Books by Larry Niven
Born: 04/30/1938Larry Niven Biography & Notes
Laurence van Cott Niven (born April 30, 1938) is a US science fiction author. Perhaps his best-known work is Ringworld (1970), which received Hugo, Locus and Nebula awards.
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).
Niven has also written scripts for various science fiction television shows, including the original Land of the Lost series and Star Trek: The Animated Series. One of his short stories, "Inconstant Moon", was adapted for an episode of the series The Outer Limits.
A thinly disguised Niven appears as the character "Lawrence Van Cott" in the Greg Bear novel The Forge of God.
Many of Niven's stories take place in his Known Space universe, in which humanity shares the several solar systems nearest to Sol with over a dozen alien species, including species known as the Kzinti, and Pierson's Puppeteers, which are frequently central characters. The Ringworld trilogy is set in the Known Space universe.
Niven has also written a logical fantasy series set in The Warlock's Era, detailed in The Magic Goes Away. There is a Magic: the Gathering card named Nevinyrral's Disk, which contains Larry Niven's name backwards. When tapped it destroys all creature, enchantment, and artifact cards in play, including itself. This is likely a reference to the Warlock's Disc from this series, which when activated drains all magic from a region by using it up with an open-ended enchantment.
In recent years, most of his writing has been in collaboration with Jerry Pournelle and/or Steven Barnes.
There are those who think that Niven numbers may have been named in his honor, but despite his popularity and mathematical background, they're actually named for Ivan M. Niven.
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).
Niven has also written scripts for various science fiction television shows, including the original Land of the Lost series and Star Trek: The Animated Series. One of his short stories, "Inconstant Moon", was adapted for an episode of the series The Outer Limits.
A thinly disguised Niven appears as the character "Lawrence Van Cott" in the Greg Bear novel The Forge of God.
Many of Niven's stories take place in his Known Space universe, in which humanity shares the several solar systems nearest to Sol with over a dozen alien species, including species known as the Kzinti, and Pierson's Puppeteers, which are frequently central characters. The Ringworld trilogy is set in the Known Space universe.
Niven has also written a logical fantasy series set in The Warlock's Era, detailed in The Magic Goes Away. There is a Magic: the Gathering card named Nevinyrral's Disk, which contains Larry Niven's name backwards. When tapped it destroys all creature, enchantment, and artifact cards in play, including itself. This is likely a reference to the Warlock's Disc from this series, which when activated drains all magic from a region by using it up with an open-ended enchantment.
In recent years, most of his writing has been in collaboration with Jerry Pournelle and/or Steven Barnes.
There are those who think that Niven numbers may have been named in his honor, but despite his popularity and mathematical background, they're actually named for Ivan M. Niven.
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Achilles' Choice by Larry Niven, Steven Barnes, Boris Vallejo ( 1991)
Getting the "Boost" to win Olympic gold and a voice in ruling the twenty-first-century world may not be worth the risk, but Jillian must try when humanity's future is at stake.
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All the Myriad Ways by Larry Niven ( 1986) |
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The Barsoom Project by Larry Niven, Steve Barnes ( 1989)
Dream Park, a futuristic virtual amusement park, turns very real when double agents using live ammunition wreak havoc on unsuspecting tourists, turning this technologically advanced haven into a nightmarish world. Reissue.
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Battle for the Planet of the Apes by Larry Niven, Gerrold D. ( 1950) |
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Beowulf's Children by Steven Barnes, Jerry Pournelle, Larry Niven ( 2009) |
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The Best of All Possible Wars The Best of the Man-Kzin Wars by Larry Niven ( 1998)
It seemed like a good idea at the time....When the catlike Kzin discovered the human region of the galaxy, they thought it was time to scream and leap again. Bred to be conquering warriors, they thought the salad-munching apes of Earth wouldn't even put up a good fight. Actually, they should have been polite to the monkey boys and girls from planet Earth. Humans had developed a pacifist society because they had been good -- too good -- at war and knew more than one way to skin a Kzin. The Warrior Race has encountered its most formidable opponent -- and Larry Niven's Known Space is aflame with war. Still, the bestselling Kzin can take comfort from the thought that what they lose in battle, they win back in the bookstores -- which is no surprise, since the Man-Kzin Wars series features the best writers in the field working in science fiction's most popular shared universe.
