Larry Niven

Larry Niven Living Person Nationality: United States Date of Birth: 1938 Religion: Agnostic Occupation: Author of Fiction, Author of Non-Fiction Spouse: Marilyn Wisowaty Turtledove Appearances: Earthgrip Set in the Future Appearance(s): "The Great Unknown" Type of Appearance: Posthumous reference Date of Death: Unrevealed "Hindsight" POD: 1949 Type of Appearance: Contemporary reference

Laurence van Cott "Larry" Niven (born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction author, writing primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics, but also often including elements of detective fiction and adventure stories.

Larry Niven in Earthgrip

Larry Niven was an important subject in Professor Jennifer Logan's class on Middle English science fiction.

Larry Niven in "Hindsight"

Michelle Gordian plagiarized several of Larry Niven's works for her "Mark Gordian" persona in the 1950s, including "Neutron Star", "At the Core", "The Handicapped", and "The Hole Man". Gordian's publication of "Neutron Star" caused excitement among astronomers at the very concept.