A Hole in Space (U.K. edition ) is a collection of nine science fiction short stories and one essay, all by Larry Niven, published in 1974. This 1975 winner of the Locus Poll Award, Best Single Author Collection (place: second) includes: "Rammer" (this story had later become part of the novel A World Out of Time) "The Alibi Machine" "The Last Days of the Permanent Floating Riot Club" "A Kind of Murder" "All the Bridges Rusting" "There Is a Tide" "Bigger Than Worlds" (essay) "$16,940.00" "The Hole Man" "The Fourth Profession" Explanatory footnotes References 1974 short story collections Ballantine Books books Short story collections by Larry Niven