Limits / Larry Niven.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Niven, Larry.

Contributor:

Walotsky, Ron, illustrator.

Mark B. Adams Science Fiction Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science fiction, American.

Genre:

Science fiction.

Novels.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xi, 205 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

Book Club edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Ballantine, [1985]

Summary:

"The Locusts" is a story of mankind's first interstellar colony -- "Spirals" tellsaf foreseeable future in which Earth's economy is bordering on collapse -- "Lion in his attic" is set in time when magic is dying out from overuse; the story of a sorceress and her lover in search for magical jewels -- "Talisman" is another story from the world of fading magic -- "Table manners" is where the tavern owner is invited on a hunt with alien carnivores -- "Limits" is an unsettling vignette in which Rick overhears two alien customers discussing humans' habits of setting limits and then trying to push beyond them.

Contents:

The lion in his attic

Spirals / by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

A teardrop falls

Talisman / by Larry Niven and Steve Barnes

Yet another modest proposal: the Roentgen standard

More tales from the Draco Tavern: Folk tale. The green marauder. War movie. The real thing. Limits.

Notes:

"A Del Rey book."

Short stories.

Edition statement from dust jacket.

Cover art: Ron Walotsky.

Gutter code "P06" (page 204) indicates a printing date of February '85.

Local Notes:

Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.

Adams Collection copy has dustjacket. Has gutter code.

Cited in:

Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 256967

Other Format:

Online version: Niven, Larry. Limits.

OCLC:

11680426

Publisher Number:

01818 Science Fiction Book Club