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Building Harlequin's Moon by Larry Niven, Brenda Cooper ( 2006)
When the terraforming crew of the interstellar starship John Glenn accidentally lands on the giant gas planet of Harlequin, they are forced to shape a nearby moon into a temporary home, a situation that tests the leadership capabilities of the lead terraformer Gabriel and changes everything that slave girl Rachel Vanowen and her people have ever known. Reprint.
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The Burning City by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle ( 2007)
In a town where a god periodically posses the inhabitants, giving them the ultimate power over fire, a young man finds himself allied with the wizard who killed his father. Leaving the town as it slowly disintegrates along with the god's fading power, together they set up anew only to find that both their fates are tied to that of the town's.
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Burning Tower by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle ( 2005)
Burning Tower, the daughter of Wandhall Feathersnake, and her young lover, Younglord Sandry, embark on a perilous quest to uncover the source of the giant, ferocious birds terrorizing Tep's Town, following the trail to a mysterious land ruled by magic and inhabited by the Huitizalatecs, a people who are controlling the birds for their own dark purpose.
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The California Voodoo Game by Larry Niven, Steven Barnes ( 1992)
Dream Park is the ultimate fantasy experience, where participants can play the California Voodoo Game, interacting with holographic images and virtual-reality technology, unaware that they are being used as subjects to test a Martian terraforming project.
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Choosing Names Man-Kzin Wars VIII by Larry Niven ( 1998)
In a new story, Larry Niven tells of the earliest days of the first Man-Kzin War. The surviving Kzin have been caged and are being studied. The monkey-boys have told them that their war is over. Incomprehensible to the Kzin, for whom no war is ever over. The humans are sure that the huge warcats cannot escape their prison--but they shouldn't make such bold assumptions.
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Convergent Series by Larry Niven ( 1998)
Hans Rebka intends to solve the galaxy's most persistent mystery. He is going to penetrate Paradox. Many have entered Paradox before Hans Rebka, but no one has ever left, at least not with mind intact. But as a troubleshooter, Hans Rebka is in a class by himself, though he doesn't know it, he's about to uncover the secret of the Artifacts--and loose the most hideous menace ever encountered.
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Crashlander by Larry Niven ( 1994)
Crashlander Beowulf Shaeffer has long been one of the most popular characters in Known Space. Now, for the first time ever, Larry Niven brings together all the Beowulf Shaeffer stories--including a brand-new one--in one long tale of exploration and adventure! PLUS--an all-new framing story that pulls together all of Beowulf Shaeffer's adventures and allows Shaeffer and his family to make a clean start at life once and for all!
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Crusader by Larry Niven ( 2004) |
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The Descent of Anansi by Larry Niven, Steven Barnes ( 1991)
As rag-tag band of space colonists takes on the vast power of the United States, the fate of the world hangs in the balance, in a fantastical novel of speculative history. Reissue.
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Destiny's Forge by Paul Chafe ( 2007)
In the wake of their defeat by the humans, an ambitious Kchula-Tzaatz seizes control of the Kzinti Patriarchy, sending Pouncer, First-Son-of-Meerz-Rritt, heir apparent to the galaxy's most powerful empire, on a desperate flight for survival following the collapse of his father's dynasty, and forcing Major Quacy Tskombe and Captain Ayla Cherenkova into a dangerous game in which the future of all humankind hangs in the balance. Reprint.
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Destiny's Road by Larry Niven ( 1998)
Multiple award-winning science fiction master Larry Niven returns in grand form with the story of Planet Destiny, Earth's second attempt at colonizing an inhabitable planet of a distant star. Now, descendants of the those pioneers have many questions about the Road, but no settler who has gone down it has ever returned. For Jemmy Bloocher, a young farm boy, the questions burn too hot--and he sets out to uncover the many mysteries of Destiny's Road.
