Tag Archives: Larry Niven

S3E4: Larry Niven Interview

Posted on July 29, 2024 by Alex R. Howe

In this episode, I interview the legendary Larry Niven, author of Ringworld, The Mote in God’s Eye, Lucifer’s Hammer, Footfall, and many more. Niven’s book recommendations from his catalog: The Seascape Tattoo (fantasy, with Steven Barnes) Fleet of Worlds Series (with Edward Lerner) The … Continue reading →

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#29 – Larry Niven and the Return of Hard Sci-Fi

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Alex R. Howe

By 1970, the New Wave in science fiction had made peace with a surge of new hard sci-fi works and writers. At the forefront of this trend was Larry Niven, who took a unique path in hard sci-fi by proposing … Continue reading →

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Ringworld Theory: Did Teela Brown Have Bad Luck?

Posted on June 20, 2021 by Alex R. Howe

In Larry Niven’s Ringworld, the alien Puppeteers have secretly been selectively breeding humans for being lucky, which they believe (correctly) is actually a psychic probability manipulation ability. (This seems a little weird because natural selection already involves a lot of … Continue reading →

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