# Crashlander > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Crashlander > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Crashlander.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crashlander > Source revision: 1333368133 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1994 novel by Larry Niven This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. Find sources: "Crashlander" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2024) This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (August 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Crashlander First edition (publ. by Del Rey Books) Cover art by Don Dixon Author Larry Niven Publisher Del Rey Books Publication date March 2, 1994 ISBN 978-0-345-38168-2 ***Crashlander*** is a [fix-up](/source/Fix-up) novel by American writer [Larry Niven](/source/Larry_Niven), published in 1994 ([ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0345381682](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0345381682)) and set in his *[Known Space](/source/Known_Space)* universe. It is also a term used in the Known Space universe, denoting a human born on the planet *We Made It*. ## Plot summary *Crashlander* brings together the short stories featuring the space pilot [Beowulf Shaeffer](/source/List_of_Known_Space_characters#Beowulf_Shaeffer) — "[Neutron Star](/source/Neutron_Star_(short_story))" (1966), "[At the Core](/source/At_the_Core)" (1966), "[Flatlander](/source/Flatlander_(short_story))" (1967), "[Grendel](/source/Grendel_(short_story))" (1968), "[The Borderland of Sol](/source/The_Borderland_of_Sol)" (1975), and "[Procrustes](/source/Procrustes_(short_story))" (1993). The stories are linked, and some of them extended, by a framing story, "Ghost". This story recounts Shaeffer's reunion with a ghostwriter whom Shaeffer had used to write about his adventures at the neutron star and at the core, Ander Smittarasheed. Ander, working for [ARM](/source/Amalgamated_Regional_Militia) agent Sigmund Ausfaller, has come to question him about his dealings with [Pierson's Puppeteers](/source/Pierson's_Puppeteer), [General Products](/source/General_Products_(Larry_Niven)) and Carlos Wu, as well as what happened to Wu and ARM agent Feather Filip. Wu, Shaeffer and Sharrol Janss and their children, Tanya and [Louis Wu](/source/Louis_Wu), had secretly emigrated from Earth to the planet Fafnir to escape the control of Earth's United Nations government and the ARM. "Neutron Star", "At The Core", "Flatlander"', and "Grendel" were previously included in the 1968 collection *[Neutron Star](/source/Neutron_Star_(short_story_collection))*. Most of the stories in the collection are retold from the point of view of Sigmund Ausfaller in *[Juggler of Worlds](/source/Juggler_of_Worlds)*. ## Crashlander (in-universe term) A "Crashlander", in Known Space, is anyone from the planet [*We Made It*](/source/We_Made_It_(Known_Space)). As the names imply, the colonists who first settled the planet almost did not survive the landing. ## See also - [Novels portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Novels) - [Flatlander (in-universe term)](/source/Flatlander_(Niven)) - [Belter (in-universe term)](/source/Belter_(Niven)) ## External links - [The Incompleat *Known Space* Concordance](http://news.larryniven.net/concordance/content.asp?page=Introduction) v t e The Ringworld series by Larry Niven Known Space Original novels Ringworld The Ringworld Engineers The Ringworld Throne Ringworld's Children Companion novels Fleet of Worlds (2007) Juggler of Worlds (2008) Destroyer of Worlds (2009) Betrayer of Worlds (2010) Fate of Worlds (2012) Games based on the series Ringworld RPG Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch Return to Ringworld Concepts Long Shot Kzin Pierson's Puppeteers Characters Louis Wu v t e Bibliography of Larry Niven Known Space World of Ptavvs (1966) A Gift from Earth (1968) Neutron Star (1968) Protector (1973) Tales of Known Space (1975) Flatlander (1976) The Patchwork Girl (1986) Crashlander (1994) Ringworld Ringworld (1970) The Ringworld Engineers (1979) The Ringworld Throne (1996) Ringworld's Children (2004) Man-Kzin Wars1 Fleet of Worlds2 Fleet of Worlds (2007) Juggler of Worlds (2008) Destroyer of Worlds (2009) Betrayer of Worlds (2010) Fate of Worlds (2012) The Magic Goes Away The Magic Goes Away (1976) The Magic May Return (1981) More Magic (1984) The Burning City (2000) Burning Tower (2005) The Seascape Tattoo (2016) Written with Jerry Pournelle Inferno (1976) Lucifer's Hammer (1977) Oath of Fealty (1981) Footfall (1985) Escape from Hell (2009) Moties3 The Mote in God's Eye (1974) The Gripping Hand (1993) Heorot4 The Legacy of Heorot (1987) Beowulf's Children (1995) Destiny's Road (1997) Starborn & Godsons (2020) Dream Park4 Dream Park (1981) The Barsoom Project (1989) The California Voodoo Game (1992) The Moon Maze Game (2011) The State A World Out of Time (1976) The Integral Trees (1984) The Smoke Ring (1987) Co-authored novels The Flying Sorcerers (1971) The Descent of Anansi (1982) Fallen Angels (1991) Building Harlequin's Moon (2005) Bowl of Heaven (2012) Other collections All the Myriad Ways (1971) The Flight of the Horse (1973) Inconstant Moon (1973) A Hole in Space (1974) Convergent Series (1979) Limits (1985) N-Space (1990) Playgrounds of the Mind (1991) Bridging the Galaxies (1993) Rainbow Mars (1999) Scatterbrain (2003) The Draco Tavern (2006) Stars and Gods (2010) The Best of Larry Niven (2010) Short stories "At the Core" "The Borderland of Sol" "Death by Ecstasy" "The Defenseless Dead" "Flash Crowd" "Flatlander" "Grendel" "The Handicapped" "The Hole Man" "The Jigsaw Man" "The Magic Goes Away" "Neutron Star" "Procrustes" "The Return of William Proxmire" "The Soft Weapon" "What Good Is A Glass Dagger?" Essays Niven's laws "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" TV episodes written "The Slaver Weapon" (Star Trek: The Animated Series) "Downstream" (Land of the Lost) "Hurricane" (Land of the Lost) with David Gerrold "Circle" (Land of the Lost) with David Gerrold Collections by Niven or others With Edward M. Lerner Set in the CoDominium series With Steven Barnes Authority control databases Open Library This article about a collection of science fiction short stories published in the 1990s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:1990s-sf-story-collection-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A1990s-sf-story-collection-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1990s-sf-story-collection-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Crashlander](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crashlander) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crashlander?action=history)). 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