Larry Niven

Larry Niven

23 Series

Larry Niven is an American author renowned for his hard science fiction, particularly the Ringworld series within the Known Space universe. His works are distinguished by their adherence to a specific set of rules, akin to those of Isaac Asimov. Niven's contributions to science fiction have earned him a prominent place in the genre.

Larry Niven's collaborative works include several notable series and novels. The Ringworld Prequel series, co-authored with Edward M. Lerner, explores the origins of the iconic Ringworld. The Heorot books, co-authored with Steven Barnes and Jerry Pournelle, delve into the colonization of an alien world. The Bowl of Heaven series, co-authored with Gregory Benford, follows humanity's encounter with a vast alien artifact. Additionally, The Goliath Stone, co-authored with Matthew Joseph Harrington, presents a thrilling narrative centered around a mysterious ancient artifact. These works showcase Niven's expansive imagination and collaborative prowess in science fiction.

Bowl Of Heaven (with Gregory Benford)

Bowl of Heaven

(2012)

Shipstar

(2014)

Glorious

(2020)

Dream Park (with Steven Barnes)

Dream Park

(1981)

The Barsoom Project

(1989)

California Voodoo Game / The Voodoo Game

(1992)

The Moon Maze Game

(2011)

Golden Road (with Jerry Pournelle)

The Burning City

(2000)

Burning Tower

(2005)

Heorot (with Jerry Pournelle, Steven Barnes)

The Legacy of Heorot

(1987)

Beowulf's Children / The Dragons of Heorot

(1995)

The Secret of Black Ship Island

(2012)

Starborn and Godsons

(2020)

Chronological Order of Heorot (with Jerry Pournelle, Steven Barnes)

The Legacy of Heorot

(1987)

The Secret of Black Ship Island

(2012)

Beowulf's Children / The Dragons of Heorot

(1995)

Starborn and Godsons

(2020)

Inferno (with Jerry Pournelle)

Inferno

(1975)

Escape from Hell

(2009)

Known Space

World of Ptavvs

(1966)

A Gift from Earth

(1968)

Neutron Star

(1968)

The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton

(1969)

Protector

(1973)

Tales of Known Space

(1975)

The Patchwork Girl

(1980)

Crashlander

(1994)

Flatlander

(1995)

Magic Goes Away

The Magic Goes Away

(1978)

The Magic May Return

(1981)

The Time of the Warlock

(1984)

More Magic

(1984)

The Seascape Tattoo

(2016)(With: Steven Barnes)

Moties (with Jerry Pournelle, Jennifer R. Pournelle)

The Mote in God's Eye

(1974)

The Gripping Hand / The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye

(1993)

Outies

(2010)(By: Jennifer R. Pournelle)

Ringworld Prequel / Fleet of the Worlds

Fleet of Worlds

(2007)

Juggler of Worlds

(2008)

Destroyer of Worlds

(2009)

Betrayer of Worlds

(2010)

Fate of Worlds

(2012)

Ringworld (with Edward M. Lerner)

Ringworld

(1970)

The Ringworld Engineers

(1979)

The Ringworld Throne

(1996)

Ringworld's Children

(2004)

Fate of Worlds

(2012)(With: Edward M. Lerner)

Ringworld Graphic Novels

Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part One

(2014)

Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part Two

(2015)

The State

A World Out of Time

(1976)

The Integral Trees

(1983)

The Smoke Ring

(1987)

Short Story Collections

Green Lantern: Ganthet's Tale

0(With: John Byrne,Matt Webb)

All the Myriad Ways

(1968)

The Shape of Space

(1969)

Inconstant Moon

(1971)

The Flight of the Horse

(1973)

A Hole in Space

(1974)

Convergent Series

(1979)

Limits

(1985)

N-Space

(1990)

Playgrounds of the Mind

(1991)

Three Books of Known Space

(1996)

Scatterbrain

(2003)

The Magic Goes Away Collection

(2005)

The Draco Tavern

(2006)

Stars and Gods

(2010)

Madness from the Inconstant Moon

(2017)

Short Stories/Novellas (with Steven Barnes)

A Relic of the Empire

(1966)

The Locusts

(1979)(With: Steven Barnes)

The Return of William Proxmire

(1989)

Standalone Novels

The Flying Sorcerers

(1970)(With: David Gerrold)

Lucifer's Hammer

(1977)(With: Jerry Pournelle)

Oath of Fealty

(1981)(With: Jerry Pournelle)

The Descent of Anansi

(1982)(With: Steven Barnes)

