The best books of larry niven either with or without coauthors score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Niven has shared the setting with other writers since a 1988 anthology, the mankzin wars baen books, jointly edited. No doubt you have your own favoritesfeel free to mention them in comments. The main characters speculate on how the adam and eve legend could work in real life, purely as an intellectual exercise. Also, this novel is one that most of the other known space stories refer to, making it a must for any larry niven fan. Protector is a excellent novel in niven s known space series, a thought provoking book that covers a vast amount of space and time the basic elements of sf. Fantasy book covers fantasy books sci fi fantasy larry niven classic sci fi books science fiction books human nature. His set of known space books are excellent and should never be lost im so glad they were released to kindle format. Larry niven is a prolific american science fiction writer.
This book was published in analog form and it ended up earning larry a hugo award. Book one in the classic heorot series from genre legends larry niven, jerry pournelle, and steven barnes the two hundred colonists on board the geographic have spent a century in cold sleep to arrive here. The thrintun singular thrint, are a longextinct species which ruled the galaxy through telepathic mind control from 3 to 2 billion years ago. Though it was first printed in 1970, it appears farther down the list in nivens published bibliographies. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands.
Mark greenawalt give bodypainting demonstration at scifi convention called leprecon with one recreating the cover to robert heinlein book i will fear no evil and the second was a star wars legacy character named. Protector is a 1973 science fiction novel by american writer larry niven, set in his known space universe. Tales of known space, larry niven, orbit book cover art, book covers. Larry niven fantasy book covers, classic sci fi books.
His best known works are a collection of short stories and books informally referred to as tales of known space. The book cover archive, for the appreciation and categorization of excellence in book cover design. This story tells you about the culture of these aliens to set you up for all the ringworld and fleet of worlds sagas. The thrintun singular thrint, in larry nivens fictional known space universe, are a longextinct species that ruled the.
Select a particular edition title for more data at that level, such as a front cover image or linked contents. Send us your terrible covers so we can document the carnage to. But by claiming there is no story you run the risk of appearing shallow. Giving up freedom for security is beginning to look naive. Dave truesdale, tangent online i am entertained and enlightened. Book cover for oath of fealty by larry niven, jerry pournelle. I am reasonably comfortable with larry nivens known space universe, however i have just finished. Much like isaac asimov, his books follow a set of rules, which include never fire a laser at a mirror. Here are all the larry niven books in reading order for his work over the last 50 or so years. Larry niven is the multiple hugo and nebula awardwinning author of the ringworld series, along with many other science fiction masterpieces. First british and first hardcover edition of larry nivens hugo and nebula awardwinning novel. Protector by larry niven, 1973, cover by dean ellis. When it comes to book covers, sales departments have often had more clout than the.
Avalon, a lush, verdant planet lightyears from earth. Niven has also written fantasy novels, including the series. Jack cohen who has agreed to help us construct a new ecological creature to be part of a short novel involving some of the characters from beowulfs children. Remember to write about the book as much as you can, or attach a link to your blog if youve written about it.
What can you say about chocolate covered manhole covers. Larry niven greatest science fiction novel of all time fantasy book covers. Larry is a major league comic book fan you can find the latest comics scattered about the niven house which is filled with incredible glasswork and art, including the originals of many of his book covers. There, 25 years have passed since humanity quarantined the mysterious aliens known as moties within the confines of their own solar system. Man of steel, woman of kleenex audiobook by larry niven.
Laurence van cott niven is an american science fiction writer. His beowulfs children, coauthored with jerry pournelle and steven barnes, was a new york times bestsell. The ringworld engineers by larry niven 1981 del rey soft. Five eyecatching 70s sf covers that actually represent. Larry niven and jerry pournelle, awardwinning authors of such best sellers as footfall and the legacy of heorot, return us to the mote, and to the universe of kevin renner and horace bury, of rod blaine and sally fowler. Protector by larry niven overdrive rakuten overdrive. Niven strength here is his ability to create believable aliens and cast them in scientifically challenging and plausible situations.
