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Limits (SSCol) -- Larry Niven -- (1985)

(Version 2002.08.18)


CONTENTS

Introduction
The Lion in His Attic
Spirals by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
A Teardrop Falls
Talisman by Larry Niven and Dian Girard
Flare Time
The Locusts 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


INTRODUCTION


Half my output used to be short stories.

It's common knowledge in this field that the money is in novels; but
it's also true that stories come in their own length. Stretching an idea
beyond its length is even worse than over compressing it. Ordinarily I would
have continued to write short stories,

What happened was, I hit a bump in my career.

A novice writer should try anything, not just to pay the rent, but
because he needs practice, versatility, skills. Later he must learn to turn
down bad offers: the first bump.

The second bump comes when he learns to turn down good offers.

I'm a slow learner.

I learned to say no; but that was only a couple of years ago. Show me a
contract and I flinch; but III committed myself years ago, it gets signed; and
then the book must be written.

Footfall, being written with Jerry Pournelle, is a year and a half
overdue and finished. But everything else is backed up behind it.