Niven has other short stories that take place on mercury, venus, earth, the moon, mars, pluto, the asteroid belt, and of course other star systems. The universe includes ringworld, the ringworld prequels, the mankzin series and several standalone novels. 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. The first book in the known space series is ringworld, and it received hugo, locus, ditmar, and nebula awards. Sutter intergalactic interview with larry niven 2011 by darrell schweitzer. There is a complete bibliography of larry nivens works, available on the bibliography page. He is a fivetime winner of the hugo award, along with a nebula and numerous others. Reading the larry niven books in order involves, however, picking up his fleet of worlds, heorot, and mankzin. The patchwork girl is a science fiction novel by american writer larry niven. Larry niven books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography barnes. Nivens novels are speculations about the technologies of the future, but his speculations closely follow current trends in scientific research to their logical, if optimistic, conclusions.
He has experienced life thoroughly, and is thinking of taking a trip to and beyond the reaches of known space, all alone in a spaceship for a year or more. Lerner, is a prequel set 200 years before the novel ringworld known spaces governments have learned that the galactic hub has exploded and. It is generally considered by scholars of science fiction to be one of the most internally consistent, if not always the most scientifically plausible, sf settings in the history of the genre. Larry niven biography laurence van cott niven born april 30, 1938 is a us. The links below will display the entries in the bibliography for each particular work. However, you dont get the illustrations in that volume. The patchwork girl by larry niven book 4 in the known space scifi series 1970.
Wilson writing in the dictionary of literary biography, much of larry nivens fiction reveals a love affair with technology. 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. Each selection is accompanied by a brief introduction. One of the famed american science fiction writers of our time is larry niven whose real names are laurence van cott niven. Buy the patchwork girl by larry niven online at alibris. His best known works are a collection of short stories and books informally referred to as tales of known space. Larry niven is an award winning american author of hard science fiction, best known for his ringworld series.
The graphic novel, part one, twohundredyearold human louis wu is recruited by a twoheaded alien named nessus to join him, a catlike warrior alien. See all books authored by larry niven, including ringworld, and lucifers hammer, and more on. The series involve big science, theoretical physics, detective fiction and adventure. Buy patchwork girl orbit books paperback softback by niven, larry isbn. Part of his known space series, it is the fourth of five gil hamilton detective stories and the first to be published as a standalone novel in 1980. Gilbert gilgamesh hamilton is a fictional character in the known space universe created by larry niven. Niven, who was the writer of 1973s the slaver weapon, apparently granted picard showrunner michael chabon permission to drop a reference to the kzinti in the series. This short novel features nivens gil hamilton in a very enjoyable science fictional mystery. Science fictionfantasy, novellasshort stories, mysterycrimesuspense, novels. He is often called gil the arm, both due to his affiliation with the arm world police force, and his unusual psychic ability. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Biography born in topeka, kansas, to flatlander parents near the end of the 21st century. The patchwork girl larry niven this novel, illustrated in the original editions, features gil the arm hamilton, the detective protagonist of the stories in flatlander most of which were published earlier in the long arm of gil hamilton. The patchwork girl 1980 hardcover paperback kindle.
The patchwork girl book by larry niven thriftbooks. The best of larry niven november 2010 graphic novels and comics adaptations edit not long before the end was adapted by doug moench and vicente alcazar may 1975, and all the myriad ways by writerartist howard chaykin sep 1975, both for marvel comics blackandwhite anthology magazine unknown worlds of science fiction. Niven is the author of numerous science fiction short stories and novels, beginning with his 1964 story the coldest place which in the story was said to be the dark side of mercury. The patchwork girl is also included in the book, three books of known space.
