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| Name |
Laurence Vancott Niven |
| Nickname |
Larry |
| Born |
30 Apr 1938 |
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1940 |
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1940 Niven.
1940 US census, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, enumeration district 19-36, Family Number 66, Niven. |
| Occupation |
Science Fiction/Fantasy writer. He has written many short stories and novels and collaborated on Many more. |
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Mission To Martian Past.
The Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald, Saturday, June 10, 2000 section S, page 10. |
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Science Fiction Fascinating.
Dispatch-Argus, Rock Island, Illinois, February 13, 1977 page 5. |
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Ringworld.
Ringworld is Larry's award winning 1970 novel. It spawned 4 prequels and 4 sequels. It is the basis for the several video games and has influenced others like the popular game; "Halo". There have been many failed attempt to turn it into a movie or a TV presentation. |
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The Flight of the Horse.
As for fantasy Niven has one series of stories that centers around the fact that magic is a non-renewable resource.
In another series the character, Hanville Svets who first appeared in a 1969 story published in a magazine lives in a future where almost all animal life has become extinct. His job as a time traveler is to travel back in time and retrieve samples of extinct life.
Since time travel is impossible and therefore fantasy, when he is sent back in time to find a horse he ends up in an alternate reality where he encounters a unicorn.
In 1973 the book "The Flight of the Horse" was the first collection of Hanville's stories. |
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Tales of Known Space.
The fictional universe of "Known Space" embodies Niven's most popular works. Born in 1964 with a magazine short story it now contains about a dozen novels and several books of short stories.
This book "Tales of Known Space" was published in 1975 and contains that story along with others written in the 64-75 time span. |
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A World Out of Time.
Many of Niven's stories and novels reflect his obsession with long life. This was taken to an extreme in his 1976 short story expanded to a novel; "A World Out Of Time" in which the main character through various plot devices lives to be over three billion years old. |
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The Man Kzin Wars.
The Kzin (plural Kzinti) fictional race of being that are something like a cross between a man and a tiger. They first appeared in a 1966 short story.
In 1988 other authors were invited to take part and the "Man-Kzin Wars" series was born. There have been 15 volumes of short story collections and six novels. There is likely more to come. |
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Niven-Pournelle.
Authors Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle have collaborated on at least 14 books in 4 different series. |
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Footfall.
Footfall published in 1985. |
| Person ID |
I56154 |
Nagel |
| Last Modified |
15 Nov 2020 |
| Father |
Waldemar Vancott Niven, b. 20 Apr 1911, California , d. 25 Mar 1978, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (Age 66 years) |
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Birth |
| Mother |
Lucy Estelle Doheny, b. 21 Jun 1915, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California , d. 27 Jun 2009, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (Age 94 years) |
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Birth |
| Married |
3 Apr 1937 |
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California |
| Family ID |
F16403 |
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Larry Niven. |
 | Larry Niven
Larry Niven - Author or coauthor of 37 books which are a combination of novels and short story collections. He is best known for his "Ringworld" series. |
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 | Free Fall World.
St. Louis Post Dispatch, Sunday, July 5, 1987 section H, page 5. |
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