Book cover for Red Tide by Larry Niven, Brad R. Torgersen and Matthew J Harrington

Red Tide

Larry Niven
Brad R. Torgersen
Matthew J Harrington
2022 Released
210 Pages
3-4 Hours
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CAEZIK SF & FantasyISBN 9781647100582
Loosely based on Larry Niven's 1973 novella "Flash Crowd," Red Tide continues to examine the social consequences of the impact of having instantaneous teleportation, where humans can instantly travel long distances in milliseconds.

This is a theme that has fascinated the author throughout his career and even appears in his seminal work Ringworld, where the central character celebrates his birthday by instantly teleporting himself to different time zones, extending his "birthday."

The author also discusses the impact of such instantaneous transportation in his essay, "Exercise in Speculation: The Theory and Practice of Teleportation."

Larry Niven is joined by two younger writers, Brad R. Torgersen and Matthew J. Harrington, as they take on this challenging idea and further develop the theories and concepts that Niven originally presented in "Flash Crowd."

Larry Niven

Larry Niven has won five Hugo Awards, the Nebula Award, and the Locus Award for his novels and short fiction and been named an SFWA Grand Master. Among this New York Times bestselling author's many science fiction novels are Ringworld, The Mote in God's Eye, and Destiny's Road; his fantasy novels include The Magic Goes Away. Niven has frequently collaborated with other authors, including Jerry Pournelle, Gregory Benford, and Steven Barnes. He lives in Los Angeles.

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Brad R. Torgersen

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Matthew J Harrington

Matthew Joseph Harrington, son of historian Joseph Daniel
Harrington, was born in 1960 at the US Naval Hospital in Yokosuka, Japan. He
taught himself to read at the age of two. He was enrolled in public schools in
Bowie, Maryland, and received an education by skipping class to hang out in the
public library. At 10 he pushed a two-ton truck uphill unassisted.



First story ever sold was to Larry Niven for Man-Kzin Wars
series-- which, given that the authors up to then were such lights as Poul
Anderson, Hal Colebatch, Dean Ing, Donald Kingsbury, and Dr. Jerry Pournelle,
was an experience not unlike showing up for a draft physical and being inducted
into the Justice League. His third published story, Soul Survivor, in Baen's
Universe, has been recommended for the Nebula. He is coauthor, with Larry Niven,
of The Goliath Stone.

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