The Flight of the Horse

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The Flight of the Horse

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Author(s):

Larry Niven

Copyright:

First Published:

1973

Genre(s):

Collected Stories; Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Subject(s):

Science fiction
Short stories, English
Time travel - Fiction

Chapters:

See 7

The Flight of the Horse

Leviathan

Bird in the Hand

There's a Wolf in My Time Machine

Death in a Cage

Flash Crowd

What Good is a Glass Dagger?

Internal ID:

13746

Series:

Svetz*

#1 of 1

Svetz*

A series of science fiction stories by Larry Niven.

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1) The Flight of the Horse

Dedication:

There was a time when I had to tell a story to someone, verbally, to know if it was worth writing. I had to know where the story was confused, or what points to explain fully, or whether I had made my point, or even whether I had a point to make. I bent a lot of ears in those days.

This book is dedicated to those who were willing to listen. Starting with my brother Mike.

First Sentence:

The year was 750AA (AnteAtomic) or 1200 AD (Anno Domini), approximately.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Certainly there are no magicians.

Comments:

Comments may contain spoilers

"'The Flight of the Horse," Fantasy and Science Fiction, © 1969 by Mercury Press, Inc.
"Leviathan," Playboy, copyright © 1970 by Playboy
"Bird in the Hand," Fantasy and Science Fiction, © 1970 by Mercury Press, Inc.
"There's a Wolf in My Time Machine," Fantasy and Science Fiction, © 1971 by Mercury Press, Inc.
"Flash Crowd," Three Trips in Time and Space, © 1973 by Robert Silverberg, ed.
"What Good Is a Glass Dagger?" Fantasy and Science Fiction, © 1972 by Mercury Press, Inc.

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Added: 25-Aug-2023

Last Updated: 18-Oct-2023

01-Jan-1974

Ballantine Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jan-1974

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$1.25

Pages*:

209

Catalog ID:

23487

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

amazon.com

Internal ID:

33344

Publisher:

Ballantine Books

ISBN:

0-345-23487-1

ISBN-13:

978-0-345-23487-2

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Dean Ellis - Cover Artist

THESE
ARE THE
STORIES
SVETZ...
And his mad adventures with horses, unicorns, ostriches, rocs, and other unlikely fauna, both extinct and as yet unborn, and of the extrabrdinary difficulties into which a simple, humdrum time-.trayeller can get when his Department supplies him with inadequate information. But then, the Civil Service has ever been notorious for truly staggering foul-ups. Several hundred centuries ahead or behind makes little difference except to complicate matters even further...

AND HERE THERE BE (ALSO) WARLOCKS, WEREWOLVES and divine witchery.

Proving that LARRY NIVEN can write on both sides of the science fiction fence.

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Printing: September, 1973
Second Printing: January, 1974
Seconf printing inferred

Includes:
Afterword

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The Flight of the Horse

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