Larry Niven
- Laurence van Cott Niven
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- Niven, Larry
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- Date of birth
- 1938-04-30
- Place of birth
- United States
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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 HamiltonLast modified: 2020-08-12 (revision #20569)
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- Larry Niven wrote Safe at Any Speed
- Larry Niven wrote Baujahr 3100
- Larry Niven wrote Lucifer's Hammer
- Larry Niven wrote Luzifers Hammer
- Larry Niven wrote Death by Ecstasy
- Larry Niven wrote Tod durch Ekstase
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