Niven also occasionally refers to arcologies in his Known Space series, particularly in the stories involving Gil Hamilton, or the Pierson's Puppeteers, whose arcologies are enormous ( The smallest were cubes a mile in height, length and width.

The Outsiders in Larry Niven's Known Space universe are cryogenic creatures based on liquid helium.

* A world in Larry Niven's Known Space stories.

Many of Niven's stories take place in his Known Space universe, in which humanity shares the several habitable solar systems nearest to the Sun with over a dozen alien species, including the aggressive feline Kzinti and the very intelligent but cowardly Pierson's Puppeteers, which are frequently central characters.

The Ringworld series is set in the Known Space universe.

* Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven ( 1975 collection )

** Three Books of Known Space ( 1996 reprint of Tales of Known Space, with " Madness Has Its Place " in place of " The Borderland of Sol ", packed with World of Ptavvs and A Gift from Earth )

Known Space is the fictional setting of some dozen science fiction novels and several collections of short stories written by author Larry Niven.

The epithet " Known Space " is an in-universe term that refers to a relatively small part of the galaxy centered around Earth.

The fictional universe is also the home of species from outside Known Space, including the hominid inhabitants of a megastructure called Ringworld.

The Ringworld orbits a sun outside Known Space, but it is a well-established artifact within the Known Space " universe ".

The stories that constitute the Known Space series were originally conceived as two separate series: the Belter stories, featuring solar-system colonization and slower-than-light travel with fusion-powered and Bussard ramjet ships, and the Neutron Star / Ringworld series of stories, set much further into the future, which feature faster-than-light ships using " hyperdrive ".

The protagonist Louis Wu thinks this indicates the Kzinti in Known Space have bred intelligence out of their females.

Their commercial empire directly and indirectly controls events throughout Known Space and beyond, and Puppeteer plots are behind many of the larger events in Known Space.

* Thrintun: An ancient species that ruled a large empire, including the region of Known Space, through telepathic mind control about 1. 5 billion years ago.

A technology created by one of their slave races was the stasis field, which makes its contents impervious to harm and provides indefinite suspended animation, which has figured in several Known Space stories.

Known as " Île Royale " to the French, the island also saw active settlement by France.

Known as " Ofioussa " ( having snakes ) and " Pityoussa " ( having pine trees ) in antiquity, during the medieval age the island was ruled by a number of external powers and has also been known as Scio ( Genoese ), Chio ( Italian ) and Sakız ( صاقيز — Ottoman Turkish ).

An agent of the ARM, Gil Hamilton, is the protagonist of Niven's sci-fi detective stories, a series-within-a-series gathered in the collection Flatlander ( Confusingly, " Flatlander " is also the name of an unrelated Known Space story.

There are also two or three short stories which share common themes and some background elements with Known Space stories, but which are not considered a part of the Known Space universe: Bordered in Black and One Face ( see the collection Convergent Series ), and possibly The Color of Sunfire.

Known as Northrop Grumman Newport News ( NGNN ), and later Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Newport News ( NGSB-NN ), the company is located in Newport News, Virginia, and often participates in projects with the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, also located adjacent to Hampton Roads.

Known as salsa inglesa ( English sauce ) in Spanish, it is also an ingredient in Michelada, the Mexican beer cocktail.

Known feral colonies of Xenopus laevis do also exist in South Wales, UK.

Known for the location, theme song, and ensemble cast, Hawaii Five-O is also noted for its liberal use of exterior location shooting throughout the entire twelve seasons.

To the distant Northwest of the " Known World ", across the Great Waste, lays the mysterious lands of Hule, ruled by Hosadus, also known as " The Master ".

; Initial injection station: Known also as supply or inlet station, is the beginning of the system, where the product is injected into the line.

; Partial delivery station: Known also as intermediate stations, these facilities allow the pipeline operator to deliver part of the product being transported.

; Final delivery station: Known also as outlet stations or terminals, this is where the product will be distributed to the consumer.

From 2006 to 2009 he played in punk band Flipper, also recording an album, and in 2011 contributed bass and accordion to the song " I Should Have Known ", from the Foo Fighters ' record Wasting Light.

