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Larry Niven is an author who began his work period in 1964. Born on April 30, 1938, he has produced a body of work that includes titles such as The Barsoom Project, Dream Park, Matanah mi-Kadur ha-Arets, Oath of Fealty, and The Flight of the Horse. His bibliography comprises 240 works according to Open Library records, while Crossref lists five works.
Niven’s writings include quotes such as “That's the thing about people who think they hate computers … What they really hate are lousy programmers.” and “Everything starts as somebody's daydream.” He maintains an official website at larryniven.net. His name is referenced by 1,136 other encyclopedia articles, and he has 978 listeners with a playcount of 30,300 on Last.fm.
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Key facts
- Born
- Laurence van Cott Niven , ( 1938-04-30 ) April 30, 1938 (age 88) , Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Alma mater
- California Institute of Technology Washburn University ( BA )
- Period
- 1964–present
- Genre
- Hard science fiction Fantasy
- Notable works
- Ringworld (1970) The Mote in God's Eye (1974) Lucifer's Hammer (1977) The Ringworld Engineers (1980) Dream Park (1981)
- Notable awards
- Inkpot Award (1979)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- science fiction writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- The Mote in God's Eye
- Genre
- hard science fiction
- Official website
- larryniven.net
- Image
- Larry Niven - Utopiales 2010 cropped.jpg
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- Larry Niven
- date of birth
- 1938-04-30
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- birth name
- Laurence van Cott Niven
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- name in native language
- Larry Niven
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Niven at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, 2007
Laurence van Cott Niven (/ˈnɪvən/; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His 1970 novel Ringworld won the Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. With Jerry Pournelle he wrote The Mote in God's Eye (1974) and Lucifer's Hammer (1977). The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America gave him the 2015 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award.
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