Hi novels are primarily hard science fiction and often feature theoretical physics and the big science concepts ie large scale science ideas. Known space is a future history setting used by author larry niven as a base for thirtyfive of his short stories and nine novels. Now this sf classic is adapted into a thrilling manga adventure by robert mandell and sean lam in ringworld. Would you believe searching in a hologram like dowsing over a map. This novel, illustrated in the original editions, features gil the arm hamilton, the detective protagonist of the stories in. Louis gridley wu is celebrating his 200th birthday. Buy a cheap copy of the patchwork girl book by larry niven. The patchwork girl larry niven larry niven, science fiction art. The draco tavern the patchwork girl all the myriad ways crashlander. Part of his known space series, it is the fourth of five gil hamilton detective stories. See more ideas about larry niven, science fiction and sci fi art. Famous for his ringworld and kzinti novels, larry nivens work is considered hard sf and is notable for its detailed treatment of other species such as the feline kzinti or the pierson puppeteers.
Larry niven short stories volume 1 2003 larry niven short stories volume 2 2003 larry niven short stories volume 3 2003 the draco tavern 2006 stars and gods august 2010, isbn 0765308649 the best of larry niven november 2010, isbn 9781596063310 graphic novels and comics adaptations. Fernando fernadez, match wits with the sharpest mind in science fiction in a classic locked universe mystery. This page lists short stories and articles by larry niven, which have been published in anthologies and compendia. But, the deeper origin of the kzinti is actually from larry nivens sprawling series of short stories and novels, collectively called the known space universe. Reading the larry niven books in order involves, however, picking up his fleet of. The sources used for this were larry nivens stories and novels. Larry niven science fiction books for sale in stock ebay. Larry niven books list of books by author larry niven.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It took a long time for me to reach the fleet of worlds series fleet of worlds, a collaboration with edward m. Despite his age, louis is in perfect physical condition because of a regimen of boosterspice but is bored. Tell me a story 2009 by larry niven larry niven 2010 by james l. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the patchwork girl. A modern science fiction classic, larry nivens ringworld won the hugo and nebula awards for best novel in 1970. The patchwork girl known space series by larry niven.
If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Larry niven books biography and list of works author. A collection of excerpts from nivens short stories and novels from approx 2004 2010. Niven published his first science fiction story the coldest place in 1964 and in 1967 won the hugo short story award for neutron star. Perhaps his bestknown work is ringworld 1970, which received hugo, locus and nebula awards. Standard niven with some new psychic hand abilities.
Larry niven 1938 laurence van cott niven born april 30, 1938 is a us science fiction author. Huge lot 66 sci fi science fiction fantasy books novels larry niven carl sagan. The sequel to nspaceplaygrounds of the mind captures the startling range and variety of larry nivens spectacular career, from bestselling novels such as lucifers hammer and the ringworld engineers, from his classic short stories of science fiction. Ringworld is a hard science fiction series that is part of the known space universe, created by american novelist larry niven. Niven has also written fantasy novels, including the series. The patchwork girl by larry niven 1980 ace science fiction. Author larry nivens complete list of books and series in order, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability. 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. Larry niven is a wellknown american scifi author who has been writing for the last 50 or so years and is best known for his ringworld sciencefiction series which has received several awards, including the hugo, locus, ditmar, and nebula awards. Nivens late collections like nivens laws coll 1984 see laws, limits coll 1985, nspace coll 1990, playgrounds of the mind coll 1991 have tended increasingly to resort earlier stories. All of our paper waste is recycled within the uk and turned into corrugated cardboard. He began writing in the 1960s, and his short stories and novels have won such prestigious literary awars as the locus, hugo, and nebula.
Larry niven project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Larry niven books biography and list of works author of. He is one of the few science fiction detectives to appear in the genre. The gil hamilton subseries comprising the long arm of gil hamilton coll of linked stories 1976, the patchwork girl 1980, both. The patchwork girl by niven larry seller fantastic literature ltd published 1980 condition fine paperback, very slight nick to the head of the spine edition 2nd printing. Series isbncatalog id price pages format type cover artist verif. Larry niven is currently considered a single author. Lerner 2007 i began reading larry nivens novels in the mid1970s, but i am an eclectic reader. Come with us as we explore known space and the many other worlds of larry niven.
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