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Goliath Stone, The (2013)

I can understand why most people don't like this book. Matthew Joseph Harrington, and recently to a lesser extent Niven, target an audience that is VERY informed about all aspects of science and history - and that also has read pretty much every science fiction novel and short story ever written....

Goliath Stone, The (2013) by Larry Niven
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The Goliath Stone (2013)

This is a story of the somewhat near future concerning nanotech and political philosophy. It is a fast paced novel and has a character that really is smarter than everyone else. Some issues addressed are the uses of nano and how smart they could be made, and to a degree how personal choice can ...

The Goliath Stone (2013) by Larry Niven
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The Moon Maze Game (2011)

Niven and Barnes have produced and interesting variation on the theme of LARP(Live-Action Role-Playing)games. Set on the moon, a group of brilliant people use their unique talents and interesting mentalities to solve puzzles and escape harrowing situations. The game they play, which rapidly goes...

The Moon Maze Game (2011) by Larry Niven
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Burning Tower (2006)

Burning Tower picks up a year after Burning City concludes, Yangin-Atep is myth, the Greenroad is open, and no one knows how Tep's Town will survive exposure to the outside world. The focus of the book is on the budding romance between Sandry, the finest young Lord of his generation, and Burning ...

Burning Tower (2006) by Larry Niven
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Three Books of Known Space (1998)

Let three complete books in one take you on a dazzling journey into science fiction's most famous future history: Known Space!WORLD OF PTAVVSKzanol was a thrint from a distant galaxy. He had been trapped on Earth in a time-stasis field for two billion years. Now he was on the loose, and telepath ...

Three Books of Known Space (1998) by Larry Niven
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Crashlander (1994)

Crashlander Beowulf Shaeffer has long been one of the most popular characters in Known Space. Now, for the first time ever, Larry Niven brings together all the Beowulf Shaeffer stories--including a brand-new one--in one long tale of exploration and adventure! PLUS--an all-new framing story that p...

Crashlander (1994) by Larry Niven
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Inferno (1978)

After spending unknown hours (days? Weeks? Months?) is some sort of limbo state, deceased science fiction writer Allen Carpentier finds himself plopped down in the middle of a deserted wasteland, which he is informed is “the Vestibule of Hell.” Carpentier is understandably skeptical, and persist...

Inferno (1978) by Larry Niven
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Beowulf's Children (1996)

This is a sequel to The Legacy of Heorot and takes place about twenty years later. It moves at a good pace; it is still interesting to read and still held my attention. The character development is also well done in this book. I hated a portion of the ending, but it definitely added to the sto...

Beowulf's Children (1996) by Larry Niven
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Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven (1981)

Yep, more Niven, just because. It's alright, there's only one more I own that isn't in storage, so I'll stop soon. This is a collection of short stories, all set in Niven's Known Space future history and, as is almost always the case with short stories, the quality is variable. There are some nic...

Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven (1981) by Larry Niven
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The Mote in God's Eye (2011)

What could have been a decent fist-contact story is completely undercut by poor character writing, lazy sexism, lack of actual critical thinking about human society, and a science fiction plot twist that itself undercuts the book's lazy sexism. The book has the pieces for what should be a decent ...

The Mote in God's Eye (2011) by Larry Niven
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Neutron Star (1977)

Although out-of-print, Neutron Star is a book worth getting for any fan of science fiction. It collects several of Niven's "Known Space" short stories from his golden age of the late-1960s, including the Beowulf Shaeffer stories.In 1966 Larry Niven created the ultimate tourist with his award-winn...

Neutron Star (1977) by Larry Niven
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The Burning City (2001)

Wow. This book was very well written by renowned authors in the sense that all words were spelled correctly and sentences came after each other in a logical order. And there were some things even going on, but I couldn't be bothered to follow them. It's like a bunch of women talking something tha...

The Burning City (2001) by Larry Niven
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Ringworld (2005)

There's a word often bandied about when people discuss books, particularly fantasy and science fiction books, which often involve the creation of worlds unlike our own. That term is (perhaps unsurprisingly) worldbuilding. And if ever there were a paradigm case for worldbuilding, Ringworld would...

Ringworld (2005) by Larry Niven
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The Gripping Hand (1993)

Robert Heinlein called it "possibly the finest science fiction novel I have ever read." The San Francisco Chronicle declared that "as science fiction, The Mote in God's Eye is one of the most important novels ever published." Now Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, award winning authors of such best...

The Gripping Hand (1993) by Larry Niven
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Fleet of Worlds (2007)

Fleet of Worlds marks Larry Niven's first full novel-length collaboration within his Known Space universe, the playground he created for his bestselling Ringworld series. Teaming up with fellow SF writer Edward M. Lerner, Fleet of Worlds takes a closer look at the Human-Puppeteer (Citizens) relat...

