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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 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) — biography from Ringworld… (more)
Ringworld 9,427 copies, 175 reviews
The Mote in God's Eye 5,989 copies, 106 reviews
The Ringworld Engineers 4,203 copies, 43 reviews
Lucifer's Hammer 4,106 copies, 66 reviews
Footfall 2,981 copies, 36 reviews
The Ringworld Throne 2,427 copies, 11 reviews
The Gripping Hand 2,361 copies, 27 reviews
Protector 2,140 copies, 17 reviews
The Integral Trees 2,103 copies, 24 reviews
A World Out of Time 1,757 copies, 29 reviews
Ringworld's Children 1,696 copies, 10 reviews
Inferno 1,676 copies, 40 reviews
The Legacy of Heorot 1,650 copies, 13 reviews
Neutron Star 1,592 copies, 9 reviews
Destiny's Road 1,443 copies, 15 reviews
Dream Park 1,376 copies, 22 reviews
A Gift from Earth 1,334 copies, 10 reviews
The Smoke Ring 1,272 copies, 14 reviews
Oath of Fealty 1,261 copies, 7 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars (Editor; Contributor) 1,245 copies, 9 reviews
World of Ptavvs 1,223 copies, 8 reviews
Beowulf's Children 1,193 copies, 10 reviews
Fallen Angels 1,123 copies, 16 reviews
N-Space 1,101 copies, 5 reviews
The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton 992 copies, 6 reviews
Flight of the Horse 984 copies, 9 reviews
A Hole in Space 967 copies, 5 reviews
The Barsoom Project 951 copies, 8 reviews
Rainbow Mars 918 copies, 9 reviews
Convergent Series 873 copies, 3 reviews
The Magic Goes Away 827 copies, 7 reviews
Limits (Author) 822 copies, 9 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars II (Series Creator) 757 copies, 3 reviews
Fleet of Worlds 756 copies, 15 reviews
All the Myriad Ways 703 copies, 5 reviews
Crashlander (Author) 687 copies, 6 reviews
The California Voodoo Game 673 copies, 3 reviews
The Flying Sorcerers (Author) 666 copies, 5 reviews
The Burning City 661 copies, 6 reviews
The Patchwork Girl (Author) 653 copies, 6 reviews
The Draco Tavern 613 copies, 11 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars III (Author) 613 copies, 1 review
Building Harlequin's Moon (Author) 586 copies, 10 reviews
The Descent of Anansi 582 copies, 1 review
Juggler of Worlds 573 copies, 6 reviews
Saturn's Race (Author) 531 copies, 3 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars IV (Author) 520 copies, 3 reviews
Playgrounds of the Mind 478 copies, 3 reviews
Achilles' Choice 476 copies, 3 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars V (Editor) 444 copies, 3 reviews
Destroyer of Worlds 406 copies, 5 reviews
Escape from Hell 394 copies, 17 reviews
Inconstant Moon 387 copies, 2 reviews
Bowl of Heaven 384 copies, 24 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars VI (Editor) 356 copies, 2 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars VII (Editor) 351 copies, 3 reviews
The Magic May Return 334 copies, 1 review
Betrayer of Worlds 324 copies, 8 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars VIII: Choosing Names (Author) 309 copies, 1 review
Burning Tower 278 copies, 3 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars IX (Editor) 265 copies, 2 reviews
Three Books of Known Space 256 copies, 4 reviews
Shipstar 226 copies, 14 reviews
Scatterbrain 223 copies, 2 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War (Editor) 198 copies, 5 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars XI (Editor) 173 copies, 4 reviews
The Moon Maze Game (Author) 159 copies, 4 reviews
The Best of All Possible Wars (Editor; Author) 156 copies, 1 review
The Goliath Stone 155 copies, 8 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars XII 106 copies, 1 review
Man-Kzin Wars XIII (Creator) 73 copies, 1 review
Stars and Gods 70 copies, 2 reviews
More Magic 57 copies
The Best of Larry Niven (Author) 49 copies
Man-Kzin Wars XIV 48 copies, 1 review
The Seascape Tattoo 47 copies, 3 reviews
Glorious 42 copies, 3 reviews
Flatlander [novelette] 38 copies, 2 reviews
Niven's Laws 32 copies
Red Tide 22 copies
De stranden van Sirius Vier 22 copies, 1 review
The Time of the Warlock 20 copies, 1 review
Neutron Star [short story] 19 copies, 1 review
A.R.M. 18 copies, 1 review
At the Core 15 copies
Grendel 14 copies, 1 review
Wait It Out 7 copies
Spirals 7 copies
Handicap 7 copies
Leviathan! 7 copies
One Face 6 copies
Strange Light (Author) 6 copies
Procrustes 6 copies
The Meddler 6 copies
Dry Run 6 copies
