A collection of science fiction short stories by Larry Niven, published in 1974. It contains: "Rammer (story)" (this story was later expanded into the novel A World Out of Time) "The Alibi Machine" "The Last Days of the Permanent Floating Riot Club" "A Kind of Murder" "All the Bridges Rusting" "There is a Tide" "Bigger than Worlds" "$16,940.00" "The Hole Man" "The Fourth Profession"