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Larry Niven

September 1, 1997
This month, our we're featuring science fiction author Larry Niven. His many works in expanding the boundaries of the sci fi genre have benefited both readers and writers alike.

The Man
Famed author Larry Niven, born Laurence van Cott Niven on April 30, 1938, in Los Angeles, California, graduated in 1962 with a B.A. in Mathematics and a minor in Psychology from Washburn University, Kansas. He completed one year of graduate work in mathematics at UCLA before quitting school to write. From his first publication, "The Coldest Place" for If in 1964, he set his mark on the science fiction field. He won four short-fiction HUGOS, and both Hugo and NEBULA in 1971 for "Ringworld" (1970), a capstone title in his seminal Tales of Known Space sequence, which he began with his first publication and has been expanding ever since. He continues to write, although he utilizes collaborators more and more in his recent works.

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Publications Listing

Novels
World of Ptavvs. Del Rey, 1966.

A Gift from Earth. Del Rey, 1968.

Ringworld. Del Rey, 1970.

Protector. Del Rey, 1973.

A World Out Of Time. Del Rey, 1976.

The Ringworld Engineers. Del Rey, 1980.

The Patchwork Girl. Ballantine, 1980.

The Integral Trees. Del Rey, 1983.

The Smoke Ring. Del Rey, 1987.

The Magic Goes Away. Ace, 1993.

The Ringworld Throne. Del Rey, 1996.

Destiny Road. Tor, 1997.

Collaborations
The Flying Sorcerers. Ballantine, 1971. With David Gerrold.

Inferno. Pocket Books, 1975. With Jerry Pournelle.

Oath of Fealty. Pocket Books, 1981. With Jerry Pournelle.

Dream Park. Ace, 1981. With Steve Barnes.

The Descent of Anansi. Tor, 1982. With Steve Barnes.

Lucifer's Hammer. Fawcett, 1983. With Jerry Pournelle.

Footfall. Del Rey, 1985. With Jerry Pournelle.

The Mote In God's Eye. Pocket Books, 1987. With Jerry Pournelle.

Legacy of Heorot. Pocket Books, 1987. With Steve Barnes.

The Barsoom Project. Ace, 1989. With Steve Barnes.

Fallen Angel. Baen, 1991. With Pournelle and Michael Flynn.

The California Voodoo Game. Del Rey, 1991. With Steve Barnes.

Achille's Choice. Tor, 1991. With Steve Barnes.

The Gripping Hand a.k.a. The Moat Around Murcheon's Eye. Del Rey, 1993. With Jerry Pournelle.

Beowulf's Children. Tor, 1995. With Steve Barnes.

Anthologies
Neutron Star. Del Rey, 1968.

The Shape of Space. Ballantine, 1969.

A Hole in Space. Ballantine, 1974.

Tales of Known Space. Del Rey, 1975.

The Flight of the Horse. Ballantine, 1976.

The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton. Ballantine, 1976.

Convergent Series. Del Rey, 1979.

Limits. Del Rey, 1985.

All the Myriad Ways. Ballantine, 1986.

N-Space. Tor, 1990.

Playgrounds of the Mind. Tor, 1991.

Crashlander. Del Rey, 1994. Collected Beowulf Shaeffer stories.

Flatlander. Del Rey, 1995. Collected Gil "The Arm" stories.

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Resources

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