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Larry Niven

Laurence van Cott Niven — known as Larry Niven — is an American science fiction writer. His best-known work is Ringworld (1970), which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. The Science Fiction Writers of America named him the 2015 recipient of the 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, rational fantasy dealing with magic as a non-renewable resource.

Niven was born in Los Angeles. He briefly attended the California Institute of Technology and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics (with a minor in psychology) from Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, in 1962. He did a year of graduate work in mathematics at the University of California at Los Angeles. On September 6, 1969, he married Marilyn Joyce "Fuzzy Pink" Wisowaty, a science fiction and Regency literature fan. He is an agnostic.

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Born April 30, 1938

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  • Cover of: Die Kzin- Kriege 1. Das Katzenhaus. Abenteuer aus dem Ringwelt- Universum.

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  • Cover of: Galaxy Science Ficiton Magazine, December 1967 (Volume 26, No. 2)

    First published in 1967 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Born April 30, 1938
Subjects
American Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, Science fiction, Life on other planets, Kzin (Imaginary place), English Science fiction, Space warfare, Fiction, science fiction, space opera, Fiction, general, Magic, Space colonies, American Fantasy fiction, Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction, Ringworld (Imaginary place), Ringworld (imaginary place), fiction, English Short stories, Fantasy fiction, Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure, Kzin (imaginary place), fiction, American Short stories, American literature, Fiction in English, Human-alien encounters, Science fiction, American
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Earth, A galaxy far, Hearth, Hell, Los Angeles, Mars (Planet), Moon, Mount Lookitthat, Outer Space, Siberia (Russia), Space colonies, The Moon, far away...
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Larry Niven, Allen Carpenter, Allen Carpenter is the main character. There is another character but if I say who it is, Crazy Eddy, Kirsten Quinn-Kovacks, Matthew Keller, Nessus, it will spoil the story.
Time
20th century, 20 w., 2197-2652, A long time ago..., Far Future, Present day., Sci-Fi, Space Colony, The Future, futurist, futuristic

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  • Larry van Cott Niven
  • Laurence van Cott Niven
  • Laurence Niven
  • Larry Niven Jerry Pournelle
  • Larry Niven; Jerry Pournelle; Michael Flynn
  • niven-larry-barnes
  • NIVEN LARRY & POURNELLE JERRY

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May 17, 2023 Edited by tmanarl merge authors
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January 8, 2023 Edited by SmCvgPed Fix, add alt. names
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import