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 ''''. 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 Known Space. In recent years, most of his writing has been in collaboration with Jerry_Pournelle and/or Steven_Barnes. Niven_numbers may have been named in his honor.

Bibliography

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''World of Ptavvs'' (1966)

''A Gift from the Earth'' (1968)

''Neutron Star'' (Collection of short stories, 1968)

''Ringworld'' (1970)

''All The Myriad Ways'' (Collection of short stories, 1971)

''Flight of the Horse'' (Collection of short stories, 1973)

''Protector'' (1973)

''A Hole in Space'' (Collection of short stories, 1974)

''Inconstant Moon'' (Collection of short stories, 1974)

''The_Mote_in_God's_Eye'' (1975) (with Jerry_Pournelle)

''Tales of Known Space'' (Collection of short stories, 1975)

''The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton'' (Collection of short stories, 1976)

''A World out of Time'' (1976)

''Inferno'' (1976) (with Jerry Pournelle)

''Lucifer's Hammer'' (1977) (with Jerry_Pournelle)

''The Patchwork Girl'' (1980)

''The Ringworld Engineers'' (1980)

''Dreampark'' (1981) (with Steven_Barnes)

''The Descent of Anansi'' (1982) (with Steven_Barnes)

''Oath of Fealty'' (1982) (with Jerry_Pournelle)

''The_Integral_Trees'' (1984)

Footfall (1985) (with Jerry_Pournelle)

''Limits'' (Collection of short stories, 1985)

''The_Smoke_Ring'' (1987)

''The Barsoom Project'' (1989) (with Steven_Barnes)

''The_Legacy_of_Heorot'' (1989) (with Jerry_Pournelle, Steven_Barnes)

''N-Space'' (Collection of short stories, 1990)

''Achilles' Choice'' (1991) (with Steven_Barnes)

''Playgrounds of the Mind'' (Collection of short stories, 1991)

''Fallen_Angels'' (1992) (with Michael_Flynn, Jerry_Pournelle). Electronic edition free at the

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