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Bio: Larry Niven was born in 1938 in Los Angeles, California. 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 science-fiction magazines. He graduated with a B.A. in mathematics (minor in psychology) from Washburn University, Kansas, in 1962, and completed one year of graduate work before he dropped out to write. His first published story, "The Coldest Place," appeared in the December 1964 issue of Worlds of If. He won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1966 for "Neutron Star," in 1972 for "Inconstant Moon" (which was later turned into an episode on the "New Outer Limits" TV series), and in 1974 for "The Hole Man." The 1975 Hugo Award for Best Novelette was given to "The Borderland of Sol." His novel Ringworld won the 1970 Hugo Award for Best Novel, the 1970 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and the 1972 Ditmar, an Australian award for Best International Science Fiction.


1. Short [5104 words]The Hole Man by Larry Niven [Science Fiction]
2. Short [6947 words]Neutron Star [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story] by Larry Niven [Science Fiction]
3. Juggler of Worlds by Larry Niven & Edward Lerner [Science Fiction]
4. Short [16312 words]Grendel [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story] by Larry Niven [Science Fiction]
5. Short [6976 words]At the Core [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story] by Larry Niven [Science Fiction]
6. Short [14081 words]Flatlander [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story] by Larry Niven [Science Fiction]
7. Short [4605 words]Wrong Way Street by Larry Niven [Science Fiction]
8. Short [16181 words]Procrustes [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story] by Larry Niven [Science Fiction]
9. Short [7480 words]The Lion in his Attic by Larry Niven [Fantasy]
10. Short [4201 words]The Jigsaw Man by Larry Niven [Science Fiction]
  1. Short [16970 words]The Fourth Profession by Larry Niven [Science Fiction]
2. Short [15376 words]The Borderland of Sol [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story] by Larry Niven [Science Fiction]
3. Short [13316 words]What Good Is a Glass Dagger? by Larry Niven [Fantasy]
4. Short [14081 words]Flatlander [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story] by Larry Niven [Science Fiction]
5. Short [9046 words]Inconstant Moon by Larry Niven [Science Fiction]
6. Short [6947 words]Neutron Star [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story] by Larry Niven [Science Fiction]
7. Short [6976 words]At the Core [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story] by Larry Niven [Science Fiction]
8. Short [16312 words]Grendel [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story] by Larry Niven [Science Fiction]
9. Short [21051 words]ARM by Larry Niven [Science Fiction/Mystery/Crime]
10. Short [4026 words]Not Long Before the End by Larry Niven [Fantasy]

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1 The Hole Man [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
  A team of astrophysicists land on Mars to study an abandoned alien base that was used to study humans during the Ice Age. All the environmental and communications systems are still running … but their operation remains a mystery. When one member of the team tries to prove his crazy quantum black hole theory about how the alien communications unit works, he inadvertently unleashes an astrophysical time bomb that threatens the very existence of the Red Planet. (Published: 1974) Hugo Award Winner

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2 Juggler of Worlds [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Larry Niven, Edward Lerner
  For too long, the Puppeteers have controlled the fate of worlds. Now Sigmund is pulling the strings... Covert agent Sigmund Ausfaller is Earth's secret weapon, humanity's best defense against all conspiracies, real and potential - and imaginary - of foes both human and alien. Who better than a brilliant paranoid to expose the devious plots of others? He may finally have met his match in Nessus, representative of the secretive Puppeteers, the elder race who wield vastly superior technologies.... more info>>
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3 Neutron Star [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story] [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
  One of Niven's most beloved characters, Beowulf Shaeffer, is forced to take a dangerous mission to explore a neutron star. The last group who went there never came back alive, but Shaeffer faces life imprisonment if he doesn't take the job. Will he determine the mysterious force that turned the prior crew to hamburger before he suffers a similar fate? (Published: 1966) Hugo Award Winner

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4 Grendel [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story] [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
  Itinerant space pilot and epic hero Beowulf Shaeffer finds himself in the midst of an interstellar scandal when an alien sculpture artist is kidnapped from his passenger starship. (Published: 1968)

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5 At the Core [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story] [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
  A human spaceship pilot accepts an offer to guide a cramped (but very fast) experimental alien ship to the center of the galaxy on a promotional stunt--but what he finds at the core is much more important than just publicity. (Published: 1966)

