larry niven

Has any one in the UK seen the new advertising campaign for WHICH a consumer magazine? It features a odd lookin creature with its mouth on one stalk and its eye on another. I admit that Puppeteers had two mouth's and a third leg but it did give me pause.:D

I am quite new to the Known Space universe of Larry Niven. Ive just read Ringworld and Ringworld Engineers. Why is known space so small? Its like 60 ly across, isnt it??? Even with hiperdrives that take weeks to travel a ly, its hard to believe humans are not exploring further away. Maybe...

Thanks !! After typing two paragraphs of description to post here I remember that the "aliens" were Protectors. At least the one was, they were really The Pak collectively. Much Appreciated, Brent

I have a hardback copy of this book(first UK edition 1977) and its an interesting story of a man waking up in the future,but what universe does the book belong in,or is it truly standalone? Did Niven ever revisit the world of this book? And might my book be worth something? ;)

From what i can induce when the people from this universe gain the ability for interplanetary travel, or perhaps just to the Moon, they should also gain the ability for magic. How much fun would that story be? When the first humans to land on Mars, or maybe even the Moon (Armstorng and Aldrin's...

Larry Niven was my favourite SF author in the 1970s. I must have read everything he wrote at that time, and still have many of his novels and collections. I particularly enjoyed his stories set in Known Space, covering the history of humanity – and various alien species – through a long period...

Thinking about picking this one up together with 'The Smoke Ring', it looks interesting, any thoughts?

Anyone like these stories? Larry Niven wrote these short stories over a very long period of time (starting in 1977) and I've read them over an almost equally long period. I now have 'The Draco Tavern', which is a compilation of all of them, with a few new ones, and the twenty-six tales make a...

So, if you’re like me, sitting there feeling bitter and nostalgic about the fact that humans aren’t yet living on the moon or Mars or mining the asteroids, what do you do if you’re not a rocket scientist or wealthy enough to pay your way into space? One thing I do is read (and reread) Fallen...

Just been re-reading this and a thread to it is an alien culture has bred humans in order to use the most lucky. Thinking about it (and forgive any biological naivete) but if luck did exist wouldn't that have messed up the laws of genetics and natural selection long ago?

Building Harlequin’s Moon Larry Niven & Brenda Cooper Tor, June 2005, $25.95, 464 pp. ISBN: 0765312662 In Earth’s distant future, AI’s don’t always act in a manner that will help humanity, nanotechnology is out of control; and politics make the planet a very unsafe place to live. The...

Can anyone tell me if 'Ringworld' by Larry Niven is any good? The reviews on Amazon don't sound promising but I still want a second opinion before I fork out my £7.99 or so. Cheers. :D

An informal review - I'm glad I read this book, but it definitely isn't on my list of favorites. In this story, a comet hits Earth. Tidal waves, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, tornados, blizzards, and glaciers destroy most of civilization, most of the Earth's population, and just about all...

Ringworld's Children There is a Tor books website up for his latest book: www.tor.com/niven

I understand that author Larry Niven's science fiction is 'hard sci-fi", which happens to be my favorite. I was wondering if somebody could explain to me how Niven described his version on how a teleporter could work. Does he provide any details or are they sketchy at best? Whitestar

Ringworld Throne Synopsis In this sequel to "Ringworld" and "Ringworld Engineers", the ring is still home to many alien species. The last Puppeteer is still manipulating those he can, and the two hundred year old Louis Wu, offered the opportunity to become young, must meet even more new...

Pournelle, Nivern and Barnes:- Legacy of Heorot Ok, I know its three different authors but they have to fit in somewhere. The book? Its a fantastic story. 200 humans and a ship full of frozen animal embryo's arrive at a planet called Tau Ceti four and set up a base on a small island next to a...

Slashdot Q & A session Slashdot will ask Larry Niven, the ten best moderated questions posted here: http://interviews.slashdot.org/interviews/03/02/27/1425200.shtml?tid=160

Exactly what was Ringworld about? I recently re-read this book, and although I enjoyed it the last time, I don't think I really digested it properly. It has occurred to me that I am not really sure what the point of the book was? What was the main story? From Amazon: Is it about...

I've just heard that the nineth book in this series will be published in December 2001. Just like the previous eight books it is a collection of short stories by different writers, some new, some famous; all set in Larry Nivens' known space universe during the period of the Man-Kzin Wars...