Well I've thoroughly enjoyed myself on some more Larry Niven stories with another of his collections "The Flight of the Horse"!
This ones a mix of not just his SF but also fantasy. The first few stories in this one revolves around the mad cap adventures of Svetz, an expert in time retrieval, and of the things that he has to put up with.
Now these stories I would definitely think of as science fantasy, especially when you consider the things that Svetz has to bring back with him like unicorns and such. I actually read one of the stories featured in here in another of Larry Niven's collections "Playgrounds of the Mind". The stories are not only fantastical but they are also pretty funny! Poor Svetz can never seem to get a break as he has to deal with one crazy situation after another, and I kinda feel bad for him.
The last two stories in this collection are both novellas. One is full on SF titled "Flash Crowd" which is pretty good. It details what would if a riot started in a futuristic city. And then there is "What Good is a Glass Dagger", another one that I've read before in "Playgrounds of the Mind", which is straight up fantasy, and also really good. Here Niven plays with the idea of magic being a finite resource.
This is a pretty excellent little collection that I've read so far as Niven is concerned. And now that I think about it, I need to start picking up some of his fantasy titles too. Really would like to see how good those might be if I can get my hands on them!
by i-the-muso-1968