''Bridging the Galaxies'' is a collection of
science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...
stories by American writer
Larry Niven
Laurence van Cott Niven (; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His 1970 novel ''Ringworld'' won the Hugo Award for Best Novel, Hugo, Locus Award, Locus, Ditmar Award, Ditmar, and Nebula Award for Best Novel, Nebula award ...
, published in hardcover by
San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions in September 1993 for the
51st World Science Fiction Convention (
ConFrancisco), held September 2–6, 1993 in
San Francisco, California
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.
The book contains four short stories, three essays, a planetarium script, and a poem, together with an introduction and a bibliography.
Contents
*"In Memoriam: Howard Grote Littlemead" (poem)
*"Introduction"
*"Procrustes"
*"Where Next, Columbus?" (essay) (with
Jerry Pournelle
Jerry Eugene Pournelle (; August 7, 1933 – September 8, 2017) was an American scientist in the area of operations research and ergonomics, human factors research, a science fiction writer, essayist, journalist, and one of the first bloggers. ...
)
*"The Color of Sunfire"
*"The Léshy Circuit: Unfinished Script for Planetarium Show"
*"Tabletop Fusion" (essay)
*"The South Los Angeles Broadcasting System"
*"It's Only a Story"
*"Intercon Trip Report: August 12, 1991" (essay)
*"All the Bridges Rusting"
*"Bibliography" (Tom Whitmore)
References
1993 short story collections
Short story collections by Larry Niven
Books illustrated by Alicia Austin
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