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Rammer

Larry Niven

First published November 1971
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series State / Leshy Circuit

Synopsis

A cryogenically preserved man awakens in a future society, to learn that if he cannot be successfully trained to pilot a deep space vessel, he will be deemed worthless and terminated.

Notes

This story was slightly rewritten as part of the fix-up novel A World Out of Time (1976). The novel version is reprinted in the collection Playgrounds of the Mind (1991).

Publications (30)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1971 Cover Galaxy Magazine, November-December 1971 UPD Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 49
1972 Cover The Best from Galaxy, Volume I Award Books Anthology 62
July 1972 Cover Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year E. P. Dutton Anthology 216
September 1972 Cover Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year E. P. Dutton Anthology 216
August 1973 Cover Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year Ace Books Anthology 247
October 1973 Cover Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year Kaye & Ward Anthology 216
June 1974 Cover A Hole in Space Ballantine Books Collection 1
June 1974 Cover A Hole in Space Ballantine Books Collection 1
November 1974 Cover A Hole in Space Ballantine Books Collection 1
December 1974 Cover Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Anthology 216
1975 Cover A Hole in Space Orbit / Futura Collection 1
March 1976 Cover A Hole in Space Ballantine Books Collection 1
1977 Cover The Best Science Fiction Stories Hamlyn Anthology 647
February 1977 Cover A Hole in Space Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 1
August 1978 Cover A Hole in Space Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 1
1980 Cover A Hole in Space Orbit / Futura Collection 1
March 1980 Cover A Hole in Space Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 1
March 1981 Cover A Hole in Space Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 1
1984 Cover A Hole in Space Orbit Collection 1
1986 Cover A Hole in Space Orbit / Futura Collection 1
May 1988 Cover A Hole in Space Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 1
1990 A Hole in Space Ballantine Books Collection 1
October 1991 Cover Playgrounds of the Mind Tor Collection 25
1992 Cover A Hole in Space Orbit / Little, Brown UK Collection 1
July 1992 Cover Playgrounds of the Mind Tor Collection 35
April 1996 Cover Playgrounds of the Mind Tor Collection 35
August 2003 Cover Playgrounds of the Mind Tor Collection 35
December 2010 Cover The Best of Larry Niven Subterranean Press Collection 191
December 2010 Cover The Best of Larry Niven Subterranean Press Collection 191
June 2011 Cover A Hole in Space Spectrum Literary Agency Collection