Larry Niven
When you start listing the masters of "hard" science fiction, there aren't too many names that come up before Larry Niven, bestselling author and creator of the Ringworld series. The universe Niven created, the Known World, has taken on a life of its own as he has allowed other writers to craft stories in it.
Born in 1938 in Los Angeles, California, Niven began his full-time writing career in 1962, with his first published story appearing in a 1964 magazine. By 1966, he'd won a Hugo Award for best short story, the first of several Hugo and Nebula awards that he would earn throughout his career.
In addition to his Known World future histories, Niven has branched out into space opera epics in collaboration with such writers as Jerry Pournelle.
Bibliography
Ringworld |
Golden Road (with Jerry Pournelle) |
Ringworld |
The Burning City |
The Ringworld Engineers |
The Burning Tower |
The Ringworld Throne |
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Ringworld's Children |
Others |
The World of Ptavvs |
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Moties (with Jerry Pournelle) |
A Gift From Earth |
The Mote in God's Eye |
The Flying Sorcerers (with David Gerrold) |
The Gripping Hand |
Protector |
Inferno (with Jerry Pournelle) |
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Dream Park (with Steven Barnes) |
A World Out of Time |
Dreampark |
Lucifer's Hammer (with Jerry Pournelle) |
The Barsoom Project |
The Patchwork Girl |
The California Voodoo Game |
Oath of Fealty (with Jerry Pournelle) |
The Descent of Anansi (with Steven Barnes) |
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Heorot (with Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes) |
The Time of the Warlock |
The Legacy of Heorot |
Footfall (with Jerry Pournelle) |
The Dragons of Heorot |
Fallen Angels (with Michael Flynn and Jerry Pournelle) |
Achilles' Choice (with Steven Barnes) |
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Magic Goes Away |
Destiny's Road |
The Magic Goes Away |
Rammer |
The Magic May Return |
Rainbow Mars |
More Magic |
Saturn's Race (with Steven Barnes) |
Building Harlequin's Moon (with Brenda Cooper) |
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Known Space |
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The Integral Trees |
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The Smoke Ring |
