Niven's Laws

by Larry Niven

An anthology of stories published for the the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society:

Introduction: Larry Niven by Jerry Pournelle
The Schumann Computer • [Draco Tavern] by Larry Niven
Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing! by Larry Niven
Grammar Lesson by Larry Niven
The Subject is Closed by Larry Niven
2Cruel and Unusual by Larry Niven
The Green Marauder by Larry Niven
Limits Larry Niven
War Movie by Larry Niven
The Real Thing by Larry Niven
Folk Tale by Larry Niven
Niven's Laws, 2002 by Larry Niven
Convention Stories by Larry Niven
Staying Rich by Larry Niven
The Theory and Practice of Instant Learning by Larry Niven
If Idi Amin Had the Bomb ... by Larry Niven
Yet Another Modest Proposal: The Roentgen Standard by Larry Niven
In Memoriam ... by Larry Niven
Why Men Fight Wars, and What You Can Do About It! by Larry Niven
Collaboration by Larry Niven
Five Years to Infinity by Larry Niven

Genres: Science Fiction

108 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1984

About the author

Laurence van Cott Niven's best known work is Ringworld (Ringworld, #1) (1970), which received the Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics. The creation of thoroughly worked-out alien species, which are very different from humans both physically and mentally, is recognized as one of Niven's main strengths.

Niven also often includes elements of detective fiction and adventure stories. His fantasy includes The Magic Goes Away series, which utilizes an exhaustible resource, called Mana, to make the magic a non-renewable resource.

Niven created an alien species, the Kzin, which were featured in a series of twelve collection books, the Man-Kzin Wars. He co-authored a number of novels with Jerry Pournelle. In fact, much of his writing since the 1970s has been in collaboration, particularly with Pournelle, Steven Barnes, Brenda Cooper, or Edward M. Lerner.

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. He has since lived in Los Angeles suburbs, including Chatsworth and Tarzana, as a full-time writer. He married Marilyn Joyce "Fuzzy Pink" Wisowaty, herself a well-known science fiction and Regency literature fan, on September 6, 1969.

Niven won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story for Neutron Star in 1967. In 1972, for Inconstant Moon, and in 1975 for The Hole Man. In 1976, he won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette for The Borderland of Sol.

Niven has written scripts for various science fiction television shows, including the original Land of the Lost series and Star Trek: The Animated Series, for which he adapted his early Kzin story The Soft Weapon. He adapted his story Inconstant Moon for an episode of the television series The Outer Limits in 1996.

He has also written for the DC Comics character Green Lantern including in his stories hard science fiction concepts such as universal entropy and the redshift effect, which are unusual in comic books.

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Reviews

[Bruce · Rating 4 out of 5]

A hard book to find, but worth it in my view if for no other reason than to read Niven’s poetical tribute and eulogy to Howard Grote Littlemead, “In Memoriam”.

[Andreas · Rating 3 out of 5]

This little hardback volume doesn’t contain a lot of new stories, but it does give a good insight into the mind of Larry Niven. The hilarious stories from science fiction conventions are priceless. Recommended only for the hardcore Niven fan.

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[jimsgravitas · Rating 5 out of 5]

A much appreciated laugh!