Larry Niven
Author of Ringworld
About the Author
Larry Niven received his B.A. in mathematics in 1962. His first novel, World of Ptavvs (1966), was a success and launched his career. Niven has won five Hugos and one Nebula award, testimony that his colleagues in the science fiction world respect his work. Perhaps Niven's most well-known creation show more is Ringworld, a distant planet that may be taken as a metaphor for Earth, as it was once great but has since fallen into decay. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Larry Niven
The Integral Trees and The Smoke Ring 191 copies
All the Myriad Ways [short story] 9 copies
The Green Marauder 9 copies
The Lion in his Attic 9 copies
Spirals 7 copies
Bigger Than Worlds 7 copies
Procrustes 6 copies
Flare Time [short fiction] 6 copies
Convergent Series [short story] 5 copies
Kath and Quicksilver 5 copies
Limits [short story] 5 copies
The Woman in Del Rey Crater 5 copies
The locusts (novelette) — Author — 5 copies
The Return of William Proxmire 5 copies
Madness Has Its Place 5 copies
War Movie 4 copies
A Teardrop Falls 4 copies
Smut Talk [short story] 4 copies
The Complete Fleet of Worlds: A Ringworld Series: Fleet of Worlds, Juggler of Worlds, Destroyer of Worlds, Betrayer of… (2018) 4 copies
The Missing Mass (short story) 4 copies
Larry Niven - Moon 3 copies
Storm Front [short story] 3 copies
Reflex [short story] 3 copies
The Artists [Short story] 3 copies
Playhouse [short story] 3 copies
Footfall Vol. 2 of 2 3 copies
Footfall Vol. 1 of 2 3 copies
Down in Flames [short story] 3 copies
The Real Thing 3 copies
Table Manners 3 copies
Ssoroghod's People [short story] 3 copies
Niven Larry 3 copies
Breeding Maze [short story] 3 copies
The Heights [short story] 3 copies
Brenda [novellette] 2 copies
The Flare Weed [Short Story] 2 copies
Moonglow 2 copies
Unfinished Story No 1 2 copies
The Wisdom of Demons [short story] 2 copies
Lost [short story] 2 copies
Ringworld and collective works 2 copies
The Slow Ones [short story] 2 copies
The Ones Who Stay Home 2 copies
Playground Earth [short story] 2 copies
Losing Mars 2 copies
Rhinemaidens 2 copies
01-Human Space 2 copies
Children of the State 2 copies
Fly-By-Night 2 copies
The Dark Matter 2 copies
The Death Addict [short story] 2 copies
The Convergence Of The Old Mind 2 copies
The Last Necronomicon 2 copies
The Portrait Of Daryanree The King 2 copies
Chrysalis [short story] 2 copies
No Exit 2 copies
In The Cellar 2 copies
Slowboat Cargo 1 copy
Yet Another Modest Proposal 1 copy
Ghost One 1 copy
1981 1 copy
Ghost Four 1 copy
Ghost Three 1 copy
Ghost Five 1 copy
Ringwelt-Thron : Roman 1 copy
Lungul braț al legii 1 copy
Luna nestatornică 1 copy
Ghost Two 1 copy
Ghost Six 1 copy
Known Space 1 copy
Ghost Seven 1 copy
The Kiteman 1 copy
The Solipsist at Dinner 1 copy
Next Time 1 copy
The Trellis 1 copy
From Footfall [Short Story] 1 copy
The Wishing Game 1 copy
The Roentgen Standard 1 copy
The Notebooks Of Mack Sikes 1 copy
The Color of Sunfire 1 copy
Frontiere 1 copy
Rainbow Mars [short story] 1 copy
Excerpt From World Of Ptavvs 1 copy
The Gatherer's Guild 1 copy
Excerpt From Protector 1 copy
Choosing Life 1 copy
Ghost Eight 1 copy
The Terror Bard — Author — 1 copy
Chicxulub 1 copy
Excerpt From Ringworld 1 copy
Gates(Variations) 1 copy
Get a Horse! [short fiction] 1 copy
Unfinished Story No 2 1 copy
Dreadful White Page 1 copy
Associated Works
Dangerous Visions: 33 Original Stories — Contributor — 1,894 copies
Alien Sex: 19 Tales by the Masters of Science Fiction and Dark Fantasy (1990) — Contributor — 483 copies
What Might Have Been, Volumes 1 & 2: Alternate Empires, Alternate Heroes (1989) — Contributor — 182 copies
The Way It Wasn't : Great Science Fiction Stories of Alternate History (1996) — Contributor — 151 copies
Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction, Volume 3: Supermen (1948) — Contributor — 123 copies
Gateways: A Feast of Great New Science Fiction Honoring Grand Master Frederik Pohl (2010) — Contributor — 94 copies
