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Larry Niven

April 30, 1938 -

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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  • Cover of: Ringworld's Children

    First published in 2001 11 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition ringworldschildr0000larr Cover of edition ringworldschildr0000nive_k5h8 Cover of edition ringworldschildr00nive
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    First published in 1980 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1981 17 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition dreampark0000nive_h4i6 Cover of edition dreampark0000nive_r0v0 Cover of edition dreampark0000nive
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    First published in 1968 18 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition giftfromearth0000nive
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  • Cover of: A Hole in Space

    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 1983 1 edition — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1984 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1990 10 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition nspace00nive Cover of edition nspace00nive
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    First published in 1980 7 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition patchworkgirl00nive
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  • Cover of: The magic goes away

    First published in 1978 10 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition magicgoesaway0000unse Cover of edition isbn_9780441515523
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  • Cover of: The Ringworld throne

    First published in 1996 11 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition ringworldthrone00nive
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  • Cover of: All the myriad ways

    First published in 1971 7 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition allmyriadways00larr
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Subjects
American Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, Science fiction, Life on other planets, Kzin (Imaginary place), English Science fiction, Space warfare, Fiction, science fiction, space opera, Fiction, general, Magic, Space colonies, American Fantasy fiction, Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction, Ringworld (Imaginary place), Ringworld (imaginary place), fiction, English Short stories, Fantasy fiction, Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure, Kzin (imaginary place), fiction, American Short stories, American literature, Fiction in English, Human-alien encounters, Science fiction, American
Places
Earth, A galaxy far, Hearth, Hell, Los Angeles, Mars (Planet), Moon, Mount Lookitthat, Outer Space, Siberia (Russia), Space colonies, The Moon, far away...
People
Larry Niven, Allen Carpenter, Allen Carpenter is the main character. There is another character but if I say who it is, Crazy Eddy, Kirsten Quinn-Kovacks, Matthew Keller, Nessus, it will spoil the story.
Time
20th century, 20 w., 2197-2652, A long time ago..., Far Future, Present day., Sci-Fi, Space Colony, 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