The locusts (novelette) (Author) 5 copies
Plaything 5 copies
Ringworld / Shipwreck (Contributor) 5 copies
Green Lantern 4 copies
Passerby 4 copies
Mistake 4 copies
War Movie 4 copies
Down and Out 3 copies
Niven Larry 3 copies
Table Manners 3 copies
Moonglow 2 copies
Rhinemaidens 2 copies
Fly-By-Night 2 copies
Losing Mars 2 copies
In The Cellar 2 copies
No Exit 2 copies
1981 1 copy
The Terror Bard (Author) 1 copy
Chicxulub 1 copy
Ghost One 1 copy
Ghost Two 1 copy
Ghost Six 1 copy
Ghost Five 1 copy
Ghost Four 1 copy
Next Time 1 copy
Frontiere 1 copy
Dangerous Visions: 33 Original Stories (Contributor) 1,798 copies, 34 reviews
Unnatural Creatures: Stories Selected by Neil Gaiman (Contributor) 1,111 copies, 27 reviews
Silverlock (Foreword) 971 copies, 19 reviews
The World Treasury of Science Fiction (Contributor) 840 copies, 2 reviews
Requiem (Contributor) 701 copies, 4 reviews
The Hugo Winners: Volumes One and Two (Contributor) 668 copies, 9 reviews
Empire of the East (Introduction, some editions) 604 copies, 6 reviews
The Wizards of Odd: Comic Tales of Fantasy (Contributor) 597 copies, 4 reviews
The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century (Contributor) 543 copies, 9 reviews
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century (Contributor) 416 copies, 7 reviews
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories (Contributor) 415 copies, 8 reviews
King Kong (Commentary, some editions) 391 copies, 9 reviews
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories (Contributor) 379 copies, 6 reviews
Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy (Contributor) 379 copies, 2 reviews
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF (Contributor) 371 copies, 5 reviews
The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century (Contributor) 361 copies, 4 reviews
Berserker Base (Contributor) 307 copies, 2 reviews
Where Do We Go from Here? (Contributor, some editions) 293 copies, 5 reviews
Medea: Harlan's World (Contributor) 278 copies, 5 reviews
The Hugo Winners: Volume Three (1971-1975) (Author) 256 copies, 1 review
The 1980 Annual World's Best SF (Contributor) 256 copies, 3 reviews
There Will Be War (Contributor) 249 copies
Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction (Contributor) 245 copies, 3 reviews
Nebula Award Stories 1965 (Contributor) 242 copies, 3 reviews
The Hugo Winners: Volume Two, Book 1 (1962-1967) (Contributor) 236 copies, 3 reviews
The Road to Science Fiction #3: From Heinlein to Here (Contributor) 233 copies, 4 reviews
The 13 Crimes of Science Fiction (Contributor) 220 copies, 5 reviews
Unicorns! (Contributor) 213 copies, 2 reviews
The Hugo Winners: Volume Four (1976-1979) (Contributor) 211 copies, 2 reviews
Alternate Empires (What Might Have Been, Vol. 1) (Contributor) 203 copies, 3 reviews
The 1972 Annual World's Best SF (Contributor) 202 copies, 1 review
Epoch (Contributor) 199 copies, 2 reviews
Dangerous Visions 2 (Contributor) 188 copies, 3 reviews
Black Holes (Contributor) 186 copies, 1 review
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction (Contributor) 186 copies, 2 reviews
The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories (Contributor) 181 copies, 2 reviews
Elemental (Contributor) 169 copies, 4 reviews
World's Best Science Fiction: 1971 (Contributor) 168 copies, 2 reviews
Tales from the Spaceport Bar (Contributor) 168 copies, 3 reviews
Sisters of the Night (Contributor) 167 copies, 4 reviews
Destiny's Forge: A Man-Kzin Wars Novel (Creator) 160 copies, 2 reviews
Death's Head Rebellion (Contributor) 159 copies, 1 review
World's Best Science Fiction: 1970 (Contributor) 153 copies, 1 review
A Science Fiction Argosy (Contributor, some editions) 152 copies
Another Round at the Spaceport Bar (Contributor) 143 copies
Serve It Forth: Cooking with Anne McCaffrey (Contributor) 141 copies, 2 reviews
Nebula Award Stories Five (Contributor) 138 copies
Treasures of Fantasy (Contributor) 136 copies, 1 review
Microcosmic Tales (Contributor) 136 copies, 3 reviews
World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 (Contributor) 135 copies, 3 reviews
The Endless Frontier (Contributor) 133 copies, 2 reviews
Codominium: Revolt on War World (Excerpt included) 133 copies
Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge (Contributor) 127 copies, 5 reviews
A Magic-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic (Contributor) 127 copies, 1 review
Arabesques: More Tales of the Arabian Nights (Contributor) 125 copies, 1 review