Fleet of Worlds (2007) by Larry Niven
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Destiny's Road (1998)

This novel is a departure for Niven, both in style and exposition. It's also closely played; no easy, quick answers are offered for evaluation, nor is there much in the way of backstory except towards the very end.It's a sociological treatise in many ways. I suspect Niven fancies himself a histor...

Destiny's Road (1998) by Larry Niven
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Playgrounds of the Mind (1992)

This is Larry Niven’s second volume of various essays, short-stories, and various anecdotes from his 40 years in science-fiction circles. The first was N-SPACE.Some of the material in Playgrounds of the Mind is very interesting, such as his essay "Bigger than Worlds", in which he sketches out a n...

Playgrounds of the Mind (1992) by Larry Niven
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The World Of Ptavvs (2000)

World of Pshaw... I mean, PtavvsReread this recently during one of my many "Niven" binges. This is one of Niven's first novels (converted from a serial?) and it is NOT really one of his best.The World Of Ptavvs is in Larry Niven's Known Space universe but is a stand alone adventure. You get to se...

The World Of Ptavvs (2000) by Larry Niven
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The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton (1981)

This book collects three novellas in the classic detective noir genre with a futuristic twist. Though, some of the ideas may be more paleofuture. Three things make this work, even though there are moments of "but we don't use moving sidewalks in our major cities!"1) Our hardboiled detective deals...

The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton (1981) by Larry Niven
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Footfall (1997)

I thought long and hard about giving this one 4 stars. It was really a toss-up...I think on a different day, I might have done so. I really enjoyed this book, but sometimes it felt like there was a lot of "fluff" in it. I listened to the audio of the book, hoping to finish in time to discuss it w...

Footfall (1997) by Larry Niven
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Protector (1987)

A spiritual prequel to Ringworld, the plot is grounded in some serious science with grand concepts, but is held back by a loose, meandering storyline and a slipshod third act.Setting:Set within Known Space, early on in the timeline - it spans both the Early Interstellar Era and the Intermediate E...

Protector (1987) by Larry Niven
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A Gift from Earth (1984)

I was initially inclined to dock this book one star for its reliance on parapsychology. The plot here leans very heavily on the protagonist's psychic powers (specifically, a type of telekinesis) which acts as the book's perpetuum mobile. Matt Keller's psychic powers are so fundamental to this sto...

A Gift from Earth (1984) by Larry Niven
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The Legacy of Heorot (1989)

A recent skim through this — I first read and reviewed it in 2001 — confirms what a rich novel this was, from its maps by Alexis Walser to the apt literary quotes as chapter headings, and from its scientific premises to its broader and occasionally more dubious environmental messages. As always t...

The Legacy of Heorot (1989) by Larry Niven
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Ringworld's Children (2005)

I totally loved this return to Ringworld, the mysterious artificial world that has the surface area of a million Earths and populated by hundreds of hominid species that have evolved there from human ancestors placed there a half-million years earlier. Since its discovery Ringworld has been the...

Ringworld's Children (2005) by Larry Niven
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The Ringworld Throne (1997)

Once upon a time, a science-fiction author wrote a novel about a Big Dumb object. It would go on to win the trifecta: the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards for best novel, not to mention become the iconic novel about Big Dumb Objects. It is now, essentially, a classic.Fans with engineering degrees f...

The Ringworld Throne (1997) by Larry Niven
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The Ringworld Engineers (1997)

(2013 was turning into a stale year for SF. That summer, I really needed the solace of good, hard SF to escape, if just fleetingly, some harsh realities, same reality having given me long days and nights to read and listen. So, without really making a decision to do so but compelled by circumst...

The Ringworld Engineers (1997) by Larry Niven
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The Time of the Warlock (1984)

Contains: Not Long Before the End What Good is a Glass Dagger? The Magic Goes Away Unfinished Story #1 and: The Magic May Return Notes for a Series of Stories to be Set in the Fantasy World of The Magic Goes Away

The Time of the Warlock (1984) by Larry Niven
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Flatlander (2003)

Gil "The Arm" Hamilton was one of the top operatives of ARM, the elite UN plice force. His intuition was unfailingly accurate, his detective skills second to none, and his psychic powers -- esper sense and telekinesis -- were awesome. Now you can read all the classic stories of the legendary ARM ...

Flatlander (2003) by Larry Niven
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A World Out of Time (1986)

Jerome Branch Corbell awakens from cryonic freeze to find himself cured of the cancer that had begun to ravage his body two centuries ago. To his dismay, the reason for his cure becomes quickly apparent--his mind had been transferred to an entirely different body, that of a young felon whose memo...

A World Out of Time (1986) by Larry Niven
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Man-Kzin Wars 9 (2003)

THOSE KZIN DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'RE LICKED (AND MAYBE THEY AREN'T...)It was so unfair! Here the Kzin were, warcats supreme, carving out empires like the idefatigable lords of creation that they were - and then they ran into those pesky humans. Mere apes! Contemptible weed-eaters! Hardly worth the ...