His creations are so mindstretching, without being fantasy, and his science is spot on just the right balance of hard scifi and fun. Even today, many fans still debate the existence of the characters known as niven who inhabit the universe far away. Though, you must judge harry on the first book only, for, it is through the sequels to ringworld that larry niven truly earns. In 1956, he entered the california institute of technology, only to flunk out a year and a half later after discovering a bookstore jammed with used sciencefiction magazines. Beowulfs children heorot series book 2 kindle edition by niven, larry, pournelle, jerry, barnes, steven. Larry niven is an american author of hard science fiction, best known for his ringworld series, which is part of the largely known space universe. Ringworld, the ringworld engineers, the ringworld throne, and ringworlds children. Larry niven ringworld sf masterworks science fiction not currently available on sf gateway winner of the 1970 nebula and 1971 hugo awards. Fi artclassic sci fi booksbook cover artbook coversbook art. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading beowulfs children heorot series book 2. I might even consider this book better than ringworld, mostly because i can comprehend the ideas better and the plot was easier to follow than the other book. Fantasy book covers best book covers book cover art classic sci fi books science fiction books pulp fiction. Mary burkey mary burkey is an independent library consultant in columbus oh.
The first book in the known space series is ringworld, and it received hugo, locus, ditmar, and nebula awards. Discussed in what can you say about chocolate coated manhole covers. Fantasy book covers fantasy books sci fi fantasy larry niven classic sci fi books science fiction books human nature authors literature. The back wrap has been taped to the spine which is slightly cocked and has reading lines. Get the best deals on larry niven books when you shop the largest online selection at. The pak are a race that are as prevalent in larry niven s novels as robots are in asimov stories. Larry niven a selection from our shelves terms of sale the books in this list and similar items can be found on our website by searching for larry niven in the author or title search field on the right side of our banner. You are encouraged to invite friends from everywhere in the world to join. Larry niven books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography barnes. See more of good show sir only the worst scifi fantasy book covers on facebook. Good show sir only the worst scifi fantasy book covers.
Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. An enthusiastic audiophile, she has served on all four of alas audiobook award committees as well as the audies. Unfortunately, the scope of the ringworld, often touted as the reason this became a classic, didnt blow me away as it might have in 1970. However english writing is recommended for everyone to share book information. This is a classic larry niven book that will be satisfying to anyone who has read any of the ringworld series, or just to newbies coming to niven for the first time. The first story covers the first contact between man and kzin, and exemplifies the general weakness of all the stories where unarmed, pacifist humans rout the boneheaded, overaggressive and heavily armed kzin. The kzin were the mightiest warriors in the galaxy, which they were wasting no time in conquering, one star system at a time. Nspace is a collection of short stories by american science fiction author larry niven released. Reading the larry niven books in order involves, however, picking up his fleet of worlds, heorot, and mankzin wars book series as well. He is a fivetime winner of the hugo award, along with a nebula and numerous others. Buy a cheap copy of mankzin wars 11 book by larry niven. Larry niven, author of ringworld a great source book for sf writers. Protector is a excellent novel in nivens known space series, a thought provoking book that covers a vast amount of space and time the basic elements of sf.
Larry niven is the multiple hugo, locus, and nebula awardwinning author of science fiction short stories and novels, including the ringworld series, as well as many other science fiction masterpieces. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Larry niven and steve barnes came over just after my morning walk and we had a conference on a notion for a new book in the avalon beowulfs children series. Larry niven books list of books by author larry niven thriftbooks. Five eyecatching 70s sf covers that actually represent the story.
Larry niven is the author of ringworld, the coauthor of the mote in gods eye and lucifers hammer, the editor of the mankzin war series, and has written or coauthored over 50 books. Another book that every science fiction reader should absolutely read. Larry niven relies heavily on the awe and mystery of this world yet doesnt bring the sort of gravitas a novel like clarkes rendezvous with rama uses to impose his ancient floating structure. Larry niven is one of the five greatest ever scifi authors. This is a set of short stories by larry niven and his friends about, you guessed it, the mankzin wars. Some of larrys books and short stories are available in various ebook formats, including kindle, which can be downloaded from online publishers by clicking the links below. Small octavo, original brickred cloth, original dust jacket. We also have a selection of larrys stories hosted with permission on our exclusives page. This book is a straight forward crime story with a unique crime weapon. One of the famed american science fiction writers of our time is larry niven whose real names are laurence van cott niven. This is a book which covers a huge number of topics well and provides great scientific and science fictional stimulation. It was nominated for the hugo in 1974, and placed fourth in the annual locus poll for that year the work fleshes out a species called the pak, originally introduced in a 1967 story called the adults, which forms the first half of the novel there titled phssthpok. The first book was published in 1970, and the last did not appear until 2004.