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A Hole in Space

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A Hole in Space
First edition
AuthorLarry Niven
Cover artistDean Ellis
LanguageEnglish
PublisherBallantine Books
Publication date
1974
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages196 pp
ISBN0-345-24011-1
OCLC874123
813/.5/4
LC ClassPZ4.N734 Ho PS3564.I9

A Hole in Space (U.K. edition ISBN 0-86007-853-1) 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:

Explanatory footnotes

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  1. ^ The title is a double quotation. (1) Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act IV Scene iii: "There is a tide in the affairs of men/Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune."[1] (2) Byron, Don Juan, Canto the Sixth: "There is a tide in the affairs of women,/Which, taken at the flood, leads – God knows where."[2]

References

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  1. ^ "William Shakespeare: Julius Caesar, Act 4. Scene III". The Literature Network. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  2. ^ "Don Juan by Lord George Gordon Byron: Canto the Sixth". The Literature Network. Retrieved May 19, 2015.