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Destroyer of Worlds by Larry Niven, Edward M. Lerner ( 2009) |
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The Draco Tavern Library Edition by Larry Niven ( 2006)
Human entrepreneur Rick Schumann builds a tavern catering to various species of visiting aliens, an interplanetary gathering place situated in Siberia that is known as Draco Tavern, in an entertaining anthology of short fiction that includes such tales as "The Subject Is Closed," "Table Manners: A Folk Tale," "Wisdom of Demons," and the previously unpublished "Losing Mars."
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Dream Park by Larry Niven, Steven Barnes ( 1988)
A deadly murderer adds real danger to the simulated challenges of a computerized fantasy world.
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Escape from Hell Library Edition by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle ( 2009) |
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Fallen Angels by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Michael F. Flynn ( 2002)
Forced to land on the frozen world of Earth when a missile destroys their ship, Alex and Gordon soon find themselves on the run from the authorities, which leads them to the last pro-tech group left on Earth--a group determined to send them back into space in twenty extremely complicated stages.
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Fallen Angels/Go Tell the Spartans/Prince of Sparta/Computer Disk by Larry Niven ( 1993) |
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Flatlander/the Collected Tales of Gil "the Arm" Hamilton by Larry Niven ( 1995)
Gil "The Arm" Hamilton was one of the top operatives of ARM, the elite UN plice force. His intuition was unfailingly accurate, his detective skills second to none, and his psychic powers -- esper sense and telekinesis -- were awesome. Now you can read all the classic stories of the legendary ARM operative, collected in one volume for the first time -- plus, an all-new, never-before-published Gil Hamilton adventure!
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Fleet of Worlds by Larry Niven, Edward M. Lerner ( 2008) |
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The Flight of the Horse by Larry Niven ( 1976)
A series of adventures and misadventures await Svetz, an operative for the Institute for Temporal Research who travels back and forth through time in a special extension cage.
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The Flying Sorcerers by Larry Niven, D. Gerrold ( 1982) |
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Footfall by Larry Niven ( 1996)
"NOBODY DOES IT BETTER THAN NIVEN AND POURNELLE.I LOVED IT!"--Tom ClancyThey first appear as a series of dots on astronomical plates, heading from Saturn directly toward Earth. Since the ringed planet carries no life, scientists deduce the mysterious ship to be a visitor from another star.The world's frantic efforts to signal the aliens go unanswered. The first contact is hostile: the invaders blast a Soviet space station, seize the survivors, and then destroy every dam and installation on Earth with a hail of asteriods. Now the conquerors are descending on the American heartland, demanding servile surrender--or death for all humans."ROUSING . . . THE BEST OF THE GENRE."--The New York Times Book Review
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Gift from Earth by Larry Niven ( 1987)
No Place For Bleeding Hearts
The world named Mount Lookitthat was never meant for humans -- it was shrouded in lethal mists. Life existed only on one plateau, unreachable except from space. But the disastrous decision to colonize the planet could not be reversed. So the settlers survived somehow -- under a ruthless dictatorship. Mount Lookitthat was rebellion-proof. Then fate dealt the colonists a wild card named Matthew Keller, who had a talent that neither he nor anybody else knew about. At last the colonists had a glimmer of hope! |
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Green Lantern Ganthet's Tale by Larry Niven ( 1992)
From a story by world renowned science fiction author Larry Niven! This compelling graphic novel explores the origins of the Guardians of the Universe, the all powerful, immortal race that gave birth to the Green Lantern Corps. It's up to a Guardian called Ganthet to recruit Hal Jordan, Green Lantern of Earth, to stop one of their own from discovering the truth that will destroy the universe itself. Graphic novel format.
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Gripping Hand by Larry Niven ( 1994)
The long-awaited sequel to the landmark novel The Mote in God's Eye. A quarter century after humanity quarantined the aliens known as the Moties within the confines of their own solar system, the wall between them and the galaxy beyond is beginning to crumble. "Worth waiting eighteen years for!"--Tom Clancy.
