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Larry Niven

Born

in Los Angeles, California, The United States

April 30, 1938

Website

http://www.larryniven.net/

Genre

Science Fiction, Fantasy

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Laurence van Cott Niven's best known work is Ringworld (Ringworld, #1) (1970), which received the Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics. The creation of thoroughly worked-out alien species, which are very different from humans both physically and mentally, is recognized as one of Niven's main strengths.

Niven also often includes elements of detective fiction and adventure stories. His fantasy includes The Magic Goes Away series, which utilizes an exhaustible resource, called Mana, to make the magic a non-renewable resource.

Niven created an alien species, the Kzin, which were featured in a series of twelve collection books, the Man-Kzin Wars. He ...more

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Average rating: 3.91 · 510,394 ratings · 19,286 reviews · 603 distinct works • Similar authors

	Ringworld (Ringworld, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 123,471 ratings — published 1970 — 158 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 70,741 ratings — published 1974 — 107 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 44,207 ratings — published 1977 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ringworld Engineers (Ringworld, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 32,798 ratings — published 1980 — 91 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Footfall by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle 3.92 avg rating — 16,954 ratings — published 1985 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Neutron Star (Known Space) 4.13 avg rating — 12,821 ratings — published 1966 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gripping Hand (Moties, #2) by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle 3.83 avg rating — 12,070 ratings — published 1993 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Protector (Known Space) 4.06 avg rating — 10,765 ratings — published 1973 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ringworld Throne (Ringworld, #3) 3.55 avg rating — 11,340 ratings — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ringworld's Children (Ringworld, #4) 3.77 avg rating — 9,277 ratings — published 2004 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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