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Niven at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, 2007. Laurence van Cott Niven (/ ˈ n ɪ v ən /; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. [2] His 1970 novel Ringworld won the Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. With Jerry Pournelle he wrote The Mote in God's Eye (1974) and Lucifer's Hammer (1977).
The Mote in God's Eye is a science fiction novel by American writers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, first published in 1974.The story is set in the distant future of Pournelle's CoDominium universe, and charts the first contact between humanity and an alien species.
Destiny's Road (1997) (by Niven alone; not precisely a continuation of the Heorot series: located in the same universe, events from the first two novels are briefly mentioned) (book 3) The Secret of Black Ship Island (2012) (novella; with Steven Barnes and Jerry Pournelle ) (release order book 4) (stated book “1.5” in series ie. should be ...
Ringworld is a 1970 science fiction novel by Larry Niven, set in his Known Space universe and considered a classic of science fiction literature. Ringworld tells the story of Louis Wu and his companions on a mission to the Ringworld, an enormous rotating ring, an alien construct in space 186 million miles (299 million kilometres) in diameter.
The Bandersnatch (plural bandersnatchi) is a fictional alien species in Larry Niven's Known Space universe. [8] The species is named for Lewis Carroll's Bandersnatch. Niven's first story to discuss the Bandersnatchi was World of Ptavvs, published in 1966. [9] That story relates the way that they were named as follows:
Footfall is a 1985 science fiction novel by American writers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. The book depicts the arrival of members of an alien species called the Fithp that have traveled to the Solar System from Alpha Centauri in a large spacecraft driven by a Bussard ramjet. Their intent is conquest of the planet Earth.
Known Space is the fictional setting of about a dozen science fiction novels and several collections of short stories by American writer Larry Niven.It has also become a shared universe in the spin-off Man-Kzin Wars anthologies.
"The Soft Weapon" is a science fiction short story by the American writer Larry Niven, set in his Known Space universe. It was first published in the February 1967 issue of If. [1] The story introduces the character of Nessus, a Puppeteer who later became one of the main characters of the novel Ringworld.