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (Contributor) 124 copies
Sworn Allies (Contributor) 121 copies
The Ninth Galaxy Reader (Contributor) 118 copies, 2 reviews
Breakthrough (Contributor) 118 copies
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4 (Contributor) 114 copies, 2 reviews
Infinite Stars (Contributor) 112 copies, 3 reviews
The Hugo Winners: Volume Three, Book 2 (1973-1975) (Contributor) 110 copies, 3 reviews
Voyagers in Time (Contributor) 108 copies
Galaxy, Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction (Contributor) 106 copies, 4 reviews
Seven Trips through Time and Space (Contributor) 104 copies, 1 review
Cyber-killers (Contributor, some editions) 103 copies, 2 reviews
World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 (Author) 103 copies, 2 reviews
2020 Vision (Contributor) 101 copies, 1 review
New Destinies, Volume 7, Spring 1989 (Contributor) 94 copies, 1 review
Project Solar Sail (Contributor) 91 copies
Sci-Fi Private Eye (Contributor) 87 copies, 2 reviews
The Science Fictional Solar System (Contributor) 87 copies, 1 review
Mordred (Contributor) 84 copies
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Destinies Vol. 1, No. 3 (Contributor) 83 copies
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Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science (Contributor) 81 copies, 1 review
The Best of Analog (Author) 80 copies, 4 reviews
Under Cover of Darkness (Contributor) 80 copies, 3 reviews
The Second IF Reader of Science Fiction (Contributor) 77 copies, 1 review
Stellar #1: Science-Fiction Stories (Contributor) 77 copies
Worlds of Maybe : Seven Stories of Science Fiction (Contributor, some editions) 75 copies, 1 review
The Best of All Possible Worlds (Contributor) 75 copies, 2 reviews
The Hugo Winners: Volume Three, Book 1 (1971-1972) (Contributor) 70 copies, 2 reviews
Arabesques II (Contributor) 70 copies, 1 review
Multiverse: Exploring Poul Anderson's Worlds (Contributor) 70 copies, 2 reviews
Armageddons (Contributor) 67 copies, 2 reviews
The Mirror of Infinity (Contributor) 64 copies
Robert Adams' Book of Alternate Worlds (Contributor) 64 copies, 1 review
The Best Science Fiction Stories (Author, some editions) 63 copies, 1 review
A Century of Fantasy, 1980-1989 (Author) 61 copies, 1 review
Bridging Infinity (Contributor) 60 copies, 1 review
Stellar #7: Science-Fiction Stories (Contributor) 56 copies
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Stellar #2: Science-Fiction Stories (Contributor) 52 copies
Aliens! (Contributor) 51 copies
Antigrav (Contributor) 51 copies
Tomorrow's Worlds: Ten Stories of Science Fiction (Contributor) 51 copies, 2 reviews
Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons (Contributor) 49 copies, 2 reviews
Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Science Fiction Novels (Contributor) 49 copies, 3 reviews
Best Science Fiction for 1972 (Contributor) 48 copies
TV:2000 (Contributor) 47 copies, 1 review
Alpha 8 (Contributor) 45 copies
Tomorrow Bites (Contributor) 43 copies
Watching Trees Grow (Introduction, some editions) 43 copies, 1 review
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Treasure Planet (Created By) 32 copies, 1 review
The Man from Krypton: A Closer Look at Superman (Contributor) 31 copies, 1 review
Space Cadets (Contributor) 28 copies
SF: Authors' Choice 3 (Contributor) 25 copies
Your Share of Fear (Contributor) 23 copies
Isaac Asimov's War (Contributor) 22 copies
The Best of Jerry Pournelle (Contributor) 19 copies
Exploring the Horizons (Contributor) 18 copies
Isaac Asimov's Aliens & Outworlders (Contributor) 17 copies
Worst Contact (Contributor) 17 copies, 1 review
Drabble Project (Contributor) 15 copies
The Best of Galaxy's Edge 2013-2014 (Contributor) 13 copies
Science fiction verhalen [1969] (Contributor, some editions) 13 copies, 1 review
Thrilling Wonder Stories, Volume 2 (Contributor) 8 copies, 1 review
Overruled! (Contributor) 7 copies
Galileo Magazine of Science & Fiction November 1979 (Contributor; Contributor) 6 copies
Die Welt , die Dienstag war (Contributor) 5 copies
Space Pioneers (Contributor) 3 copies, 1 review
I Premi Hugo 1976-1983 (Contributor) 3 copies
Kaleidoskop III (Author, some editions) 3 copies, 1 review

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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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