Larry Niven
| Larry Niven | |
|---|---|
Niven at Stanford University, 2006
|
|
| Born | Laurence van Cott Niven April 30, 1938 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
California Institute of Technology (no degree) Washburn University |
| 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) |
| Website | |
| larryniven |
|
Laurence van Cott Niven (/ˈnɪvən/; born April 30, 1938)—known as Larry Niven—is an American science fiction writer. His best-known work is Ringworld (1970), which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America named him the 2015 recipient of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics. It also often includes elements of detective fiction and adventure stories. His fantasy includes the series The Magic Goes Away, rational fantasy dealing with magic as a non-renewable resource.
Niven was born in Los Angeles. He briefly attended the California Institute of Technology and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics (with a minor in psychology) from Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, in 1962. He did a year of graduate work in mathematics at the University of California at Los Angeles. On September 6, 1969, he married Marilyn Joyce "Fuzzy Pink" Wisowaty, a science fiction and Regency literature fan. He is an agnostic.
...
Wikipedia