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Hijos De Mundo Anillo/ Ringworld's Children by Larry Niven ( 2007)
When a powerful new weapon threatens the planet of Ringworld--a world consisting of an enormous ring circling a star and inhabited by all sorts of interesting species--a protector, an exile with the ability to speak with animals, and a native with a mysterious past assist explorer Louis Wu on his quest to save Ringworld from interplanetary war.
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A Hole in Space by Larry Niven ( 1990) |
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Inconstant Moon by Larry Niven ( 1973) |
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Inferno by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle ( 2008) |
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Integral Trees by Larry Niven ( 2003)
“Niven has come up with an idea about as far out as one can get. . . . This is certainly classic science fiction–the idea is truly the hero.” –Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine
When leaving Earth, the crew of the spaceship Discipline was prepared for a routine assignment. Dispatched by the all-powerful State on a mission of interstellar exploration and colonization, Discipline was aided (and secretly spied upon) by Sharls Davis Kendy, an emotionless computer intelligence programmed to monitor the loyalty and obedience of the crew. But what they weren’t prepared for was the smoke ring–an immense gaseous envelope that had formed around a neutron star directly in their path. The Smoke Ring was home to a variety of plant and animal life-forms evolved to thrive in conditions of continual free-fall. When Discipline encountered it, something went wrong. The crew abandoned ship and fled to the unlikely space oasis. Five hundred years later, the descendants of the Discipline crew living on the Smoke Ring no longer remember their origins. Earth is more myth than memory, and no recollection of the State remains. But Kendy remembers. And just outside the Smoke Ring, Discipline waits patiently to make contact with its wayward children. |
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Juggler of Worlds Library Edition by Larry Niven, Edward M. Lerner ( 2008)
In a tale set two centuries before the discovery of the Ringworld, covert agent Sigmund Ausfaller protects humanity by exposing dangerous plots with his paranoid skills but meets his match in Puppeteers representative Nessus, who schemes with the help of the planet's adversaries and traitors. 50,000 first printing.
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La ciudad de las llamas/ The Burning City by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle ( 2008) |
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The Legacy of Heorot by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Steven Barnes ( 1987)
Light years from Earth, on Tau Ceti Four, two hundred colonists have created a thriving community, not realizing that they have upset a delicate ecological balance and have unleashed an unbelievable nightmare.
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Limits by Larry Niven ( 1985)
A masterful mix of fantasy and science fiction.
LIMITS. Two aliens fascinated by man's fondness for defining boundaries decide to make sure he doesn't get out of the habit. THE LION IN HIS ATTIC. Seventy-six years after Atlantis drowned, a sorceress and a prince learn to their dismay that not all lions eat red meat. TABLE MANNERS. When the proprietor of the Draco Tavern is invited to dine with some carnivorous etees, he brings along a xenobiologist to coach him in alien etiquette. But he forgets that he is already outfitted with the oldest guide of all. A TEARDROP FALLS. In his youth, Hilary Gage had fought men and studied the ravages of Berserkers. As a machine, he terraformed planets and lay in wait . . . . YET ANOTHER MODEST PROPOSAL. At last, a solution to the problem of radioactive wastes that costs nothing and yields an immodest profit. Plus lots more! |
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The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton by Larry Niven ( 1990)
This is a collection of three short stories following the exploits of detective Gil Hamilton, including the Hugo Award-nominated story "A.R.M.".
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Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven ( 1983)
The gigantic comet had slammed into Earth, forging earthquakes a thousand times too powerful to measure on the Richter scale, tidal waves thousands of feet high. Cities were turned into oceans; oceans turned into steam. It was the beginning of a new Ice Age and the end of civilization. But for the terrified men and women chance had saved, it was also the dawn of a new struggle for survival--a struggle more dangerous and challenging than any they had ever known.…
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The Magic Goes Away by Larry Niven ( 1993) |
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The Magic Goes Away Collection The Magic Goes Away, The Magic May Return, And More Magic by Larry Niven ( 2005)
An omnibus collection of short fiction from three acclaimed anthologies--The Magic Goes Away, The Magic May Return, and More Magic--features some fifteen short stories by the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning editor, as well as works by Poul Anderson, Dean Ing, Fred Saberhagen, Steven Barnes, Roger Zelazny, and other masters of the fantasy genre.
