Larry Niven
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Larry Niven received his B.A. in mathematics in 1962. His first novel, World of Ptavvs (1966), was a success and launched his career. Niven has won five Hugos and one Nebula award, testimony that his colleagues in the science fiction world respect his work. Perhaps Niven's most well-known creation vis mere is Ringworld, a distant planet that may be taken as a metaphor for Earth, as it was once great but has since fallen into decay. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Serier
Værker af Larry Niven
The Integral Trees and The Smoke Ring 191 eksemplarer
Ringworld, A World Our of Time, Smoke Ring, 20 eksemplarer
The Lion in his Attic 9 eksemplarer
All the Myriad Ways [short story] 9 eksemplarer
The Green Marauder 9 eksemplarer
Spirals 7 eksemplarer
Bigger Than Worlds 7 eksemplarer
Flare Time [short fiction] 6 eksemplarer
Procrustes 6 eksemplarer
Kath and Quicksilver 5 eksemplarer
Convergent Series [short story] 5 eksemplarer
Madness Has Its Place 5 eksemplarer
The Woman in Del Rey Crater 5 eksemplarer
The locusts (novelette) — Forfatter — 5 eksemplarer
The Complete Fleet of Worlds: A Ringworld Series: Fleet of Worlds, Juggler of Worlds, Destroyer of Worlds, Betrayer of… (2018) 5 eksemplarer
Limits [short story] 5 eksemplarer
The Return of William Proxmire 5 eksemplarer
The Flight of the Horse [short story] 4 eksemplarer
Smut Talk [short story] 4 eksemplarer
War Movie 4 eksemplarer
A Teardrop Falls 4 eksemplarer
The Missing Mass (short story) 4 eksemplarer
Playhouse [short story] 3 eksemplarer
Footfall Vol. 2 of 2 3 eksemplarer
Reflex [short story] 3 eksemplarer
The Artists [Short story] 3 eksemplarer
Footfall Vol. 1 of 2 3 eksemplarer
The Real Thing 3 eksemplarer
Table Manners 3 eksemplarer
The Heights [short story] 3 eksemplarer
Breeding Maze [short story] 3 eksemplarer
Storm Front [short story] 3 eksemplarer
Larry Niven - Moon 3 eksemplarer
Ssoroghod's People [short story] 3 eksemplarer
Down in Flames [short story] 3 eksemplarer
Niven Larry 3 eksemplarer
Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation [short story] (1977) 3 eksemplarer
01-Human Space 2 eksemplarer
Moonglow 2 eksemplarer
Children of the State 2 eksemplarer
The Portrait Of Daryanree The King 2 eksemplarer
Brenda [novellette] 2 eksemplarer
The Flare Weed [Short Story] 2 eksemplarer
The Slow Ones [short story] 2 eksemplarer
Fly-By-Night 2 eksemplarer
Playground Earth [short story] 2 eksemplarer
Ringworld and collective works 2 eksemplarer
The Death Addict [short story] 2 eksemplarer
Rhinemaidens 2 eksemplarer
In The Cellar 2 eksemplarer
The Convergence Of The Old Mind 2 eksemplarer
Chrysalis [short story] 2 eksemplarer
No Exit 2 eksemplarer
Unfinished Story No 1 2 eksemplarer
The Last Necronomicon 2 eksemplarer
The Dark Matter 2 eksemplarer
Losing Mars 2 eksemplarer
Lost [short story] 2 eksemplarer
The Wisdom of Demons [short story] 2 eksemplarer
The Ones Who Stay Home 2 eksemplarer
1981 1 eksemplar
The Solipsist at Dinner 1 eksemplar
Slowboat Cargo 1 eksemplar
Yet Another Modest Proposal 1 eksemplar
More Tales from the Draco Tavern 1 eksemplar
Destinies, April-June 1979 | The Paperback Magazine of Science Fiction and Speculative Fact 1 eksemplar
Puol♯ angelai: mokslin♯s fantastikos romanas 1 eksemplar
Larry Niven Five Novels Ringworld Ringworld Engineers and Throne Set and the Integral Trees 1 eksemplar
The Best of Galaxy’s Edge: 2015-2017 1 eksemplar
Unfinished Story No 2 1 eksemplar
(Solaris fiction 59) Trono de Mundo Amarillo 1 eksemplar
Ringwelt-Thron : Roman 1 eksemplar
Chicxulub 1 eksemplar
