Larry Niven – Books Reading Order

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Last updated on July 1, 2020 Larry Niven is a well known American science fiction author who has been writing for the last 50 years and is best known for his science fiction from the world of the ring. series that has received several awards, including the hugo, locus, ditmar and nebula awards. Reading Larry Niven’s books in order, however, implies also picking up his fleet of worlds, Heorot, and the Man-Kzin Wars series of books.

Here are all of Larry Niven’s books in reading order for his work for the last 50 years or so. since the author has several published series, they are listed in order of publication, starting with known space, series written between 1966-1980.

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You are reading: Larry niven books in order

You are reading: Larry niven books in order

You are reading: Larry niven books in order

You are reading: Larry niven books in order

You are reading: Larry niven books in order

You are reading: Larry niven books in order

You are reading: Larry niven books in order

You are reading: Larry niven books in order

You are reading: Larry niven books in order

You are reading: Larry niven books in order

known space series in order

1. world of the ptavvs, 1966
2. earth gift, 1968
3. protector , 1973
4. the patchwork girl, 1980

ringworld series in order

1. ringworld, 1970
2. ringworld engineers, 1980
3. the throne of the ringworld, 1996
4. the children of the ringworld, 2004
5. the fate of the worlds, 2012

world series fleet in order

1. fleet of worlds, 2007
2. juggler of worlds, 2008
3. destroyer of worlds , 2009
4. traitor of worlds, 2010

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the fate of worlds is the latest book in the ringworld and fleet of worlds series.

heorot series in order

1. heorot’s legacy, 1987
2. the secret of black ship island, 2012 (novel)
3. the children of beowulf, 1995
4. starborn and godchildren, 2020

man-kzin wars series in order

1. the man-kzin wars, 1988
2. man-kzin wars ii, 1989
3. man-kzin wars iii, 1990
4. man-kzin wars iv, 1991
5. man-kzin wars v, 1992
6. man-kzin wars vi, 1994
7. man-kzin wars vii, 1995
8. man-kzin wars viii, 1998
9. man-kzin wars ix, 2002
10. man- kzin wars x, 2003
11. man-kzin wars xi, 2005
12. man-kzin wars xii, 2009
13. man-kzin wars xiii, 2012
14. man-kzin wars xiv, 2013
15. man-kzin wars xv, 2019

name the string in order

1. the speck in the eye of god, 1974
2. the hand that grabs, 1993
3. outies , 2010

dante/inferno series in order

1. hell, 1976
2. escape from hell, 2009

golden route series in order

1. the burning city, 2000
2. burning tower, 2005
3. burning mountain, na

dream park series in order

1. dream park, 1981
2. the barsoom project, 1989
3. the voodoo game of california , 1992
4. the moon maze game, 2011

the series of states in order

1. a world out of time, 1976
2. the integral trees, 1984
3. the smoke ring, 1987

magic disappears series in order

1. shortly before the end, 1969 (novel)
2. what good is a glass dagger?, 1972 (novel)
3. the magic goes away, 1978
4. the magic can come back, 1981
5. more magic, 1984
6. marine tattoo, 2016

heaven bowl series in order

1. sky bowl, 2012
2. shipstar, 2014
3. glorious , 2020

larry niven standalone books

• the flying wizards, 1971
• the hammer of lucifer, 1977
• oath of loyalty, 1981
• anansi’s descent, 1982
• footsteps, 1985
• fallen angels, 1991
• the choice of achilles, 1991
• the race of saturn , 2001</li
• building the harlequin moon, 2005
• goliath’s stone, 2013
• conversations from the edge: galaxy’s edge interviews, 2019

Larry Niven Biography

so who is larry niven?

Born in 1938 in Los Angeles, California, Laurence Van Scott Niven spent most of his childhood in Beverly Hills.

In 1956, he enrolled at the California Institute of Technology, however, after a year and a half he left school. Finally, he returned to his studies, this time attending Washburn University, Kansas, from which he graduated in 1962 with a B.A. in mathematics and a minor in psychology.

He then went to UCLA, where he studied for a year as a math graduate student, before dropping out again because of science fiction. this time it was not because he liked to read, but because he wanted to write his own books.

in 1964 he sold a story he wrote called The Coldest Place for $25. the same year, the story appeared in the December issue of worlds of if. Two years later, in 1966, she published world of the ptavvs, which would become the first novel in the well-known space series.

The author received numerous awards for his books, including the highly coveted Nebula Award, Hugo Award, and Locus Award.

in addition to writing books, stories and anthologies, he has also written several scripts for some television programs, such as the series land of the lost; star trek: the animated series. Furthermore, he is known for writing the Green Lantern character for DC Comics.

someone emailed me asking, “is larry niven still alive?” well yes, the author is still alive and kicking and hopefully working on the next known space book of his.

Tales of the Known Space includes not only the four books in the Known Space series but also several other books in related series that are set in the same world. These combine Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin, along with several short stories and standalone novels as well.

Known space is an entire universe set a thousand years in the future where humans live alongside incredible alien species, all spawning in various habitable star systems. it begins with the initial human explorations of the solar system and spawns the colonization of several nearby systems.

The coldest spot describes the darkest side of Mercury. Larry Niven’s Ringworld stories begin on Earth, sometimes in the future, when humans can live up to 200 years. they set sail for the ringworld, a huge artificial ring with a habitable inner surface.

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Some of the places visited during known space histories are the moon, mars, the sun’s belt, jinx, down, canyon, fafnir, hearth, kzin, ringworld, and silvereyes, among others. So far, the last book in known space is Fate of Worlds, which is also the last book in the Ringworld and Fleet of Worlds series.

Larry Niven’s latest books so far include a short story called The Light of the Red Giant, which ran in issue 11-12 of magazine of fantasy & science fiction, published on November 1, 2017. is a short story about two characters, one human and one robot, who are involved in preventing an asteroid from destroying the planet Pluto. is a fun story that reminds us how great the author is.

it is interesting that larry has often written about pluto in various works. For example, in World of the Ptavvs, he practically set Pluto on fire. The 1968 Tale Waits, the story features an astronaut who landed on Pluto. In another short story, The Sun’s Borderland, the author theorizes that Pluto is an escaped moon of Neptune.

praise for larry niven

Larry Niven’s Ringworld remains one of science fiction’s all-time classic travelogues: a surprising new world and fantastic companions. (greg bear)

If there isn’t a ringworld somewhere, we should build one someday. until then we have the larry niven one. a rich and fantastic story.” (fred saberhagen)

The scope of Larry Niven’s work is so vast that only a writer of supreme talent could hide the fact to the best of his ability. (tom clancy)

niven is a true master. (frederik pohl)

grand narrative is alive in science fiction thanks to larry niven (orson scott card)

another excellent masterpiece from a science fiction master (jack williamson)

references

• larry niven author website
• larry niven library of congress page
• larry niven interview

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