Man-Kzin Wars 9 (2003) by Larry Niven
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The Draco Tavern (2006)

Bartender Rick Shumann at his Siberian tavern catering to aliens, narrates 26 tales include: "The Subject Is Closed" - Could AI stop working on life after death because subject solved? "Table Manners" - Is Rick hunter or hunted by five Folk aliens? "Losing Mars" - Unpublished. Aliens on Mars an...

The Draco Tavern (2006) by Larry Niven
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Man-Kzin Wars XIII-ARC

Born at a time when aliens had been little more than a matter of speculation and rumor, she had seen them become a reality in her lifetime. Her happiness showed in the lines lightly etched into her round face, in the way she moved her plump body as if dancing, in the bounce of short, untidy mahog...

Man-Kzin Wars XIII-ARC by Larry Niven
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Destroyer of Worlds

The universe above the ice was vast—and crowded. Competition among species. Human and Citizen efforts to keep secrets showed an unwillingness to share. Anything else would have been the surprise. Tn’ho Nation was but one of many polities on this world. Tn’ho was rich because it was powerful. None...

Destroyer of Worlds by Larry Niven
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Limits

Small events drown in large ones. Atlantis itself, an entire continent, had drowned in the tectonic event that sank this small peninsula.For seventy years the seat of government had been at Beesh, and that place was called Castle Minterl. Outsiders called this drowned place Nihilil’s Castle, for ...

Limits by Larry Niven
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The Fourth Profession

I sat up in bed and-it was the oddest of hangovers. My head didn't spin. My sense of balance was quiveringly alert. At the same time my mind was clogged with the things I knew: facts that wouldn't relate, churning in my head. It was like walking the high wire while simultaneously trying to solve ...

The Fourth Profession by Larry Niven
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05-A Gift From Earth

Millard Parlette pushed his chair back and viewed the typewriter with satisfaction. His speech lay on his desk, last page on top, back-to-front. He picked up the stack of paper with long, knobby fingers and quickly shuffled it into correct order.     Record it now?   ...

05-A Gift From Earth by Larry Niven
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The Seascape Tattoo

Neoloth called to Aros, who rode a half length ahead. “You have passed this way?” he asked. Aros nodded. Both wizard and barbarian rode brown stallions more spirited than the four packhorses following them, or the tiny, sure-footed mule carrying Fandy. “I was with the desert peoples south of here...

The Seascape Tattoo by Larry Niven
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Rainbow Mars

This morning she played in the water, getting her exercise without fighting gravity. Svetz sat on the launch platform, watching. He felt restless. They were wasting time, and there was no need. How did a Hangtree grow? Could it survive to the present? Would it move on to some other star? What wou...

Rainbow Mars by Larry Niven
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ARM

Roger Elwood and Robert Silverberg, 1975ISBN 1-59062-135-2NOTICE: This work is copyrighted. It is licensed only for use by the original purchaser. Making copies of this work or distributing it to any unauthorized person by any means, including without limit email, floppy disk, file transfer, pape...

ARM by Larry Niven
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Building Harlequin’s Moon

They were still slick with sweat and smelled of exercise. The door swung open, and Treesa walked into the room. Gabriel hadn’t seen her outside the garden for years. He blinked. She looked as old as Captain Hunter. Ex-captain Hunter. “Good afternoon,” Treesa said. She dispensed a bulb of coffee c...

Building Harlequin’s Moon by Larry Niven
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Betrayer of Worlds

He had promised himself glory—and surely he had earned it. Despite jealousy and so many enemies conspiring against him, he would have everything. He would trample all who had opposed him. He would take his revenge for past indignities. If this interminable flight ever ended. He counted the days. ...

Betrayer of Worlds by Larry Niven
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Escape From Hell

That chasm sinks so deep that we could not sight Its bottom anywhere until we had climbed Along the rock arch to its greatest height. Once there, I peered down; and I saw long lines Of people in a river of excrement That seemed the overflow of the world’s latrines. Sylvia said, “Immod...

Escape From Hell by Larry Niven
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N-Space (2015)

said the puppeteer. “A ring of solid matter. An artifact.”     RINGWORLD, 1970 From RINGWORLD Today it may not be obvious, but when I wrote RINGWORLD it was an act of courage.     Designing the Ringworld wasn’t the hardest part, though I still found surpris...

N-Space (2015) by Larry Niven
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Man-Kzin Wars XIV

At his age most people died in their sleep, and while he wasn’t as afraid of dying as most people, it struck him as an undignified way to go after surviving five wars. On the other hand, his psychist program told him it was really a way of distancing himself, since the lack of a bed in his apartm...

Man-Kzin Wars XIV by Larry Niven

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