Larry Niven
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- 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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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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