The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1985) — Contributor — 69 copies
Take My Advice: Letters to the Next Generation from People Who Know a Thing or Two (2002) — Contributor — 45 copies
Light Years and Dark: Science Fiction and Fantasy of and for Our Time (1984) — Contributor — 36 copies
Hitting the Skids in Pixeltown: The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology, Volume 2 (2003) — Contributor — 26 copies
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVII, No. 8 (August 1977) (1977) — Contributor — 25 copies
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCIV, No. 5 (January 1975) (1975) — Contributor — 23 copies
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCII, No. 5 (January 1974) (1974) — Contributor — 21 copies
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCIII, No. 2 (April 1974) (1974) — Contributor — 21 copies
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXIX, No. 1 (March 1972) (1972) — Contributor — 19 copies
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCIII, No. 1 (March 1974) (1974) — Contributor — 19 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1970, Vol. 39, No. 4 (1970) — Contributor — 18 copies
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. CVII, No. 2 (February 1987) (1987) — Contributor — 18 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1974, Vol. 47, No. 6 (1974) — Contributor — 17 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1971, Vol. 41, No. 1 (1971) — Contributor — 15 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 2, No. 4 [July-August 1978] (1978) — Contributor — 15 copies
Science fiction verhalen [1969] — Contributor, some editions — 13 copies
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. CIII, No. 13 (December 1983) (1983) — Contributor — 12 copies
Analog Science Fiction and Fact: Vol. CXXII, No. 7 & 8 (July/August 2002) (2002) — Contributor — 11 copies
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 24, No. 10 & 11 [October/November 2000] (2000) — Contributor — 9 copies
Worlds of If Science Fiction 85, December 1964 (Vol. 14, No. 7) (1964) — Contributor, some editions — 7 copies
Kaleidoskop III — Author, some editions — 3 copies
I Premi Hugo 1976-1983 — Contributor — 3 copies
The Day After Doomsday; Earth Abides; I Am Legend; On The Beach; Alas, Babylon; Lucifer's Hammer (Leather Bound)(5… (2012) 2 copies
Evolution @ Intersection — Contributor — 2 copies
FenCon X: Infinite Possibilities — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Niven, Laurence van Cott
- Birthdate
- 1938-04-30
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Places of residence
- Los Angeles, California, USA (birthplace)
Washington, D.C., USA
Chatsworth, California, USA
Topeka, Kansas USA - Education
- Washburn University (BA, Mathematics)
- Occupations
- writer
- Organizations
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
- Awards and honors
- Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1972)
E.E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction (1973)
Fictionwise eBook Author of the Year (2nd ∙ 2001)
Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award (2015) - Agent
- Eleanor Wood (Spectrum Literary Agency, literary)
- Short biography
- LARRY NIVEN is the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the Ringworld series, along with many other science fiction masterpieces. He lives in Chatsworth, California. JERRY POURNELLE is an essayist, journalist, and science fiction author. He has advanced degrees in psychology, statistics, engineering, and political science. Together Niven and Pournelle are the authors of many New York Times bestsellers including Inferno, The Mote in God's Eye, Footfall, and Lucifer's Hammer.
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- Popularity
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- Rating
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