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Inconstant Moon

Larry Niven

First published June 1971
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Notes

Made into episode 12 of second season of TV show "The Outer Limits", 1996-04-12.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1972 Hugo Award Best Short Story Winner
1972 Locus Poll Award Best Short Fiction Nominee/Finalist
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (53)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 1971 All the Myriad Ways Ballantine Books Collection 124
June 1971 All the Myriad Ways Ballantine Books Collection 124
September 1972 Best Science Fiction for 1972 Ace Books Anthology 10
February 1973 Inconstant Moon Gollancz Collection 9
April 1974 Inconstant Moon The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Collection
October 1974 Inconstant Moon Sphere Books Collection 7
May 1975 Inconstant Moon Sphere Books Collection 7
December 1975 All the Myriad Ways Ballantine Books Collection 124
December 1975 All the Myriad Ways Ballantine Books Collection 124
June 1976 Inconstant Moon Sphere Books Collection 7
1977 Inconstant Moon Sphere Books Collection 7
February 1977 All the Myriad Ways Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 124
August 1977 The Hugo Winners, Volume Three Doubleday Anthology 193
December 1977 The Hugo Winners, Volume Three Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 193
November 1978 All the Myriad Ways Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 124
1979 The Hugo Winners, Volume Three, Part One: 1970-1972 Dennis Dobson Anthology 193
February 1979 The Hugo Winners, Volume 3, Book 1 Fawcett Crest Anthology 199
April 1980 The Best of All Possible Worlds Ace Books Anthology 12
March 1981 All the Myriad Ways Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 124
February 1983 All the Myriad Ways Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 124
October 1985 All the Myriad Ways Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 124
August 1986 Inconstant Moon Sphere Books Collection 7
October 1988 All the Myriad Ways Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 124
January 1989 The World Treasury of Science Fiction Little, Brown / BOMC Anthology 415
February 1989 The World Treasury of Science Fiction Little, Brown Anthology 415
June 1989 The World Treasury of Science Fiction Little, Brown / QPBC Anthology 415
September 1990 N-Space Tor Collection 181
February 1991 N-Space Tor / SFBC Collection 181
August 1991 Inconstant Moon Orbit Collection 7
September 1991 N-Space Tor Collection 233
January 1992 N-Space Orbit Collection 208
January 1992 N-Space Orbit Collection 208
February 1992 N-Space Orbit Collection 208
May 1997 N-Space Tor Collection 233
1998 N-Space Orbit Collection 208
November 1999 Armageddons Ace Books Anthology 191
November 2001 Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century Ace Books Anthology 218
December 2001 Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century Ace Books / SFBC Anthology 218
March 2004 Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century Ace Books Anthology 218
August 2007 N-Space Tor Collection 181
December 2010 The Best of Larry Niven Subterranean Press Collection 165
December 2010 The Best of Larry Niven Subterranean Press Collection 165
May 2011 All the Myriad Ways Spectrum Literary Agency Collection
June 2012 Inconstant Moon Spectrum Literary Agency Chapbook
June 2012 Inconstant Moon Spectrum Literary Agency Chapbook
September 2012 Inconstant Moon Blackstone Audio Chapbook
March 2013 Armageddons Baen Books Anthology |191
May 2015 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 31 Galaxy Press Anthology 327
April 2017 Madness from the Inconstant Moon: A Collection of Short Works by Larry Niven Larry Niven Collection |13
September 2017 Madness from the Inconstant Moon: A Collection of Short Works by Larry Niven Blackstone Audio Collection |13
September 2017 Madness from the Inconstant Moon: A Collection of Short Works by Larry Niven Blackstone Audio Collection |13
September 2017 Madness from the Inconstant Moon: A Collection of Short Works by Larry Niven Blackstone Audio Collection |13
September 2017 Madness from the Inconstant Moon: A Collection of Short Works by Larry Niven Blackstone Audio Collection |13