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Neutron Star [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story]
by Larry Niven
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One of Niven's most beloved characters, Beowulf Shaeffer, is forced to take a dangerous mission to explore a neutron star. The last group who went there never came back alive, but Shaeffer faces life imprisonment if he doesn't take the job. Will he determine the mysterious force that turned the prior crew to hamburger before he suffers a similar fate? (Published: 1966) Hugo Award Winner
Words: 6947 - Reading Time: 19-27 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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At the Core [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story]
by Larry Niven
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A human spaceship pilot accepts an offer to guide a cramped (but very fast) experimental alien ship to the center of the galaxy on a promotional stunt--but what he finds at the core is much more important than just publicity. (Published: 1966)
Words: 6976 - Reading Time: 19-27 min.
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Flatlander [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story]
by Larry Niven
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Traveling on a spaceliner headed for Earth, spaceship pilot Beowulf Shaeffer strikes up a friendship with Gregory Pelton, the fabulously wealthy descendant of the inventor of the transfer booth--known to his friends as Elephant. Irritated at being labeled a flatlander, Elephant decides visit the most unusual system in the galaxy ... with Beowulf piloting his ship, of course� (Published: 1967) Nebula Award(R) Nominee
Words: 14081 - Reading Time: 40-56 min.
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Grendel [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story]
by Larry Niven
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Itinerant space pilot and epic hero Beowulf Shaeffer finds himself in the midst of an interstellar scandal when an alien sculpture artist is kidnapped from his passenger starship. (Published: 1968)
Words: 16312 - Reading Time: 46-65 min.
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The Borderland of Sol [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story]
by Larry Niven
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Spaceship pilot Beowulf Shaeffer and certified genius Carlos Wu join Sigmund Ausfaller of the Extremely Foreign Relations Bureau on an investigative mission aboard Sigmund's Extremely Fast and Heavily Armed spaceship, the Hobo Kelly. Eight ships have mysteriously disappeared from Sol System, each winking out of existence as they entered hyperdrive, and the trio's theories for the inexplicable phenomena run from human pirates to hyperspace monsters. When Carlos solicits an opinion from a gravitat... more info>> (Published: 1975) Locus Poll Award Nominee, Hugo Award Winner
Words: 15376 - Reading Time: 43-61 min.
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Procrustes [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story]
by Larry Niven
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Spaceship pilot Beowulf Shaeffer groggily awakens on a deserted island and considers the events leading up to the moment his head was blown off. The small ship with its six passengers had just landed on Fafnir to catch an outbound spaceliner when his crewmate had inexplicably turned and fired her weapon directly at his head. The Intensive Care Cavity that saved him shows that more than four months have passed, and his friends are nowhere to be found� (Published: 1993)
Words: 16181 - Reading Time: 46-64 min.
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