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6 Flatlander [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story] [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
  Traveling on a spaceliner headed for Earth, spaceship pilot Beowulf Shaeffer strikes up a friendship with Gregory Pelton, the fabulously wealthy descendant of the inventor of the transfer booth--known to his friends as Elephant. Irritated at being labeled a flatlander, Elephant decides visit the most unusual system in the galaxy ... with Beowulf piloting his ship, of course� (Published: 1967) Nebula Award(R) Nominee

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7 Wrong Way Street [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
  An abandoned alien ship has been found on the moon, and a scientist studying one of the mysterious control panels thinks he has found the main propulsion system ... a time machine. (Published: 1969) Nebula Award(R) Nominee

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8 Procrustes [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story] [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
  Spaceship pilot Beowulf Shaeffer groggily awakens on a deserted island and considers the events leading up to the moment his head was blown off. The small ship with its six passengers had just landed on Fafnir to catch an outbound spaceliner when his crewmate had inexplicably turned and fired her weapon directly at his head. The Intensive Care Cavity that saved him shows that more than four months have passed, and his friends are nowhere to be found� (Published: 1993)

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Category: Science Fiction
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9 Inconstant Moon [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
  A freelance technical writer notices that the moon is unusually bright. At first, he thinks it is some kind of atmospheric phenomenon, but soon he realizes he will be spending his last night alive. What should he do? (Published: 1971) Hugo Award Winner

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10 No Exit: The Science-Fantasy Classic [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven, Jean Marie Stine
  "No Exit" is the rarest of all Larry Niven stories. Reprinted only once in an obscure British anthology, it has otherwise only been obtainable by those who could afford the high prices charged for older science fiction magazines. Written with Jean Marie Stine, it appeared in the June 1971 issue of Fantastic Stories. The original magazine blurb for the story read in part: "Stine's review here of television's The Prisoner led to the opportunity to write the third book in that series. Niven is a Hu... more info>>

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11 Not Long Before the End [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
  [First in a series.] A Warlock discovers the energy source that powers all magic, and is forced to use this secret weapon to battle a jealous villager brandishing the ultimate sword of evil. (Published: 1969) Hugo Award Nominee, Nebula Award(R) Nominee

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12 The Borderland of Sol [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story] [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
  Spaceship pilot Beowulf Shaeffer and certified genius Carlos Wu join Sigmund Ausfaller of the Extremely Foreign Relations Bureau on an investigative mission aboard Sigmund's Extremely Fast and Heavily Armed spaceship, the Hobo Kelly. Eight ships have mysteriously disappeared from Sol System, each winking out of existence as they entered hyperdrive, and the trio's theories for the inexplicable phenomena run from human pirates to hyperspace monsters. When Carlos solicits an opinion from a gravitat... more info>> (Published: 1975) Locus Poll Award Nominee, Hugo Award Winner

Words: 15376 - Reading Time: 43-61 min.
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13 The Jigsaw Man [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
  In a future where immortality can be achieved through the organ transplants, death row criminals become donors to the injured and maimed ... as long as the accident is truly accidental. (Published: 1967) Hugo Award Nominee

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14 The Lion in his Attic [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
  The catastrophe that sank Atlantis also sank the peninsula of Castle Minterl, and along with it the companion stone to the Traveling Eye--magic emeralds used for spying on enemies. Durily, daughter of Lady Tinylla and distant relative to the drowned King, returns to the only section of the castle still standing above the waves. She must summon the King's ghost to find the other stone--and purge the invaders from her land. (Published: 1982)

Words: 7480 - Reading Time: 21-29 min.
Category: Fantasy
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15 ARM [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
  A murder mystery with a quantum twist: Reclusive inventor Raymond Sinclair is found with his head smashed in ... apparently by the poker from his fireplace rack, and his mummified body is trapped inside the active temporal field of his new interstellar drive sitting in the middle of his living room. (Published: 1975) Hugo Award Nominee

