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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 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) — biography from Ringworld… (more)
Ringworld 9,645 copies, 179 reviews
The Mote in God's Eye 6,140 copies, 107 reviews
The Ringworld Engineers 4,327 copies, 45 reviews
Lucifer's Hammer 4,211 copies, 66 reviews
Footfall 3,049 copies, 36 reviews
The Ringworld Throne 2,490 copies, 12 reviews
The Gripping Hand 2,422 copies, 27 reviews
Protector 2,181 copies, 17 reviews
The Integral Trees 2,161 copies, 26 reviews
A World Out of Time 1,818 copies, 31 reviews
Ringworld's Children 1,750 copies, 11 reviews
Inferno 1,713 copies, 41 reviews
The Legacy of Heorot 1,691 copies, 13 reviews
Neutron Star 1,630 copies, 9 reviews
Destiny's Road 1,484 copies, 16 reviews
Dream Park 1,399 copies, 23 reviews
A Gift from Earth 1,376 copies, 10 reviews
The Smoke Ring 1,307 copies, 14 reviews
Oath of Fealty 1,295 copies, 7 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars (Editor; Contributor) 1,283 copies, 9 reviews
World of Ptavvs 1,252 copies, 9 reviews
Beowulf's Children 1,222 copies, 10 reviews
Fallen Angels 1,143 copies, 16 reviews
N-Space 1,121 copies, 5 reviews
The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton 1,013 copies, 6 reviews
Flight of the Horse 1,009 copies, 11 reviews
A Hole in Space 996 copies, 6 reviews
The Barsoom Project 975 copies, 9 reviews
Rainbow Mars 951 copies, 11 reviews
Convergent Series 897 copies, 3 reviews
Limits (Author) 848 copies, 9 reviews
The Magic Goes Away 845 copies, 7 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars II (Series Creator) 782 copies, 3 reviews
Fleet of Worlds 777 copies, 17 reviews
All the Myriad Ways 719 copies, 5 reviews
Crashlander (Author) 707 copies, 5 reviews
The California Voodoo Game 686 copies, 3 reviews
The Flying Sorcerers (Author) 685 copies, 5 reviews
The Patchwork Girl (Author) 673 copies, 7 reviews
The Burning City 670 copies, 6 reviews
The Draco Tavern 636 copies, 13 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars III (Author) 622 copies, 1 review
Building Harlequin's Moon (Author) 609 copies, 12 reviews
The Descent of Anansi 600 copies, 1 review
Juggler of Worlds 594 copies, 7 reviews
Saturn's Race (Author) 544 copies, 4 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars IV (Author) 536 copies, 3 reviews
Playgrounds of the Mind 494 copies, 3 reviews
Achilles' Choice 487 copies, 3 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars V (Editor) 460 copies, 4 reviews
Destroyer of Worlds 425 copies, 7 reviews
Bowl of Heaven 410 copies, 28 reviews
Escape from Hell 408 copies, 17 reviews
Inconstant Moon 406 copies, 2 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars VII (Editor) 371 copies, 4 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars VI (Editor) 371 copies, 2 reviews
Betrayer of Worlds 341 copies, 9 reviews
The Magic May Return 338 copies, 1 review
Man-Kzin Wars VIII: Choosing Names (Author) 318 copies, 1 review
Burning Tower 285 copies, 5 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars IX (Editor) 275 copies, 2 reviews
Three Books of Known Space 264 copies, 4 reviews
Shipstar 245 copies, 14 reviews
Scatterbrain 229 copies, 2 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War (Editor) 205 copies, 5 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars XI (Editor) 179 copies, 4 reviews
The Moon Maze Game (Author) 171 copies, 4 reviews
The Best of All Possible Wars (Editor; Author) 163 copies, 1 review
The Goliath Stone 159 copies, 8 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars XII 111 copies, 1 review
Man-Kzin Wars XIII (Creator) 76 copies, 1 review
Stars and Gods 71 copies, 2 reviews
More Magic 60 copies
Man-Kzin Wars XIV 51 copies, 2 reviews
The Best of Larry Niven (Author) 50 copies
The Seascape Tattoo 50 copies, 3 reviews
Glorious 49 copies, 4 reviews
Flatlander [novelette] 39 copies, 2 reviews
Niven's Laws 33 copies
Red Tide 25 copies
De stranden van Sirius Vier 23 copies, 1 review
The Time of the Warlock 22 copies, 2 reviews
Neutron Star [short story] 19 copies, 1 review
A.R.M. 19 copies, 1 review
At the Core 17 copies
Grendel 15 copies, 1 review
Wait It Out 7 copies
Leviathan! 7 copies
Handicap 7 copies
Spirals 7 copies
Strange Light (Author) 6 copies
Procrustes 6 copies
One Face 6 copies
Dry Run 6 copies
The Meddler 6 copies
Plaything 5 copies
Ringworld / Shipwreck (Contributor) 5 copies
The locusts (novelette) (Author) 5 copies
Passerby 4 copies
War Movie 4 copies
Mistake 4 copies
