Synopsis
An alien salesman walks into a bar... and offers free samples of its wares; "memory" pills which implant within the consumer the training, knowledge, memories, etc. required for a given profession, whether terrestrial or alien.
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Hugo Award | Best Novella | Nominee/Finalist |
Publications (40)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1971 | Quark/4 | Paperback Library | Anthology | 186 |
| August 1971 | Quark/4 | Paperback Library | Anthology | 186 |
| May 1972 | The 1972 Annual World's Best SF | DAW Books | Anthology | 13 |
| May 1972 | The 1972 Annual World's Best SF | DAW Books | Anthology | 13 |
| July 1972 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year | Ballantine Books | Anthology | 293 |
| July 1972 | The 1972 Annual World's Best SF | DAW Books / SFBC | Anthology | 1 |
| July 1972 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year | Ballantine Books | Anthology | 293 |
| 1973 | The 1972 Annual World's Best SF | Book Club Associates | Anthology | 11 |
| November 1973 | The 1972 Annual World's Best SF | DAW Books | Anthology | 13 |
| June 1974 | A Hole in Space | Ballantine Books | Collection | 147 |
| June 1974 | A Hole in Space | Ballantine Books | Collection | 147 |
| November 1974 | A Hole in Space | Ballantine Books | Collection | 147 |
| 1975 | A Hole in Space | Orbit / Futura | Collection | 147 |
| March 1976 | A Hole in Space | Ballantine Books | Collection | 147 |
| April 1976 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #1 | Ballantine Books | Anthology | 293 |
| February 1977 | A Hole in Space | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 147 |
| December 1977 | Wollheim's World's Best SF: Vol. I | DAW Books | Anthology | 13 |
| December 1977 | Wollheim's World's Best SF: Vol. I | DAW Books | Anthology | 13 |
| August 1978 | A Hole in Space | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 147 |
| 1980 | A Hole in Space | Orbit / Futura | Collection | 147 |
| March 1980 | A Hole in Space | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 147 |
| March 1981 | A Hole in Space | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 147 |
| 1984 | A Hole in Space | Orbit | Collection | 147 |
| 1986 | A Hole in Space | Orbit / Futura | Collection | 147 |
| May 1988 | A Hole in Space | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 147 |
| 1990 | A Hole in Space | Ballantine Books | Collection | 147 |
| April 1990 | Project Solar Sail | Roc / Penguin | Anthology | 163 |
| September 1990 | N-Space | Tor | Collection | 129 |
| February 1991 | N-Space | Tor / SFBC | Collection | 129 |
| September 1991 | N-Space | Tor | Collection | 165 |
| 1992 | A Hole in Space | Orbit / Little, Brown UK | Collection | 147 |
| January 1992 | N-Space | Orbit | Collection | 148 |
| January 1992 | N-Space | Orbit | Collection | 148 |
| February 1992 | N-Space | Orbit | Collection | 148 |
| May 1997 | N-Space | Tor | Collection | 165 |
| 1998 | N-Space | Orbit | Collection | 148 |
| August 2007 | N-Space | Tor | Collection | 129 |
| December 2010 | The Best of Larry Niven | Subterranean Press | Collection | 239 |
| December 2010 | The Best of Larry Niven | Subterranean Press | Collection | 239 |
| June 2011 | A Hole in Space | Spectrum Literary Agency | Collection |