Larry Niven
Born April 30, 1938
From Los Angeles, California, United States · Nationality: United States · Writes fiction
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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Quotes
“Do you play games of chance?” / “Emphatically yes. The process of living is a game of chance. To avoid chance is insanity.”
Tales of Known Space, p. 206 “In a universe the size of ours almost anything that can happen, will.”
Tales of Known Space, p. 201 “The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn’t have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don’t have a space program, it’ll serve us right!”
As quoted by Arthur C. Clarke in "Meeting of the Minds : Buzz Aldrin Visits Arth “Time is a one-way street with no parking spaces. You just have to keep going.”
Convergent Series, p. 214 “Once you know about critics, you know about literature. Literature is whatever survives the critics.”
Playgrounds of the Mind, p. 587
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Books by Larry Niven in order
Books by Larry Niven in the order they were published, from World of Ptavvs (1966) to The Best of Larry Niven (2010).
- 1World of Ptavvs
World of Ptavvs1966 - 2A Gift from Earth
A Gift from Earth1968 - 3Neutron Star
Neutron Star1968 - 4Ringworld
Ringworld1970 - 5Inconstant Moon
Inconstant Moon1973 - 6Protector
Protector1973 - 7The Mote in God's Eye
The Mote in God's Eye1974 - 8Tales of Known Space
Tales of Known Space1975What's in it (16)
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- Timeline for Known Space" (1975 Essay, Larry Niven)
- The Coldest Place" (1964)
- Becalmed in Hell" (1965)
- Wait It Out" (1968)
- Eye of an Octopus" (1966)
- How the Heroes Die" (1966)
- The Jigsaw Man" (1967)
- At the Bottom of a Hole" (1966)
- Intent to Deceive" (1968)
- Cloak of Anarchy" (1972)[1]
- The Warriors" (1966)
- There Is a Tide" (1968)
- Safe at Any Speed" (1967)
- Afterthoughts" (1975 Essay, Larry Niven)
- About the Cover" (1975 Essay, Rick Sternbach)
- 9A World Out of Time
A World Out of Time1976 - 10Long Arm of Gil Hamilton
Long Arm of Gil Hamilton1976 - 11Lucifer's Hammer
Lucifer's Hammer1977 - 12The Ringworld Engineers
The Ringworld Engineers1979 - 13Convergent Series
Convergent Series1980 - 14Oath of Fealty
Oath of Fealty1981 - 15The Integral Trees
The Integral Trees1983 - 16Footfall
Footfall1985 - 17The Legacy of Heorot
The Legacy of Heorot1987 - 18The Gripping Hand
The Gripping Hand1993 - 19The Ringworld Throne
The Ringworld Throne1996 - 20Destiny's Road
Destiny's Road1997 - 21Ringworld's Children
Ringworld's Children2001 - 22The Draco Tavern
The Draco Tavern2006 - 23Fleet of Worlds
Fleet of Worlds2007 - 24The Best of Larry Niven
The Best of Larry Niven2010