Known as SU for short, Student Union sponsors large-scale campus programs including WILD ( a semesterly concert in the quad ), free copies of the New York Times, USA Today, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch through The Collegiate Readership Program ; it contributes to the Assembly Series, a weekly lecture series produced by the University ; it also funds the campus television station, WUTV and the radio station, KWUR.

Known members were Nathanael Matthaeus von Wolf, Michael Christoph Hanow, Gottfried Lengnich, Johann Jacob Mascov, who wrote Geschichte der Teutschen, also Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit and the prince-bishop Adam Stanisław Grabowski.

Known proudly as the " Serra Chapel ," it also has the distinction of being the only remaining church in which the padre is known to have officiated (" Mission Dolores " was still under construction at the time of Serra's visit there ).

Known as Highway 417 in Ontario ( and the Queensway in Ottawa ) and Autoroute 40 in Quebec, the Trans-Canada also assumes the name " Autoroute Métropolitaine " ( also known as " The Met " or " Metropolitan Boulevard ") as it traverses Montreal as an elevated highway.

His suicide was described by Ellen Reiss in The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known wrote: " Mr. Siegel, as he lived, and also in dying, was true to the philosophy he founded: his purpose was to be fair to the world ".

Known for his compositions of amusing genre scenes ( also called bodegones ), such as Old Woman Frying Eggs, his sacred subjects include Adoración de los Reyes ( 1619, The Adoration of the Magi ), and Jesús y los peregrinos de Emaús ( 1626, Christ and the Pilgrims of Emmaus ), both of which begin to express his more pointed and careful realism.

Known also for his cowboy roles, he appeared twice on the long running TV western The Virginian, he then went on to star as Reese Bennet in the television series, Laredo, with William Smith, Peter Brown, and Philip Carey.

Known commonly as antebellum reform, this phenomenon included reforms in temperance, women's rights, abolitionism, and a multitude of other questions faced by society.

As the name implies, the " Known World " covers the most notable nations of Mystara, the ones most commonly used in Mystara-based campaigns and featured in fiction ( both officially published " canon " and fan-based ).

Known in the Philippines as himbabao or alukon, these flowers are commonly used in the cuisine of northeastern Luzon.

Known commonly as Ediswan, the company sold lamps made with a cellulose filament that Swan had invented in 1881.

Known more commonly as " God Save The Tsar!

Known verb forms are present-à ( commonly reported as-á ), imperative-ó, infinitive-are.

Known commonly as andromedas or fetterbushes, they are broad-leaved evergreen shrubs growing to 1 – 6 m ( 3. 3 ' - 19. 7 ') tall and ( 3 ' - 10 ') wide.

Known locally as Pistyll Rhyd-y-meincau, it is commonly known as Rhiwargor Waterfall.

While both carry voice telephone calls in similar fashion, PRIs are commonly used in call centers and provide not only the 23 actual usable telephone lines ( Known as " B " channels for bearer ) but also a 24th line ( Known as the " D " channel for data ) that carries signaling information.

Known for most of its operational life as Royal Air Force Station Gatow, or more commonly RAF Gatow, this former British Royal Air Force military airbase is in the district of Gatow in south-western Berlin, west of the Havel river, in the borough of Spandau.

Known officially as the Ordnance, Quick Firing 25 pounder Mark I on Carriage 18-pr Mark IV, or Ordnance, Quick Firing 25 pounder Mark I on Carriage 18-pr Mark V and commonly called the 18 / 25 pounder.

In Frank Herbert's Dune series, the Padishah Emperor — also commonly referred to as " Emperor of the Known Universe " or " Emperor of a Million Worlds "— is the supreme ruler of humanity, whose power is checked by the Spacing Guild, the Bene Gesserit and the Landsraad.

Known to the Māori as Pūtangitangi, but now commonly referred to as the " Paradise duck ", it is a prized game bird.

Known to be important ecosystem components that are sensitive to anthropogenic stressors, eelgrass and kelp species are commonly recognized indicators of aquatic vegetation health.

Known officially as divisions at the federal level and electoral districts at the state and territory level, " electorates " are also commonly referred to as seats or constituencies.

It was because of this past association with the BSAP ( Known as the " Black Boots " for their distinctly black footwear ) that Koevoet would subsequently be referred to commonly as the " Green Boots ".