title: Other Worlds: A Collection of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Epic Silliness
author: Joseph J. Madden
description: Joseph J. Madden is the author of The Starhawk Chronicles (available through Amazon.com) Born and raised in Queens, N.Y., he now lives with his wife and three daughters in Sheboygan, WI. In addition to writing, he enjoys movies, attending science fiction conventions, and is also trying his hand at urban chicken farming. Seriously. His next project will be The Starhawk Chronicles, Book II: Rest and Wreck-reation.
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  N-SPACE
  
  Copyright © 1990 by Larry Niven
  
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  CONTENTS
  
  Introduction: The Maker of Worlds by Tom Clancy
  
  On Niven (by David Brin, Gregory Benford, Wendy All, John Hertz, Steven
  Barnes, and Frederik Pohl)
  
  Dramatis Personae
  
  Foreword: Playgrounds for the Mind
  
  From WORLD OF PTAVVS
  
  Bordered in Black
  
  Convergent Series
  
  All th