Larry Niven Books In Order
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World of Ptavvs | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Gift from Earth | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Neutron Star | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Protector | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tales of Known Space | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Patchwork Girl | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crashlander | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Flatlander | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Ringworld Books
Ringworld | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ringworld Engineers | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ringworld Throne | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ringworld's Children | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fate of Worlds | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Moties Books
The Mote in God's Eye | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Gripping Hand / The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Outies | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Inferno Books
Publication Order of The State Books
A World Out of Time | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Integral Trees | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Smoke Ring | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Magic Goes Away Books
The Magic Goes Away | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Magic May Return | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Time of the Warlock | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
More Magic | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Seascape Tattoo | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Dream Park Books
Dream Park | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Barsoom Project | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
California Voodoo Game / The Voodoo Game | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Moon Maze Game | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Heorot Books
The Legacy of Heorot | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Beowulf's Children / The Dragons of Heorot | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Secret of Black Ship Island | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Starborn and Godsons | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chronological Order of Heorot Books
The Legacy of Heorot | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Secret of Black Ship Island | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Beowulf's Children / The Dragons of Heorot | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Starborn and Godsons | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Man-Kzin Wars Books
The Man-Kzin Wars | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Man-Kzin Wars II | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Man-Kzin Wars III | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Man-Kzin Wars IV | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Children's Hour | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Man-Kzin Wars V | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Man-Kzin Wars VI | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Man-Kzin Wars VII | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Darker Geometry | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best of All Possible Wars | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Man-Kzin Wars VIII: Choosing Names | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Man-Kzin Wars IX | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The House of the Kzinti | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Man-Kzin Wars XI | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Destiny's Forge | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Man-Kzin Wars XII | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Man-Kzin Wars XIII | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Man-Kzin Wars XIV | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Treasure Planet | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Man-Kzin Wars XV | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Golden Road Books
Publication Order of Ringworld Prequel Books
Fleet of Worlds | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Juggler of Worlds | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Destroyer of Worlds | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Betrayer of Worlds | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Bowl Of Heaven Books
Bowl of Heaven | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shipstar | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Glorious | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
The Flying Sorcerers | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lucifer's Hammer | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Oath of Fealty | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Descent of Anansi | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Footfall | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fallen Angels | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Achilles' Choice | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Destiny's Road | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rainbow Mars | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Saturn's Race | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Building Harlequin's Moon | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Goliath Stone | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
All the Myriad Ways | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Shape of Space | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Inconstant Moon | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Flight of the Horse | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Hole in Space | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Convergent Series | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Limits | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
N-Space | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Playgrounds of the Mind | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Three Books of Known Space | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Scatterbrain | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Magic Goes Away Collection | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Draco Tavern | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stars and Gods | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Madness from the Inconstant Moon | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
The Locusts | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Return of William Proxmire | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Stellar Guild Books
Tau Ceti | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
On the Train | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
When the Blue Shift Comes | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
New Under the Sun | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Aethers of Mars | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Red Tide | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Inci | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wishing on a Star | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Isaac Asimov's Anthology Books
Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Aliens | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Robots | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's War | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Ghosts | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Christmas | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Camelot | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Detectives | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Werewolves | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Solar System | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Utopias | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Father Day | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Halloween | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Ringworld Graphic Novels
Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part One | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part Two | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Steven Barnes Short Stories/Novellas
The Locusts | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Wars Saved My Life | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Stellar Books
Stellar Short Novels | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stellar #2 | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stellar #3 | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stellar #4 | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stellar #5 | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stellar #6 | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stellar #7 | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1966 | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dangerous Visions | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction Nineteenth Series | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Vol. 2 | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ten Tomorrows | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Antigrav | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stellar #2 | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best of All Possible Worlds | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
2020 Vision | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
There Will Be War | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Aliens & Outworlders | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Berserker Base | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Robert Adams' Book of Alternate Worlds | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Drabble Project | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Robert Adams' Book of Soldiers | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alien Sex | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Time Machines | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Armageddons | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine, July/August 2000 | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October/November 2000 | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Analog, September 2002 | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Space Cadets | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Under Cover of Darkness | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Assassin and Other Stories | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Multiverse | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best of Galaxy's Edge Magazine 2013-2014 | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Worst Contact | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Infinite Stars | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Space Pioneers | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best of Galaxy’s Edge | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Infinite Stars | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Born of the Sun: Adventures in Our Solar System | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Conversations From the Edge: The Galaxy's Edge Interviews | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
One of the famed American science fiction writers of our time is Larry Niven whose real names are Laurence Van Cott Niven. He was born in Los Angeles California, United States, on April 30th 1938 and studied at Washburn University, and California institute of technology. Larry dropped out from the California institute of Technology only after one year and a half once he discovered a book store full of used science fiction magazines. This is where his passion for Sci-Fi’s was birthed. Funny enough Larry graduated with a B.A in mathematics, minoring in psychology. He undertook some graduate work in mathematics for one year then went on to full time writing. His first sale was the story titled ‘The Coldest Place’ which he wrote 1964 selling it for only $25.