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Man-Kzin War X The Wunder War by Larry Niven, Hal Colebatch ( 2003)
After the peaceful, utopian colony world of Wunderland is devastated by the attacks of the felinoid Kzin warriors, the human defenders are forced to turn to guerrilla warfare in the planet's jungles and caves after the Kzin devastate the cities, in a new novel based on the universe created by Larry Niven.
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The Man-Kzin Wars by Poul Anderson, Dean Ing, Larry Niven ( 2006) |
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The Man-Kzin Wars II by Dean Ing, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, S. M. Stirling ( 1994)
The alien Kzinti had almost conquered the humans, but after the initial surprise, the humans fought back with a ferocity the Kzinti had never faced. But that was centuries ago, and the humiliation of lost battles has not faded. The Kzinti are back . . . and spoiling for a fight! Includes stories by Larry Niven, Dean Ing, Jerry Pournelle and S.M. Stirling.
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Man-Kzin Wars III by Larry Niven ( 1994)
The Mind Slavers are back--and only the cat-like Kzinti can save mankind now. This volume includes all-new tales of Larry Niven's Known Space--including one by Niven himself. Another blockbuster in the ongoing chronicle of humanity's greatest war.
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Man-Kzin Wars IV by Larry Niven ( 1991)
The war for human survival continues against the felinoid invaders from the planet Kzin.
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Man-Kzin Wars IX by ( 2003)
The powerful Kzin warriors' plans for galactic domination under feline control are turned upside down by the cunning and pesky humans, but the Kzin have come up with a new scheme to achieve their goals, in a science fiction anthology featuring contributions by Larry Niven, Poul Anderson, Paul Chafe, and Hal Colebatch. Reprint.
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Man-Kzin Wars V by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Thomas T. Thomas, S. M. Stirling ( 1992)
The time-honored tradition of the ultra-successful Man-Kzin Wars saga continues with the fifth exciting book in the series, two fine short novels in a single volume. Mother Lode by Jerry Pournelle and Steve Stirling and Hey Diddle Diddle by Thomas T. Thomas both tell of humans and Kzini teaming up for adventure in the calm between the wars.
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Man-Kzin Wars VI by Gregory Benford, Larry Niven, Mark O. Martin ( 1994)
The man-killing cats from Kzin are back in short novels by Gregory Benford, Mark O. Martin and Donald Kingsbury. The Kzin Third Fleet has decided a change of strategy is in order after two unpleasant defeats at the hands of the humans (or "monkeys") from Earth. Only luck or the Outsiders can save us now. . . .
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Man-Kzin Wars VII by Larry Niven ( 1995)
Bruno was the most stable linker, but linkers always went catatonic after a certain amount of time connected to high level computers. Bruno knew intellectually that he had to minimize link time. But with the link he was so much more--he could see all. He could extract all possible effectiveness from his ship and maybe save himself and his love from a horrible fate.
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Man-Kzin Wars XI by Larry Niven, Hal Colebatch, Matthew Joseph Harrington ( 2005)
In the latest installment in the series created by Larry Niven, the catlike kzin come up with an ingenious new scheme--enhanced by all new weapons, leaders, and strategies--to regain control of the galaxy from the human usurpers.
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Man-Kzin Wars XII by Larry Niven ( 2009)
The catlike kzin and humans continue their uneasy peace as they encounter a planet populated by humans claiming to be part of the Roman empire, a man finds himself suspected by the police and an angry kzin of killing his employer, and the Protectors must stop the kzin from gaining access to a source of unimaginable power.
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Man-kzin Wars X The Wunder War by Larry Niven ( 2005)
After the peaceful, utopian colony world of Wunderland is devastated by the attacks of the felinoid Kzin warriors, the human defenders are forced to turn to guerrilla warfare in the planet's jungles and caves after the Kzin devastate the cities, in a new novel based on the universe created by Larry Niven. Reprint.
