Larry Niven
- Laurence van Cott Niven
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- Niven, Larry
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- Male
- Date of birth
- 1938-04-30
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
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Laurence van Cott Niven (; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His 1970 novel Ringworld won the Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. With Jerry Pournelle he wrote The Mote in God's Eye (1974) and Lucifer's Hammer (1977). The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America gave him the 2015 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, works of rational fantasy dealing with magic as a non-renewable resource.
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American science fiction writer.
Series:
• Bowl of Heaven (with Gregory Benford)
• Draco Tavern
• Dream Park (with Steven Barnes)
• Heorot
• Inferno, aka Dante (with Jerry Pournelle)
• Moties (with Jerry Pournelle)
• Svetz
• The State, aka Leshy Circuit - includes the sub-series: Integral Trees
• Magic Goes Away includes the sub-series: Golden Road (with Jerry Pournelle)
• Tales of Known Space consists of the sub-series:
- Fleet of Worlds
- Ringworld
- Known Space includes the sub-series: Gil Hamilton
Last modified: 2020-08-12 (revision #20569)
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- Larry Niven wrote Bordered in Black
- Larry Niven wrote Neutron Star
- Larry Niven wrote There Is a Tide
- Larry Niven wrote The Gripping Hand
- Larry Niven wrote A Kind of Murder
- Larry Niven wrote Ringworld
- Larry Niven wrote Dry Run
- Larry Niven wrote Destiny's Road
- Larry Niven wrote Bird in the Hand
- Larry Niven wrote Lucifer's Hammer
- Larry Niven wrote Death by Ecstasy
- Larry Niven wrote Oath of Fealty
- Larry Niven wrote Das Glücksspiel
- Larry Niven wrote Generalprobe
- Larry Niven wrote Ringwelt
- Larry Niven wrote Cautionary Tales
- Larry Niven is/was a collaborator on David Gerrold(US SF writer)
- Larry Niven wrote Die Menschenfarm
- Larry Niven wrote Tod durch Ekstase
- Larry Niven wrote The Handicapped
- Larry Niven wrote Todos Santos
- Larry Niven wrote The Alibi Machine
- Larry Niven wrote Der vierte Beruf
- Larry Niven wrote The Deceivers
- Larry Niven wrote Rostende Brücken
- Larry Niven wrote Becalmed in Hell
- Larry Niven wrote The Hole Man
- Larry Niven is the subject of Ein Gespräch mit Larry Niven
- Larry Niven wrote $16.940.00
- Larry Niven wrote Safe at Any Speed
- Larry Niven wrote Baujahr 3100
- Larry Niven is part of Ditmar Award(authors) (number: 1972 - Best International Long Fiction - 1. Place)
- Larry Niven wrote Luzifers Hammer
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