Larry Niven
April 30, 1938
281 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
**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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Also published as: Larry van Cott Niven, Laurence Niven, Laurence van Cott Niven
Most-read books
Ringworld
3.8 · 1970 · 269 want to read
The Mote in God's Eye
4 · 1974 · 168 want to read
Lucifer's Hammer
4 · 1977 · 125 want to read
The Ringworld Engineers (Ringworld)
3.8 · 1979 · 39 want to read
The Ringworld throne
3.2 · 1996 · 43 want to read
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The Hugo Winners [volume I]
4 · 1962 · 69 want to read
Footfall
4 · 1985 · 41 want to read
Protector
4.1 · 1973 · 35 want to read
Ringworld's Children
3.3 · 2001 · 34 want to read
Neutron Star
4.4 · 1968 · 27 want to read
World of Ptavvs
3.8 · 1966 · 28 want to read
Tales of Known Space
4.1 · 1975 · 35 want to read
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories
4 · 1978 · 48 want to read
The Legacy of Heorot
3 · 1987 · 33 want to read
A world out of time
3.8 · 1976 · 22 want to read
The integral trees
4 · 1983 · 24 want to read
The gripping hand
3.6 · 1993 · 23 want to read
A Gift from Earth
3.7 · 1968 · 13 want to read
Oath of fealty
3.7 · 1981 · 18 want to read
Infinite Stars
2017 · 28 want to read
Galaxy
1980 · 26 want to read
Microcosmic Tales
4 · 1980 · 23 want to read
The Best of Larry Niven
2010 · 23 want to read
The Draco Tavern
3.5 · 2006 · 16 want to read