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The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven ( 1987)
Writing separately, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle are responsible for a number of science fiction classics, such as the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning "Ringworld", "Debt of Honor", and "The Integral Trees". Together they have written the critically acclaimed bestsellers "Inferno", "Footfall", and "The Legacy of Heorot", among others. "The Mote In God's Eye" is their acknowledged masterpiece, an epic novel of mankind's first encounter with alien life that transcends the genre.
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Mundo Anillo/ Ringworld by Larry Niven ( 2005) |
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Neutron Star by Larry Niven ( 1996)
Come to Larry Niven's Universe and meet all the natives: Thrints, Bandersnatchi, Puppeteers -- and a host of other wonderfully created characters.
Visit Lookitthat, Down, and Jinx -- indeed, an entire galaxy of planets found only in these stories that trace man's expansion and colonization throughout Known Space. A spectacular cycle of the future . . . a 10,000-year history of man on Earth and in space! |
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Nspace by Larry Niven ( 2007)
This retrospective collection features excerpts from some of the author's acclaimed novels, classic tales of science fiction such as "Inconstant Moon" and "The Hole Man," previously uncollected works including the novellas "Brenda" and "The Kiteman," and essays, anecdotes, and observations. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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Oath of Fealty by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle ( 2007)
The consortium executives of Todos Santos, a four-square-mile, self-contained community above the devastated, near-future city of Los Angeles, a blighted urban enviroment wracked by violence, pollution, and poverty, exercise their full power when a prank sabotage raid reveals their top-secret defense system. Reprint.
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The Patchwork Girl by Larry Niven ( 1984) |
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Protector Library Edition by Larry Niven ( 1992)
Phssthpok the Pak had been traveling for most of his thirty-two thousand years. His mission: save, develop, and protect the group of Pak breeders sent out into space some two and a half million years before...
Brennan was a Belter, the product of a fiercely independent, somewhat anarchic society living in, on, and around an outer asteroid belt. The Belters were rebels, one and all, and Brennan was a smuggler. The Belt worlds had been tracking the Pak ship for days -- Brennan figured to meet that ship first... He was never seen again -- at least not by those alive at the time. |
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Protector/ Defender by Larry Niven ( 2009) |
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Rainbow Mars by Larry Niven ( 2000)
This is a collection of six linked stories written over the course of Niven's long career.
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Rammer by Larry Niven ( 2004) |
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Ringworld by Larry Niven ( 1996)
The first title in Niven's sequence "Tales of Known Space," introducing the "Ringworld," an object one million miles wide and 600 million miles around, which spans a faraway star.
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Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven ( 1990)
"This rousing sequel to the classic Ringworld continues the adventures of Louis Wu and Speaker-to-Animals on that fantastic planet."--School Library Journal An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
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The Ringworld Throne by Larry Niven ( 1997)
Come back to the Ringworld . . . the most astonishing feat of engineering ever encountered. A place of untold technological wonders, home to a myriad humanoid races, and world of some of the most beloved science fiction stories ever written!The human, Louis Wu; the puppeteer known as the Hindmost; Acolyte, son of the Kzin called Chmeee . . . legendary beings brought together once again in the defense of the Ringworld. Something is going on with the Protectors. Incoming spacecraft are being destroyed before they can reach the Ringworld. Vampires are massing. And the Ghouls have their own agenda--if anyone dares approach them to learn.Each race on the Ringworld has always had its own Protector. Now it looks as if the Ringworld itself needs a Protector. But who will sit on the Ringworld Throne?"Niven's work has been an intriguing and consistent universe, and this book is the keystone of the arch. . . . [His] technique is wonderfully polished, his characters and their situations are nicely drawn . . . wraps up (maybe) a corner of a very interesting universe."--San Diego Union-Tribune
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Ringworld's Children by Larry Niven ( 2004)
The Ringworld is a landmark engineering achievement, a flat band three million times the surface of the Earth, encircling a distant star. Home to trillions of inhabitants, not all of whom are human, and host to amazing technological wonders, the Ringworld is unique in all of the universe.
