Larry Niven

Laurence van Cott Niven — known as Larry Niven — is an American science fiction writer. His best-known work is Ringworld (1970), which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. The Science Fiction Writers of America named him the 2015 recipient of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics. It also often includes elements of detective fiction and adventure stories. His fantasy includes the series The Magic Goes Away, rational fantasy dealing with magic as a non-renewable resource.

Niven was born in Los Angeles. He briefly attended the California Institute of Technology and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics (with a minor in psychology) from Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, in 1962. He did a year of graduate work in mathematics at the University of California at Los Angeles. On September 6, 1969, he married Marilyn Joyce "Fuzzy Pink" Wisowaty, a science fiction and Regency literature fan. He is an agnostic.

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Books by Larry Niven

Larry Niven: Ringwelt. (Paperback, 1998, Lübbe)

Ringwelt.

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Larry Niven: Ringworld (1972, Gollancz)

Ringworld

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Larry Niven: The Ringworld Engineers (Paperback, 1981, Futura)

The Ringworld Engineers

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Larry Niven: Neutron Star (Paperback, 1978, Futura Publications)

Neutron Star

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Larry Niven: The Best of Larry Niven (2010) No rating

The Best of Larry Niven

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Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle: Lucifer's Hammer (1983) No rating

Lucifer's Hammer

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Larry Niven: Inconstant moon (1974, Sphere)

Inconstant moon

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Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle: Footfall (Paperback, 1986, Del Rey) No rating

Footfall

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Larry Niven: The integral trees (1985, Ballantine) No rating

The integral trees

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