Lungul braț al legii 1 eksemplar
Luna nestatornică 1 eksemplar
Known Space 1 eksemplar
Ghost One 1 eksemplar
Pianeta stregato (Urania) (Italian Edition) 1 eksemplar
Ghost Two 1 eksemplar
The Trellis 1 eksemplar
Unterwegs in die Welt von morgen (138): Die Wahl des Achill - Marune: Alastor 933 (1993) 1 eksemplar
The Magic Goes Away [short story] 1 eksemplar
Excerpt From World Of Ptavvs 1 eksemplar
Excerpt From A Gift From Earth 1 eksemplar
Excerpt From Ringworld 1 eksemplar
Excerpt From Protector 1 eksemplar
The Gatherer's Guild 1 eksemplar
Choosing Life 1 eksemplar
From The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye 1 eksemplar
From Footfall [Short Story] 1 eksemplar
Passing Perry Crater Base Time Uncertain 1 eksemplar
The Roentgen Standard 1 eksemplar
The Notebooks Of Mack Sikes 1 eksemplar
Next Time 1 eksemplar
The Color of Sunfire 1 eksemplar
Frontiere 1 eksemplar
Rainbow Mars [short story] 1 eksemplar
The Wishing Game 1 eksemplar
Ghost Three 1 eksemplar
The Tale Of The Jinni And The Sisters 1 eksemplar
Ghost Four 1 eksemplar
Ghost Five 1 eksemplar
Ghost Six 1 eksemplar
Ghost Seven 1 eksemplar
Ghost Eight 1 eksemplar
The Terror Bard — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
The Patchwork Girl [short story] 1 eksemplar
The Kiteman 1 eksemplar
One Night at the Draco Tavern 1 eksemplar
From Lucifer's Hammer [Short Story] 1 eksemplar
The Man in the Pink Shirt {short story} 1 eksemplar
From The Ringworld Engineers [Short Story] 1 eksemplar
From The Magic Goes Away [Short Story] 1 eksemplar
From The Patchwork Girl [Short Story] 1 eksemplar
Gates(Variations) 1 eksemplar
Get a Horse! [short fiction] 1 eksemplar
Dreadful White Page 1 eksemplar
Legacy of Heorot 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Dangerous Visions: 33 Original Stories — Bidragyder — 1,919 eksemplarer
Alien Sex: 19 Tales by the Masters of Science Fiction and Dark Fantasy (1990) — Bidragyder — 484 eksemplarer
What Might Have Been, Volumes 1 & 2: Alternate Empires, Alternate Heroes (1989) — Bidragyder — 183 eksemplarer
The Way It Wasn't : Great Science Fiction Stories of Alternate History (1996) — Bidragyder — 151 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction, Volume 3: Supermen (1948) — Bidragyder — 123 eksemplarer
Gateways: A Feast of Great New Science Fiction Honoring Grand Master Frederik Pohl (2010) — Bidragyder — 95 eksemplarer
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year First Annual Collection (1972) — Bidragyder — 84 eksemplarer
Worlds of Maybe : Seven Stories of Science Fiction (1970) — Bidragyder, nogle udgaver — 78 eksemplarer
The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1985) — Bidragyder — 69 eksemplarer
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year Second Annual Collection (1973) — Bidragyder — 62 eksemplarer
Before They Were Giants: First Works from Science Fiction Greats (2010) — Bidragyder — 47 eksemplarer
Take My Advice: Letters to the Next Generation from People Who Know a Thing or Two (2002) — Bidragyder — 45 eksemplarer
Light Years and Dark: Science Fiction and Fantasy of and for Our Time (1984) — Bidragyder — 36 eksemplarer
Hitting the Skids in Pixeltown: The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology, Volume 2 (2003) — Bidragyder — 26 eksemplarer
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVII, No. 8 (August 1977) (1977) — Bidragyder — 26 eksemplarer
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCIV, No. 5 (January 1975) (1975) — Bidragyder — 23 eksemplarer
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCIII, No. 2 (April 1974) (1974) — Bidragyder — 21 eksemplarer
