Larry Niven

Laurence van Cott Niven (April 29 1938-), American science fiction author.

Niven is the author of numerous science fiction short stories and novels, beginning with his 1964 story "The Coldest Place" (which in the story was said to be the dark side of Mercury, which was thought to be [tidally locked]? with the Sun at the time it was written but which ironically enough was found to rotate in a 2:3 resonance just months before the story was published). His best-known work is perhaps his 1970 novel Ringworld, for which he received a Hugo award.

Many of Niven's stories take place in his Known Space universe, in which humanity shares the several solar systems nearest to Sol with a half-dozen alien species.

In recent years, most of his writing has been in collaboration with Jerry Pournelle and/or [Steven Barnes]?.

Bibliography: (incomplete)

• World of Ptavvs (1966)
• A Gift from the Earth (1968)
• Neutron Star (Collection of short stories, 1968)
• Ringworld (1970)
• All The Myriad Ways (Collection of short stories, 1971)
• Flight of the Horse (Collection of short stories, 1973)
• Protector (1973)
• A Hole in Space (Collection of short stories, 1974)
• Inconstant Moon (Collection of short stories, 1974)
• The Mote in God's Eye (1975) (with Jerry Pournelle)
• Tales of Known Space (Collection of short stories, 1975)
• The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton (Collection of short stories, 1976)
• A World out of Time (1976)
• Lucifer's Hammer (1977) (with Jerry Pournelle)
• The Patchwork Girl (1980)
• The Ringworld Engineers (1980)
• Dreampark (1981) (with [Steven Barnes]?)
• The Descent of Anansi (1982) (with [Steven Barnes]?)
• Oath of Fealty (1982) (with Jerry Pournelle, ?)
• The Intergral Trees (1984)
• Footfall (1985) (with Jerry Pournelle)
• Limits (Collection of short stories, 1985)
• The Smoke Ring (1987)
• The Barsoom Project (1989) (with [Steven Barnes]?)
• The Legacy of Herot (1989) (with Jerry Pournelle, [Steven Barnes]?)
• N-Space (Collection of short stories, 1990)
• Achilles' Choice (1991) (with [Steven Barnes]?)
• Playgrounds of the Mind (Collection of short stories, 1991)
• Fallen Angels (1992) (with [Michael Flynn]?, Jerry Pournelle)
• The Gripping Hand (1994) (with Jerry Pournelle)
• The Ringworld Throne (1996)
• Destiny's Road (1997)
• The Burning City (2000) (with Jerry Pournelle)