Footfall

(1985)(With: Jerry Pournelle)

Fallen Angels

(1991)(With: Jerry Pournelle,Michael Flynn)

Achilles' Choice

(1991)(With: Steven Barnes)

Destiny's Road

(1997)

Rainbow Mars

(1999)

Saturn's Race

(2000)(With: Steven Barnes)

Building Harlequin's Moon

(2005)(With: Brenda Cooper)

The Goliath Stone

(2013)(With: Matthew Joseph Harrington)

Steven Barnes Short Stories/Novellas (with Steven Barnes)

The Locusts

(1979)(With: Steven Barnes)

Star Wars Saved My Life

(2015)(By: Steven Barnes,Trey Jackson,Angelina Greenwood)

Man-Kzin Wars

The Man-Kzin Wars

(1988)

Man-Kzin Wars II

(1989)(With: S.M. Stirling,Jerry Pournelle)

Man-Kzin Wars III

(1990)

Man-Kzin Wars IV

(1991)(By: S.M. Stirling)

The Children's Hour

(1991)(By: S.M. Stirling,Jerry Pournelle)

Man-Kzin Wars V

(1992)(By: Jerry Pournelle)

Man-Kzin Wars VI

(1994)(By: Gregory Benford,Mark O. Martin)

Man-Kzin Wars VII

(1995)(With: Gregory Benford,Paul Chafe)

A Darker Geometry

(1996)(By: Gregory Benford)

The Best of All Possible Wars

(1998)(By: S.M. Stirling,Robert Sheckley)

Man-Kzin Wars VIII: Choosing Names

(1998)

Man-Kzin Wars IX

(2001)(By: Jim Baen)

The House of the Kzinti

(2002)(By: Jerry Pournelle)

Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War

(2003)

Man-Kzin Wars XI

(2005)(By: Matthew Harrington)

Destiny's Forge

(2006)(By: Paul Chafe)

Man-Kzin Wars XII

(2009)

Man-Kzin Wars XIII

(2012)

Man-Kzin Wars XIV

(2013)

Treasure Planet

(2014)(With: Hal Colebatch,Jessica Q. Fox)

Man-Kzin Wars XV

(2019)

Star Trek The Newspaper Strip

Star Trek: The Newspaper Comics, Volume 1: 1979-1981

(2012)(By: Rich Handley,Sharman DiVono,Thomas Warkentin)

Star Trek: The Newspaper Strip Volume 2

(2013)(With: Martin Pasko,Gerry Conway,Rich Handley,Sharman DiVono)

Stellar

Stellar Short Novels

(1976)(By: Gordon R. Dickson,Andrew J. Offutt,Judy-Lynn del Rey,Shawn Oueinsteen)

Stellar #2

(1976)(With: Isaac Asimov,Howard Waldrop,Clifford D. Simak,Jack C. Haldeman II,Steven Utley,Hal Clement,James White,Richard S. Simak,Judy-Lynn del Rey,Patrick G. Conner)

Stellar #3

(1977)(By: Jack L. Chalker,Clifford D. Simak,Gene DeWeese,Jeffrey M. Wallman,Charles W. Runyon,Mildred Downey Broxon,Henry Melton,Judy-Lynn del Rey,Arsen Darney,B. Lee Cooper,Larry S. Haverkos,Steve Utley,Bill Starr)

Stellar #4

(1978)(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey)

Stellar #5

(1980)(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey)

Stellar #6

(1980)(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey)

Stellar #7

(1981)(By: Terry Carr,Leanne Frahm,Judy-Lynn del Rey)

Stellar Guild

Tau Ceti

(2011)(By: Kevin J. Anderson,Steven Savile)

On the Train

(2012)(By: Rachel Turtledove)

When the Blue Shift Comes

(2012)(By: Robert Silverberg,Alvaro Zinos-Amaro)

New Under the Sun

(2013)(By: Nancy Kress)

The Aethers of Mars

(2014)(By: Eric Flint)

Red Tide

(2014)(With: Matthew Joseph Harrington,Brad R. Torgersen)

Inci

(2015)(By: Mike Resnick,Tina Gower)

Wishing on a Star

(2015)(By: Jody Lynn Nye)

Isaac Asimov's Anthology

Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction

(1980)(By: Isaac Asimov,Tanith Lee,Phyllis Eisenstein,Gene Wolfe,Barry B. Longyear,John M. Ford,Arnie Bateman,Alan Dean Foster,Martin Gardner,Randall Garrett,Rob Chilson,Ted Reynolds,George Scithers,Richard S. McEnroe,Jeff Duntemann,R.N. Bracewell,K.W. MacAnn,G. Richard Bozarth)

Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far

(1981)(By: Isaac Asimov,Frederik Pohl,Carter Scholz,Barry B. Longyear,John M. Ford,Jack Williamson,Darrell Schweitzer,John Brunner,Juleen Brantingham,Martin Gardner,Richard Wilson,Milton A. Rothman,Elizabeth Anne Hull,Sharon Webb,Somtow Sucharitkul,Lee Weinstein,Ted Reynolds,George Scithers,F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre,William Tuning,Francis E. Izzo,Paul David Novitski,Lee Russell,Seth S. Horowitz,Tol E. Rant,S. Dale,Julie Flores,Tony Sarowitz)

Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own

(1983)(By: Connie Willis,Ursula K. Le Guin,Pat Cadigan,Joan D. Vinge,Tanith Lee,Pamela Sargent,Lee Killough,Mary Gentle,Mildred Downey Broxon,Shawna McCarthy,Sharon Webb,Leigh Kennedy,Stephanie A. Smith,Cherie Wilkerson,Julie Stevens,Sydney J. Van Scyoc,Cyn Mason,P.A. Kagan,P.J. MacQuarrie,Janet O. Jeppson,Beverly Grant,Hope Athearn)

Isaac Asimov's Fantasy!

(1985)(By: Shawna McCarthy)

Isaac Asimov's Fantasy!

(1989)(By: Connie Willis,George R.R. Martin,Ron Goulart,John Kessel,George Alec Effinger,Robert Thurston,Tanith Lee,Lucius Shepard,Scott Baker,Lillian Carl,Juleen Brantingham,Lee Killough,Ian McDowell,Daphne Castell,Sharon N. Farber,Richard Kearns,Shawna McCarthy,Leigh Kennedy,Gregg Keizer,Kristi Olesen)

Isaac Asimov's Aliens

(1991)(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois)

Isaac Asimov's Robots

(1991)(By: Isaac Asimov,Rob Chilson)

Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite

(1993)(By: Isaac Asimov,John M. Ford)

Isaac Asimov's War

(1993)(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois)

Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams

(1994)(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois)

Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep

(1995)(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois)

Isaac Asimov's Ghosts

(1995)(By: Isaac Asimov,Terry Bisson)

Isaac Asimov's Christmas

(1997)(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois)

Isaac Asimov's Camelot

(1998)(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois,Eleanor Arnason)

Isaac Asimov's Detectives

(1998)(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois)

Isaac Asimov's Werewolves

(1999)(By: Isaac Asimov,Suzy McKee Charnas,Gardner Dozois)

Isaac Asimov's Solar System

(1999)(By: Gardner Dozois)

Isaac Asimov's Utopias

(2000)(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois)

Isaac Asimov's Father Day

(2001)(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois)

Isaac Asimov's Halloween

(2001)(By: Isaac Asimov)

Anthologies

Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1966

(1966)

Dangerous Visions

(1967)

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction Nineteenth Series

(1971)

More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Vol. 2

(1973)

Ten Tomorrows

(1973)

Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, April 1974

(1974)

Antigrav

(1975)

The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century

(1980)

The Best of All Possible Worlds

(1980)

Isaac Asimov's Aliens & Outworlders

(1983)

Berserker Base

(1985)

Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction

(1985)

Robert Adams' Book of Alternate Worlds

(1987)

The Drabble Project

(1988)

Robert Adams' Book of Soldiers

(1988)

Alien Sex

(1990)

Time Machines

(1997)

Armageddons

(1999)

We Could Do Worse: A Millennial Collection of Alternate Histories

(1999)

Explorers

(2000)

Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine, July/August 2000

(2000)

Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October/November 2000

(2000)

Analog, September 2002

(2004)

Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology

(2006)

Space Cadets

(2006)

Under Cover of Darkness

(2007)

Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge

(2007)

Assassin and Other Stories

(2010)

Multiverse

(2014)

The Best of Galaxy's Edge Magazine 2013-2014

(2014)

Worst Contact

(2016)

Infinite Stars

(2017)

Space Pioneers

(2018)

The Best of Galaxy’s Edge

(2018)

Infinite Stars

(2019)

Born of the Sun: Adventures in Our Solar System

(2020)

Conversations From the Edge: The Galaxy's Edge Interviews

(2021)

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