Laurence van Cott Niven (born in Los Angeles, California) is an American science fiction author. Perhaps his best-known work is Ringworld (1970), which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. 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 Magic Goes Away series, rational fantasy dealing with magic as a non-renewable resource. Niven also writes humorous stories; one series is collected in The Flight of the Horse.
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Ringworld
30 editions - first published in 1970 Borrow -
World of Ptavvs
13 editions - first published in 1966 Borrow -
Lucifer's Hammer
12 editions - first published in 1977 Borrow -
Dream Park
11 editions - first published in 1981 -
The integral trees
11 editions - first published in 1983 DAISY -
Neutron star
11 editions - first published in 1968 -
Protector
11 editions - first published in 1973 -
The smoke ring
10 editions - first published in 1987 Borrow -
A world out of time: a novel
10 editions - first published in 1976 Borrow -
A Gift from Earth
10 editions - first published in 1968 -
N-space
10 editions - first published in 1990 Borrow -
The Magic Goes Away
9 editions - first published in 1978 -
Flight of the Horse
9 editions - first published in 1973 -
Tales of Known Space: the universe of Larry Niven.
9 editions - first published in 1975 -
The legacy of Heorot
9 editions - first published in 1987 Borrow -
Oath of fealty
8 editions - first published in 1981 Borrow -
Footfall
8 editions - first published in 1985 Borrow -
Fallen angels
7 editions - first published in 1991 -
A Hole in Space
7 editions - first published in 1974 DAISY -
The Ringworld engineers
7 editions - first published in 1980 -
The patchwork girl
7 editions - first published in 1980 Borrow -
Limits
6 editions - first published in 1985 Borrow -
The Barsoom project
6 editions - first published in 1989 -
Convergent Series
5 editions - first published in 1980 -
Rainbow Mars
5 editions - first published in 1999 Borrow -
The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye
5 editions - first published in 1993 -
The Ringworld throne
5 editions - first published in 1996 Borrow -
The long arm of Gil Hamilton
5 editions - first published in 1976 -
Descent of Anansi
5 editions - first published in 1982 Borrow -
All the Myriad Ways
5 editions - first published in 1971 Borrow -
Inconstant moon
4 editions - first published in 1973 -
Man-Kzin Wars IV
4 editions - first published in 1991 -
The Draco Tavern
4 editions - first published in 2006 -
Scatterbrain
3 editions - first published in 2002 -
Achilles' choice
3 editions - first published in 1991 Borrow -
Destiny's road
3 editions - first published in 1997 -
The Man-Kzin Wars
3 editions - first published in 1989 -
The California voodoo game
2 editions - first published in 1992 Borrow -
MAN-KZIN WARS III
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The gripping hand
2 editions - first published in 1993 Borrow -
La paille dans l'œil de Dieu
2 editions - first published in 2007 -
Fleet of worlds
2 editions - first published in 2007 DAISY -
Destroyer of worlds
2 editions - first published in 2009 -
Stars and gods
2 editions - first published in 2010 -
Crashlander
2 editions - first published in 1994 -
The burning city
2 editions - first published in 2000 -
Escape from hell
2 editions - first published in 2009 DAISY -
Flatlander
2 editions - first published in 1995 Borrow -
Ringworld's Children
2 editions - first published in 2001 DAISY -
Playgrounds of the mind
2 editions - first published in 1991 DAISY -
The Dragons of Heorot
2 editions - first published in 1995 -
More magic
2 editions - first published in 1984 -
Rammer (Great Science Fiction Stories)
2 editions - first published in 1997 -
Choosing names
2 editions - first published in 1998 -
Juggler of worlds
2 editions - first published in 2008 -
Beowulf's children
2 editions - first published in 1995 -
Ruido De Pasos/ Footfall
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Betrayer of Worlds (Ringworld)
1 edition - first published in 2010 -
Inconstant Moon (Sphere Science Fiction)
1 edition - first published in 1988 -
Die Kzin- Kriege 3. Höllenfeuer Abenteuer aus dem Ringwelt- Universum
1 edition - first published in 1999 -
Flatlander. Abenteuer aus dem Ringweltuniversum
1 edition - first published in 1999 -
Saturn's race
1 edition - first published in 2000 DAISY -
Man Kzin Wars V
1 edition - first published in 1992 DAISY -
A Gift from Earth
1 edition - first published in 1971 -
Die Kzin- Kriege 5. Katzenmusik. Abenteuer aus dem Ringweltuniversum
1 edition - first published in 2000 -
Man-Kzin wars 3
1 edition - first published in 1990 -
The magic goes away omnibus
1 edition - first published in 2005 -
Worlds of If Science Fiction, February 1966, Featuring Part 3 of *The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress* (Volume 16, No. 2)
1 edition - first published in 1966 -
The voodoo game
1 edition - first published in 1991 -
Die Kzin- Kriege 1. Das Katzenhaus. Abenteuer aus dem Ringwelt- Universum
1 edition - first published in 1998 -
The Ringworld Engineers (Ringworld)
1 edition - first published in 1985 -
Man-kzin wars VI
1 edition - first published in 1995 -
A Gift from Earth (Tales of Known Space)
1 edition - first published in 1981 -
World of Ptaavs
1 edition - first published in 1973 -
Lucifer's Hammer Part 2 Of 2
1 edition - first published in 1999 -
Die Fliegenden Zauberer
1 edition -
Betrayer of worlds
1 edition - first published in 2010 -
Building Harlequin's moon
1 edition - first published in 2005 DAISY -
2020 Vision
1 edition - first published in 1980 -
La Paja en el Ojo de Dios / The Mote in God's Eye
1 edition - first published in 2004 -
Stadt des Feuers
1 edition - first published in 2001 -
Ringwelt - Ingenieure
1 edition - first published in 1998 -
Die Kzin- Kriege 6. Die trojanische Katze. Abenteuer aus dem Ringweltuniversum
1 edition - first published in 2000 -
Man-Kzin Wars VII
1 edition - first published in 1995 -
Burning Tower (it's not "The Burning Tower" - "Burning Tower" is the name of a character
1 edition - first published in 2005 -
Three books of Known Space
1 edition - first published in 1996 -
Decent of Anansi
1 edition - first published in 1985 -
Man-Kzin Wars XII
1 edition - first published in 2010 -
The Integral Tree
1 edition - first published in 1984 -
Die Kzin- Kriege 4. Der Überlebende. Abenteuer aus dem Ringweltuniversum
1 edition - first published in 1999 -
Ringworld (S.F.Masterworks S.)
1 edition - first published in 2005 -
Man Kzin Wars VIII
1 edition - first published in 1998 -
Crashlander. Abenteuer aus dem Ringweltuniversum
1 edition - first published in 1999 -
Burning tower
1 edition - first published in 2005 DAISY -
La Poussière dans l'œil de Dieu
1 edition - first published in 1981 -
Die Kzin- Kriege 7. Outsider. Abenteuer aus dem Ringweltuniversum
1 edition - first published in 2000 -
The Magic Goes Away Collection: The Magic Goes Away, The Magic May Return, and More Magic
1 edition - first published in 2005 -
Ringwelt Thron
1 edition - first published in 1998 -
Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, December 1966 (Volume 25, No. 2)
1 edition - first published in 1966 -
Berserker Base (Berserker)
1 edition - first published in 1987
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