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Ringworld's Children by Larry Niven ( 2004)
Larry Niven returns to his best-known set of works with this fourth installment of the Ringworld series, a hard SF saga set on a gigantic, artificial ring-shaped planet inhabited by trillions of humans and aliens. The Ringworld is being menaced by a fleet of squabbling spaceships who are anxious to plunder the Ringworld's secrets but may end up destroying it instead. Explorer Louis Wu, one of the first people from Earth to visit the Ringworld, wants to help in the effort to defend the planet against the threat, but to do so may require an unbearable sacrifice.
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Saturn's Race by Larry Niven, Steven Barnes ( 2001)
Traveling to Xanadu as a student, Lenore Myles becomes involved with Xanadu citizen Chaz Kato and is horrified when she learns the truth behind the glittering futuristic island, a discovery that causes her to be prompted by the mysterious Saturn to race for her life. Reissue.
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Scatterbrain by Larry Niven ( 2004)
Featuring pieces written in the last ten years, a collection of the author's stories, nonfiction articles, interviews, editorials, collaborations, and correspondence covers a wide range of science-fiction topics, from space stations to convention etiquette. Reprint.
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Smoke Ring by Larry Niven ( 1996) |
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The Smoke Ring/0318 by Larry Niven ( 1987)
The Citizens Tree people rescue a family of loggers and learn for the first time of a society known as the Admiralty, which may have maintained intact the original computer library of the ship Discipline.
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Tales of Known Space The Universe of Larry Niven by Larry Niven ( 1992)
Ranging from the 20th Century to the 31st, these interconnected stories trace Man's expansion and colonization throughout the galaxy...
Becalmed in hell Howie's spaceship had a malfunction...but it might be only psychosomatic! Wait it out He was trapped on Pluto...and all his assets were frozen! The borderland of Sol Forward possessed the ultimate weapon...but no one would ever see it! The jigsaw man The organ banks want you...now! Cloak of anarchy They were free to be anything but violent...but that wasn't enough! -- plus eight other great stories in Niven's spectacular cycle of the future...and, special for this volume, a complete Niven bibliography and a detailed chronology of all his Known Space stories! |
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Three Books of Known Space by Larry Niven ( 1996)
Let three complete books in one take you on a dazzling journey into science fiction's most famous future history: Known Space!
WORLD OF PTAVVS Kzanol was a thrint from a distant galaxy. He had been trapped on Earth in a time-stasis field for two billion years. Now he was on the loose, and telepath Larry Greenberg knew everything he was thinking. Thrints lived to plunder and enslave lesser planets . . . and the planet Kzanol had in mind was Earth! A GIFT FROM EARTH Shrouded in lethal mists, the world named Mount Lookitthat was never meant for humans. Life existed only on one plateau, unreachable except from space. But still the planet had been colonized, and the settlers struggled to survive under a ruthless dictatorship on a rebellion-proof world . . . until fate dealt them a wild card named Matthew Keller, whose secret talent might just be their only hope! TALES OF KNOWN SPACE A classic collection of stories that traces humankind's expansion and colonization throughout the galaxy from the twentieth century to the thirty-first . . . AND MORE: Larry Niven's latest thoughts on the evolution--both creative and "historical"--of known space, as well as an updated Timeline of Known Space and a complete Niven bibliography! |
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The Time of the Warlock by Larry Niven ( 1984) |
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Trono de mundo anillo/ The Ringworld Throne by Larry Niven ( 2005) |
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A World Out of Time by Larry Niven ( 1991)
Jaybee Corbell awoke after more than 200 years as a corpsicle -- in someone else's body, and under sentence of instant annihilation if he made a wrong move while they were training him for a one-way mission to the stars.
But Corbell picked his time and made his own move. Once he was outbound, where the Society that ruled Earth could not reach him, he headed his starship toward the galactic core, where the unimaginable energies of the Universe wrenched the fabric of time and space and promised final escape from his captors. Then he returned to an Earth eons older than the one he'd left...a planet that had had 3,000,000 years to develop perils he had never dreamed of -- perils that became nightmares that he had to escape...somehow! |
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World of Ptavvs by Larry Niven ( 1989) |
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El clan Inugami/ The Inugami Clan by Larry Niven ( 2008) |
