Series
Draco Tavern
Larry Niven · 31 short stories · 1 collection · 1977–2015
The Draco Tavern collects Larry Niven's linked short stories set in and around a bar on Earth that serves as neutral ground for encounters between humans and the dozens of alien species passing through, mostly narrated by the tavern's long-running human owner. Each story is a self-contained conversation or incident rather than part of a continuous plot, used by Niven to explore a new alien culture or idea. The collection was assembled in 2006 from stories written across three decades.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
Map
Draco Tavern at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1970s5
- 1980s7
- 1990s0
- 2000s16
- 2010s4
Shape
31 short stories · 1 collection
1 author
reads like:science fictionaliensour worldfar futurereflectiveadult
Mood
Bright and calm: 25% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 6%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book8 of 32 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Real Thingdarkest · calmest
- The Missing Massbrightest · most intense