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCIX, No. 6 (June 1979) (1979) — Bidragyder — 21 eksemplarer
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCII, No. 5 (January 1974) (1974) — Bidragyder — 21 eksemplarer
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXIX, No. 1 (March 1972) (1972) — Bidragyder — 19 eksemplarer
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCIII, No. 1 (March 1974) (1974) — Bidragyder — 19 eksemplarer
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. CVII, No. 2 (February 1987) (1987) — Bidragyder — 18 eksemplarer
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1970, Vol. 39, No. 4 (1970) — Bidragyder — 18 eksemplarer
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1974, Vol. 47, No. 6 (1974) — Bidragyder — 17 eksemplarer
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. CIV, No. 1 (January 1984) (1984) — Forfatter — 15 eksemplarer
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1971, Vol. 41, No. 1 (1971) — Bidragyder — 15 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 2, No. 4 [July-August 1978] (1978) — Bidragyder — 15 eksemplarer
Analog Science Fiction and Fact: Vol. CXXII, No. 1 (January 2002) (2002) — Bidragyder — 15 eksemplarer
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year Tenth Annual Collection (1981) — Bidragyder — 13 eksemplarer
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. CIII, No. 13 (December 1983) (1983) — Bidragyder — 12 eksemplarer
Analog Science Fiction and Fact: Vol. CXXII, No. 7 & 8 (July/August 2002) (2002) — Bidragyder — 11 eksemplarer
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 24, No. 10 & 11 [October/November 2000] (2000) — Bidragyder — 9 eksemplarer
Worlds of If Science Fiction 85, December 1964 (Vol. 14, No. 7) (1964) — Bidragyder, nogle udgaver — 7 eksemplarer
Vertex: The Magazine of Science Fiction, Vol. 1 No. 3 [August 1973] (1973) — Bidragyder — 4 eksemplarer
I Premi Hugo 1976-1983 — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer
The Day After Doomsday; Earth Abides; I Am Legend; On The Beach; Alas, Babylon; Lucifer's Hammer (Leather Bound)(5… (2012) 2 eksemplarer
Evolution @ Intersection — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
FenCon X: Infinite Possibilities — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
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Almen Viden
- Juridisk navn
- Niven, Laurence van Cott
- Fødselsdato
- 1938-04-30
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Bopæl
- Los Angeles, California, USA (birthplace)
Washington, D.C., USA
Chatsworth, California, USA
Topeka, Kansas USA - Uddannelse
- Washburn University (BA, Mathematics)
- Erhverv
- writer
- Organisationer
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1972)
E.E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction (1973)
Fictionwise eBook Author of the Year (2nd ∙ 2001)
Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award (2015) - Agent
- Eleanor Wood (Spectrum Literary Agency, literary)
- Kort biografi
- LARRY NIVEN is the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the Ringworld series, along with many other science fiction masterpieces. He lives in Chatsworth, California. JERRY POURNELLE is an essayist, journalist, and science fiction author. He has advanced degrees in psychology, statistics, engineering, and political science. Together Niven and Pournelle are the authors of many New York Times bestsellers including Inferno, The Mote in God's Eye, Footfall, and Lucifer's Hammer.
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