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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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American writer

Born April 30, 1938

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  • Cover of: The second IF reader of science fiction

    First published in 1968 10 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition secondifreaderof0000fred Cover of edition secondifreaderof0000unse
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    First published in 1974 9 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition holeinspace0000nive Cover of edition holeinspace00nive Cover of edition holeinspace00nive
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    First published in 1973 9 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition flightofhorse00larr_0 Cover of edition flightofhorse0000nive
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    First published in 1971 8 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1978 7 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition 100greatsciencef0000unse
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American writer

Born April 30, 1938
Subjects
American Science fiction, Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Science fiction, Life on other planets, Kzin (Imaginary place), English Science fiction, Fiction, general, Space warfare, English Short stories, Ringworld (Imaginary place), Fiction in English, Kzin (imaginary place), fiction, Ringworld (imaginary place), fiction, Science fiction, American, American Fantasy fiction, American Short stories, American literature, Magic, Space colonies, American War stories, Computer adventure games, Dream Park (Imaginary place), Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, science fiction, space opera
Places
A galaxy far, Earth, Los Angeles, Mount Lookitthat, Outer Space, The Moon, far away...
People
Crazy Eddy, Matthew Keller
Time
20th century, A long time ago..., Sci-Fi, The Future, futurist, futuristic

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  • Larry van Cott Niven
  • Laurence van Cott Niven
  • Laurence Niven
  • Larry Niven Jerry Pournelle
  • Larry Niven; Jerry Pournelle; Michael Flynn
  • niven-larry-barnes
  • NIVEN LARRY & POURNELLE JERRY

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May 17, 2023 Edited by tmanarl merge authors
January 9, 2023 Edited by bitnapper Edited without comment.
January 9, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
January 8, 2023 Edited by SmCvgPed Fix, add alt. names
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import