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A prolific writer of [[Speculative Fiction]]. Niven is best known for [[The Verse]] of [[Known Space]], a very vast and detailed universe, which includes ''[[Ring World]]'' and its sequels (which were one of the inspirations for [[Halo|a certain Xbox Launch title which was an FPS...]]) ; the mysteries of Gil from ARM; the Man-Kzin Wars, which ended up a professional [[Round Robin]]; the voyages of Beowulf Shaeffer; the human-ancestral Pak Protectors and the [[Precursors]] known as the Slavers. Known Space is notable for the many biologically plausible [[Starfish Aliens]] which neither look nor ''think'' like humans.
Also responsible for numerous works with Jerry Pournelle, including ''[[The Mote in
Niven's other notable work includes ''The Integral Trees'' and its sequels, ''A World Out Of Time'' which examines the implications of slower-than-light relativistic travel used as a form of [[Time Travel]], and the [[Fantasy]] series of ''[[The Magic Goes Away (
Niven's story "The Jigsaw Man" was originally published in [[Harlan Ellison]]'s groundbreaking anthology ''[[Dangerous Visions]]''.
There is more than one [[Shout-Out]] to him in ''[[Magic:
Niven often has [[Shown Their Work|Shown His Work]].
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=== [[Larry Niven]] and his work is the [[Trope Namer]] for the following tropes: ===
* [[All the Myriad Ways]]
* [[Call a Rabbit
* [[Finagle's Law]]
* [[Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex]]
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=== Works by Larry Niven. ===
* ''[[
* ''[[Known Space]]''
* ''[[Lucifers Hammer]]''
* ''[[The Magic Goes Away (
* ''[[The Mote in
* ''[[Ring World]]''
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