Green Lantern 4 copies
Niven Larry 3 copies
Down and Out 3 copies
Table Manners 3 copies
In The Cellar 2 copies
Moonglow 2 copies
Rhinemaidens 2 copies
Losing Mars 2 copies
No Exit 2 copies
Fly-By-Night 2 copies
1981 1 copy
Chicxulub 1 copy
N-space 1 copy
Ghost Two 1 copy
Ghost One 1 copy
Frontiere 1 copy
Next Time 1 copy
Ghost Four 1 copy
Ghost Five 1 copy
Ghost Six 1 copy
The Terror Bard (Author) 1 copy
Dangerous Visions: 33 Original Stories (Contributor) 1,858 copies, 35 reviews
Unnatural Creatures: Stories Selected by Neil Gaiman (Contributor) 1,169 copies, 27 reviews
Silverlock (Foreword) 997 copies, 20 reviews
The World Treasury of Science Fiction (Contributor) 865 copies, 2 reviews
Requiem (Contributor) 720 copies, 4 reviews
The Hugo Winners: Volumes One and Two (Contributor) 686 copies, 9 reviews
Empire of the East (Introduction, some editions) 628 copies, 6 reviews
The Wizards of Odd: Comic Tales of Fantasy (Contributor) 616 copies, 5 reviews
The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century (Contributor) 555 copies, 10 reviews
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories (Contributor) 434 copies, 8 reviews
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century (Contributor) 433 copies, 7 reviews
King Kong (Commentary, some editions) 408 copies, 10 reviews
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories (Contributor) 398 copies, 6 reviews
Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy (Contributor) 388 copies, 2 reviews
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF (Contributor) 382 copies, 5 reviews
The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century (Contributor) 369 copies, 4 reviews
Berserker Base (Contributor) 318 copies, 2 reviews
Where Do We Go from Here? (Contributor, some editions) 303 copies, 5 reviews
Medea: Harlan's World (Contributor) 283 copies, 5 reviews
The 1980 Annual World's Best SF (Contributor) 264 copies, 3 reviews
The Hugo Winners: Volume Three (1971-1975) (Author) 262 copies, 1 review
There Will Be War (Contributor) 259 copies
Nebula Award Stories 1965 (Contributor) 252 copies, 3 reviews
Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction (Contributor) 248 copies, 3 reviews
The Hugo Winners: Volume Two, Book 1 (1962-1967) (Contributor) 246 copies, 3 reviews
The Road to Science Fiction #3: From Heinlein to Here (Contributor) 239 copies, 4 reviews
The 13 Crimes of Science Fiction (Contributor) 225 copies, 6 reviews
Unicorns! (Contributor) 219 copies, 2 reviews
The Hugo Winners: Volume Four (1976-1979) (Contributor) 214 copies, 2 reviews
The 1972 Annual World's Best SF (Contributor) 213 copies, 1 review
Epoch (Contributor) 208 copies, 2 reviews
Alternate Empires (What Might Have Been, Vol. 1) (Contributor) 205 copies, 2 reviews
Dangerous Visions 2 (Contributor) 196 copies, 3 reviews
Black Holes (Contributor) 194 copies, 1 review
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction (Contributor) 193 copies, 2 reviews
The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories (Contributor) 186 copies, 2 reviews
World's Best Science Fiction: 1971 (Contributor) 175 copies, 2 reviews
Elemental (Contributor) 174 copies, 4 reviews
Tales from the Spaceport Bar (Contributor) 174 copies, 2 reviews
Sisters of the Night (Contributor) 168 copies, 4 reviews
Death's Head Rebellion (Contributor) 165 copies, 1 review
Destiny's Forge: A Man-Kzin Wars Novel (Creator) 163 copies, 2 reviews
World's Best Science Fiction: 1970 (Contributor) 160 copies, 1 review
A Science Fiction Argosy (Contributor, some editions) 158 copies
Another Round at the Spaceport Bar (Contributor) 145 copies
Nebula Award Stories Five (Contributor) 142 copies
Microcosmic Tales (Contributor) 140 copies, 3 reviews
Codominium: Revolt on War World (Excerpt included) 140 copies
Serve It Forth: Cooking with Anne McCaffrey (Contributor) 140 copies, 2 reviews
Treasures of Fantasy (Contributor) 140 copies, 1 review
World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 (Contributor) 139 copies, 3 reviews
The Endless Frontier (Contributor) 138 copies, 2 reviews
A Magic-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic (Contributor) 130 copies, 1 review
Infinite Stars (Contributor) 130 copies, 5 reviews
Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge (Contributor) 128 copies, 5 reviews
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (Contributor) 128 copies
Arabesques: More Tales of the Arabian Nights (Contributor) 127 copies, 1 review
Sworn Allies (Contributor) 125 copies
