- Born
- Birth nameLaurence van Cott Niven
- Larry Niven was born on April 30, 1938 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Inconstant Moon, Land of the Lost (1974) and Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973). He has been married to Marilyn Joyce Wisowaty since September 6, 1969.
- SpouseMarilyn Joyce Wisowaty(September 6, 1969 - present)
- His novel "Ringworld" (1970) received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards.
- In 1967, he won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story for "Neutron Star".
- His short story, "The Fourth Profession", appeared in the 1972 Annual World's Best SF, a compilation on Science Fiction writers.
- In 1972, he won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story for "Inconstant Moon".
- In 1975, he won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story for "The Hole Man".
- Never fire a laser at a mirror.
- I have never stopped getting letters about it. People have been reading 'Ringworld', and commenting on the assumptions, overt and hidden, and the mathematics and the ecology and the philosophical implications, precisely as if it were a proposed engineering project and they were being paid to work.
- Mother Nature doesn't care if you're having fun.
- Niven's Law for Musicians: If the applause isn't louder than the music something's wrong. Play better or softer.
- There is a technical term for someone who mistakes the opinions of the characters for the writer's: an idiot.
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