The Flight of the Horse

The Flight of the Horse is a collection of science fiction and fantasy stories by Larry Niven, first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in September 1973. The first British edition was published by Orbit Books in June 1975. Most of the pieces were originally published between 1969 and 1972 in the magazines The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and Playboy. The others are original to the collection.[1]

The Flight of the Horse
Cover of the first edition.
AuthorLarry Niven
Cover artistDean Ellis
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherBallantine Books
Publication date
1973
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages212

The book contains seven short stories, novelettes and novellas, five of them featuring the author's dimension-traveling protagonist Hanville Svetz, including the title story, one in his "Teleportation" series and one in his "Magic Goes Away" series, together with an afterword. The Svetz tales were later included in the collection Rainbow Mars (Tor Books, 1999).[1]

Contents
  • "The Flight of the Horse" (Svetz)
  • "Leviathan!" (Svetz)
  • "Bird in the Hand" (Svetz)
  • "There's a Wolf in My Time Machine" (Svetz)
  • "Death in a Cage" (Svetz)
  • "Flash Crowd" (Teleportation)
  • "What Good Is a Glass Dagger?" (Magic Goes Away)
  • "Afterword"
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References
  1. The Flight of the Horse title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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