The Coldest Place was based on the planet mercury which was believed to be the coldest on the solar system. At the time this story hit the market, scientists discovered that mercury in deed revolved around the sun and was not that cold as had been perceived previously. Without being deterred, he continued to write about the wonders of the universe for over four decades making him one of the most celebrated writers of this age.
Larry’s love for science and scientific discoveries drove him to write fiction stories throughout his life. He wrote about the modern day theories of neutron stars, dark matters, solar flares and the rings found on the planet Saturn. In his early years, when he started out, he knew exactly what he was interested in and what he wanted to write. An example in 1966 was the story ‘World of Ptavvs’ which was about an alien that had been stranded in space for over 3 billion years. Larry brings the alien called slaverer in to civilized life in an interesting future solar system. He interestingly intertwines the past and the future creating an epic story line that goes on and on.
In the World of Ptavvs, the slavers (characters created by Larry) grew some rocket boosters, which were a version of trees with solid fuel cones. This was just before he began to dream of bon fire made of stage trees. With time, Larry’s stories began to evolve into what is known as ‘Known Space’ timeline. The Known Space started to be populated with brazen images of aliens and description of far off worlds. Fans began to digest these concepts with a hunger not knowing that there was more to this reality.
Ringworld
Between 1968 and 1970, Larry published the Ringworld which became an instant hit. He then went on to publish a ring of stories that were rich and deep as their predecessors the Known Space. The ‘Organleggers’ and the ‘Jigsawman’ explored the fact that there could be organ transplants and eventually exploited the crime of organ crimes and sales in the future. He also came up with ‘Gil’ the detective who investigated and tracked down organ smugglers. Later Larry would start receiving fan mails from china, India and other parts of the world with real life storied of the organ trade.
Protector
In another twist, Larry released the novel ‘Protector’ returning back to the Known Space theory. In the first part he comes up with the story ‘Adult’ which describes an alien race known as the Pak who are the ancestors of the human race. The Pak belonged to an infant stage of life, but when they develop some craving of a certain yam root they transform into hyper intelligent, super strong creatures with war like tendencies.
The soft weapon
This one was released after the protector and took on another dimension all together as Larry’s carrier continued to blossom. This was the story line that broke him out into the movie world as it was adopted into the animated series known as ‘Star Trek’. Even today, many fans still debate the existence of the characters known as Niven who inhabit the universe far away.
The Hole Man
This book was published in analog form and it ended up earning Larry a Hugo award. This book is a straight forward crime story with a unique crime weapon. The weapon is similar to what scientists call today the black hole which made this book very unique as scientists had at that time just discovered its existence.
His next story was ‘$16,940’ which did not have any scientific themes. It was just a normal crime story. At the same time he was working on the TV series ‘Land of the Lost’.
Dream Park
In the 1980’s Larry began to collaborate with other writers and this time worked with Steven Barnes to write the dream park. The theme to this story was to use holograms to bring up real characters.
Draco Tavern
Larry also has a set of short stories that have not come into the limelight. Draco Tavern is a collection of short stories about a fictitious bar serving many aliens. A collection of about five pages dealing with virtual reality, human evolution, existence of God, has not yet been collected previously.
Ringworld
As time went on his fans dived deeper into his stories getting possessed with some of his characters. This drove him to writing the Ringworld series. . There is perhaps none of his works that generated as much discussion and heated debate like this one. Fans all over the world started talking about the series. Many times fans even wrote to him upgrades of this series as Larry recounts. Some even became fanatical and would chant that the Ringworld was unstable and throwing messages to his hotel rooms wherever he would visit. Later in that decade he released the ring world engineers which seemed to calm down the nerves of his fans. The Ringworld, due to its success, evolved and other series arose from it. The Ringworld throne came out in 1996 while in 2004 he released the ringworld’s children. These future releases were never ruled out either and went out to become big hits as well. Though not yet in a movie, the Ringworld movie rumors still persist and we just have to wait and see what will come of it. Larry has continued to write other short stories with great success. His energy never seems to dissipate and probably another block buster is on the making.
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