Mathenauts: Tales of Mathematical Wonder (Contributor) 123 copies, 1 review
The Ninth Galaxy Reader (Contributor) 123 copies, 2 reviews
Breakthrough (Contributor) 123 copies
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4 (Contributor) 121 copies, 2 reviews
The Hugo Winners: Volume Three, Book 2 (1973-1975) (Contributor) 115 copies, 3 reviews
Voyagers in Time (Contributor) 114 copies, 1 review
Seven Trips through Time and Space (Contributor) 112 copies, 1 review
Galaxy, Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction (Contributor) 111 copies, 4 reviews
World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 (Author) 108 copies, 2 reviews
Cyber-killers (Contributor, some editions) 106 copies, 2 reviews
2020 Vision (Contributor) 103 copies, 1 review
The Best from Galaxy Volume IV (Contributor) 101 copies
Project Solar Sail (Contributor) 97 copies
New Destinies, Volume 7, Spring 1989 (Contributor) 96 copies, 1 review
Sci-Fi Private Eye (Contributor) 90 copies, 2 reviews
The Science Fictional Solar System (Contributor) 88 copies, 1 review
Catastrophes! (Contributor) 86 copies, 1 review
Three Trips in Time and Space (Author) 85 copies, 1 review
Destinies Vol. 1, No. 3 (Contributor) 85 copies
Mordred (Contributor) 85 copies
The Best of Analog (Author) 84 copies, 4 reviews
The Second IF Reader of Science Fiction (Contributor) 82 copies, 2 reviews
Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science (Contributor) 82 copies, 1 review
The Best of All Possible Worlds (Contributor) 81 copies, 2 reviews
Under Cover of Darkness (Contributor) 80 copies, 3 reviews
Stellar #1: Science-Fiction Stories (Contributor) 79 copies
Worlds of Maybe : Seven Stories of Science Fiction (Contributor, some editions) 77 copies, 1 review
The Hugo Winners: Volume Three, Book 1 (1971-1972) (Contributor) 73 copies, 2 reviews
Multiverse: Exploring Poul Anderson's Worlds (Contributor) 71 copies, 3 reviews
Arabesques II (Contributor) 70 copies, 1 review
Armageddons (Contributor) 70 copies, 2 reviews
The Mirror of Infinity (Contributor) 67 copies
The Best Science Fiction Stories (Author, some editions) 65 copies, 1 review
Robert Adams' Book of Alternate Worlds (Contributor) 64 copies, 1 review
A Century of Fantasy, 1980-1989 (Author) 62 copies, 1 review
Bridging Infinity (Contributor) 62 copies, 1 review
Stellar #7: Science-Fiction Stories (Contributor) 58 copies
Stellar #2: Science-Fiction Stories (Contributor) 56 copies
Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers (Contributor) 56 copies
Antigrav (Contributor) 54 copies
Best Science Fiction for 1972 (Contributor) 54 copies
Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons (Contributor) 53 copies, 2 reviews
Aliens! (Contributor) 53 copies
Survival of Freedom (Contributor) 53 copies, 1 review
Tomorrow's Worlds: Ten Stories of Science Fiction (Contributor) 51 copies, 2 reviews
Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Science Fiction Novels (Contributor) 50 copies, 3 reviews
Alpha 8 (Contributor) 50 copies
TV:2000 (Contributor) 50 copies, 2 reviews
Tomorrow Bites (Contributor) 44 copies
Watching Trees Grow (Introduction, some editions) 44 copies, 2 reviews
Ten Tomorrows (Contributor) 43 copies
Dream's Edge (Contributor) 37 copies
Seaserpents! (Contributor) 37 copies
Treasure Planet (Created By) 36 copies, 1 review
Andromeda 3 (Contributor) 35 copies
Quark/4 (Contributor) 35 copies
The Man from Krypton: A Closer Look at Superman (Contributor) 32 copies, 1 review
Space Cadets (Contributor) 30 copies
SF: Authors' Choice 3 (Contributor) 25 copies
Your Share of Fear (Contributor) 24 copies
Isaac Asimov's War (Contributor) 23 copies
Exploring the Horizons (Contributor) 19 copies
The Best of Jerry Pournelle (Contributor) 19 copies
Isaac Asimov's Aliens & Outworlders (Contributor) 19 copies
The Best of Galaxy's Edge 2013-2014 (Contributor) 18 copies
Worst Contact (Contributor) 17 copies, 1 review
Drabble Project (Contributor) 16 copies
Science fiction verhalen [1969] (Contributor, some editions) 13 copies, 1 review
Overruled! (Contributor) 9 copies
Thrilling Wonder Stories, Volume 2 (Contributor) 8 copies, 1 review
Galileo Magazine of Science & Fiction November 1979 (Contributor; Contributor) 6 copies
Die Welt , die Dienstag war (Contributor) 5 copies
Space Pioneers (Contributor) 4 copies, 1 review
Kaleidoskop III (Author, some editions) 3 copies, 1 review
I Premi Hugo 1976-1983 (Contributor) 3 copies

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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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