer of Worlds and Fate of Worlds. into the vast reaches of Larry Niven's most storied universe. Sunflowers encouraged a trend for the slavers to live in isolated manors, surrounded by slaves. Some years later, Ausfaller, having almost caught up with Shaeffer on Fafnir, is killed by Ander Smittarasheed in order to protect Smittarasheed's interest in the special nanotechnology autodoc developed by Carlos Wu, left on Fafnir when Carlos escaped from Feather Filip as she shot Shaeffer in the chest with an ARM punchgun. Sunflowers turned against their masters and burned Thrint homes to the ground. [citation needed]. Martians burst into flames when brought in contact with water. Chmeee appears briefly in The Ringworld Throne and Ringworld's Children. [16] Named by humans for the creatures in H.G. Most Belters, male and female, sport what is known as the Belter Crest: shaving their heads on the sides, leaving a strip of hair down the center resembling a mohawk. Ol't'ro had just solved the mystery of Type II hyperspatial travel so it is possible but unknown that the Gw'otesht managed to escape in that fashion. Chmeee is approximately 8 feet (2.4m) tall and weighs 400500 pounds (180230kg). language: EN-English-English (English Books) category: Sci-Fi - Fantasy. Bandersnatchi are portrayed as surviving on the planet Jinx, with isolated populations also scattered throughout the galaxy, including the planet Beanstalk and the 'Maps of Jinx' in the Great Oceans of the Ringworld. They have a torochord (ring-shaped) instead of a notochord, with five "self-sections" (apparently semi-independent brains) that operate the Jotok's body cooperatively. they provide a rich and rewarding reading experience. It includes three books within, though the short story contents are spread out to make everything chronological within Niven's Known Universe. Known Space. Edition Details Professional Reviews Awards Format: Mass Market Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0671741926 Release Date: March 1991 Publisher: Pocket Books Length: 592 Pages Weight: 0.56 lbs. Which will probably be good for them, but not necessarly for anybody else. Details on her physical appearance are sparse. Friday, July 7, 2006 12:01 a.m. EDT t's another summer weekend, when millions of families pack up the minivan or SUV and hit the road. [return][return]The work I enjoyed the most was A GIFT FROM EARTH. Born in Topeka, Kansas, to flatlander parents near the end of the 21st century (it is established he was born in the month of April, but 2086, 2091, 2093, and 2097 are all given as years in various stories), he emigrates to the Belt as soon as he becomes an adult. Alice Jordan is a Belter and a Goldskin, a member of the Belt Police in the mid-twenty-fourth century. You will find three available alternatives; typing, drawing, or capturing one. They eventually were liberated from slavery during the Man-Kzin wars. They do possess a "reactionless drive" technology that allows them to reach this speed almost instantaneously. Ausfaller deduces that Brennan put Alice in stasis and sent her far from the danger described in Protector because she is pregnant with his descendant. The three-second rule. The Grogs are thought by some to be the descendants of the Thrintun species, after 1.5 billion years of atrophy. Whether Ol't'ro died in the explosion of planets or somehow escaped is left unanswered. Toggle Dropdown. Instead, Carlos ran with the children, Tanya and Louis, and managed to emigrate to Home without Feather's help. His title (in place of a name he has yet to earn) is a polite reference to how Kzinti refer to non-Kzin races. Nessus is a member of the technologically advanced alien race known to humans as Pierson's Puppeteers, and amongst themselves as Citizens. The novel A Darker Geometry by Gregory Benford and Mark O. Martin revealed that the Outsiders were created by a race of extra-dimensional aliens seeking to escape the heat death of their own universe. What arrangements are made to vet the companies/directors and ensure it is safe for passngers/children to travel? This is one of those old-school geek reads. Gregory Pelton, (aka "Elephant" for a certain anatomical resemblance to a feature of the large Earth land animal), a native of Earth, is probably the richest human alive. The Jotoki became the slaves and food-animals of the ferocious Kzinti. He is a trained diplomat posted to the United Nations. Get help and learn more about the design. Ol't'ro is composed of 16 Gw'oth individuals who link themselves together into a 'meld' or ensemble mind called a Gw'otesht. I really enjoyed these short stories. This collection spans the entire Niven has described the problems that such a character and such a trait pose to his story and to his fictional universe. every single He is 300 years old and takes boosterspice, although he was born before that drug became available; initially, like all humans before boosterspice, he relied on the organ banks to keep him healthy. Read more. Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven: date unknown: Larry Niven: Ballantine Books: -345-25836-3: $1.75? They are eyeless, earless, and have a prehensile tongue. He is returned along with Lloobee after Shaeffer escapes from the kidnappers with Lloobee's help. Speaker-to-Animals (later known as Chmeee) is a junior diplomat who is trained to deal with other species without reflexively killing them. Paperback. It consists of three previously published works, which apparently led up to the events of Ringworld and the Man-Kzin Wars.. His brain, still remembering the "image" of his lost arm, can use it much as he did the flesh-and-blood arm. There he begins work on an arduous ten-year apprenticeship towards the acquisition of his singleship licence. The story "Safe at Any Speed" is set in a time when the Teela Gene is more common among humans. The Outsiders are many-limbed beings that are invariably described as a cat o'nine tails with a fattened handle. It is considered equivalent to a parking violation on Earth. However, one can avoid paying the tax by smuggling one's cargo to an Earth facility, which collects no taxes. 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