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16 Destroyer of Worlds [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)/Adobe PDF/Adobe EPUB]
by Larry Niven, Edward Lerner
  Worlds closer to the galatic core than Known Space are--or were--home to intelligent speciers.... Some learned of the core explosion in time to flee. "Destroyer of Worlds" opens in 2670, ten years after "Juggler of Worlds" closes; with refugee species fleeing in an armada of ramscoops in the direction of the "Fleet of Worlds." The onrushing aliens are recognized as a threat; they have left in their trail a host of desolated worlds: some raided for supplies, some attacked to eliminate competition... more info>>
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17 All the Myriad Ways [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
  An epidemic of suicides has Detective-Lieutenant Gene Trimble looking to the Crosstime Corporation for answers. It all began when Crosstime's ships started carrying passengers across the time tracks to any of the infinite alternate realities... (Published: 1968) Hugo Award Nominee

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18 Flatlander: The Collected Tales of Gil 'The Arm' Hamilton [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Larry Niven
  Gil "The Arm" Hamilton was one of the top operatives of ARM, the elite UN plice force. His intuition was unfailingly accurate, his detective skills second to none, and his psychic powers--esper sense and telekinesis--were awesome. Now you can read all the classic stories of the legendary ARM operative, collected in one volume for the first time--plus, an all-new, never-before-published Gil Hamilton adventure!
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19 What Good Is a Glass Dagger? [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
  [Second in a series that began with "Not Long Before the End"] Twelve thousand years before the birth of Christ, in an age when miracles were somewhat more common, a Warlock used an ancient secret to save his life. In later years he regretted that. He had kept the secret of the Warlock's Wheel for several normal lifetimes. The demon-sword Glirendree and its stupid barbarian captive would have killed him, no question of that. But no mere demon could have been as dangerous as that secret. Now it w... more info>> (Published: 1972) Locus Poll Award Nominee

Words: 13316 - Reading Time: 38-53 min.
Category: Fantasy
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20 A Kind of Murder [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
  With the availability of worldwide cheap teleportation, you're effectively living next door to your parents for your entire life. Likewise all your ex-girlfriends, and all the people who you owe money.... (Published: 1974)

Words: 5598 - Reading Time: 15-22 min.
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21 Becalmed in Hell [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
  Written three years before "2001: A Space Odyssey," this story similarly explores the psychological confrontation of a man and his spaceship's controlling intelligence system. Instead of an intelligent computer, Howie's ship is controlled by a man's brain and nervous system--a fellow spaceman named Eric who was critically injured in an accident. They are in orbit above Venus on a fact-finding mission when Eric reports the alarming news that he is unable to 'feel' the ramjets they need to get hom... more info>> (Published: 1965) Nebula Award(R) Nominee

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22 Burning Tower [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe PDF/Adobe EPUB]
by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
  Return to the "vivid and unusual" (Kirkus Reviews) world of Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's The Burning City, where the fire god has retreated into myth, leaving the residents of Tep's Town unprotected for the first time in their history. Unfortunately, a fiery fate isn't the only danger the town is facing. From out of the desert come monsters--great birds with blades instead of wings, driven by some unknown force. Although they can be killed, the threat these terror birds pose is worse than d... more info>>
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23 Escape from Hell [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Larry Niven
  Allan Carpenter escaped from hell once but remained haunted by what he saw and endured. He has now returned, on a mission to liberate those souls unfairly tortured and confined. Partnering with the legendary poet and suicide, Sylvia Plath, Carpenter is a modern-day Christ who intends to harrow hell and free the damned. But now that he's returned to this Dantesque Inferno, can he ever again leave? Allan Carpenter escaped from hell once but remained haunted by what he saw and endured. He has now r... more info>>
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24 Larry Niven Bundle
by Larry Niven
  A convenient way for you to add several of award-winning author Larry Niven's works to your bookshelf at one time. [When you add a bundle to your cart, any eBooks you already own are automatically removed. You can't accidentally buy the same story twice.]

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25 NO EXIT by Larry Niven and Jean Marie Stine [Dramatized] [MP3 Audio]
by Larry Niven, Jean Marie Stine, Bill Mills
  Early rare, short story from Larry Niven and Jean Marie Stine! Hear the first ever dramatization of this early work of, and only collaboration between, two of Science Fiction's notables. "No Exit" is the rarest of all Larry Niven stories. Reprinted only once in an obscure British anthology, it has otherwise only been obtainable by those who could afford the high prices charged for older science fiction magazines. Written with Jean Marie Stine, it appeared in the June 1971 issue of Fantastic Stor... more info>>

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