Larry Niven

(April 30, 1938 –)

Larry Niven, a pro writer of Hard SF, lives in Los Angeles and belongs to LASFS. He was GoH at ConFrancisco, the 1993 Worldcon.

His best-known work is Ringworld (1970), which received a Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Ditmar Awards. Niven later added four sequels and four prequels. The Fleet of Worlds series, co-written with Edward M. Lerner, provides the four prequels as well as Fate of Worlds, the final sequel. These books tie into numerous other books set in Niven’s Known Space universe.

He is married to fan "Fuzzy Pink" Niven and often collaborated with Jerry Pournelle. He co-authored the fannish novel Fallen Angels with Pournelle and Michael F. Flynn.

• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1965 -- Fanquet
• 1967 -- 1967 Best Short Story Hugo for "Neutron Star"
• 1968 -- Boskone 5
• 1969 -- Forry Award
• 1970 -- Philcon 1970
• 1971 -- Boskone 8, Symposium 1971, 1971 Best Novel Hugo for Ringworld
• 1972 -- Chessmancon, 1972 Best Short Story Hugo for "Inconstant Moon"
• 1973 -- SFCon '73, Minicon 7, Skylark Award
• 1975 -- AggieCon VI, LepreCon 1, 1975 Best Short Story Hugo for "The Hole Man"
• 1976 -- V-Con 5, Arkon-Orlando, 1976 Best Novelette Hugo for "The Borderland of Sol"
• 1977 -- Rivercon III
• 1980 -- Lunacon 23, Loscon 7, Whatcon II
• 1981 -- Windycon VIII, Noncon 4, Nucon, Intervention Gamma
• 1982 -- Chattacon VII, Fantasy Faire 12
• 1983 -- Minicon 19, OKon 6, Constellation Con, Omacon 3, Vikingcon 4 (special guest)
• 1984 -- Necronomicon '84, Maplecon 6, Philcon 1984
• 1985 -- Marcon XX, ConQuistador II, I-Con IV
• 1986 -- MisCon 1
• 1987 -- OKon 10, Chattacon XII, StellarCon XII
• 1988 -- MidSouthCon 7
• 1989 -- Dreamcon 4, Minicon 24
• 1991 -- Context IV, Norcon 10
• 1993 -- ConFrancisco, DefCon, CONduit 3
• 1994 -- MileHiCon 26, Philcon 1994
• 1995 -- MisCon 10
• 1996 -- Ad Astra 16, Anaconism '96
• 1997 -- Norwescon XX, StellarCon 21, MosCon XIX
• 1999 -- LepreCon 25
• 2000 -- Capricon 20, Archon 24, Vikingcon 17
• 2002 -- ConClave XXVII, Life, the Universe, & Everything 20
• 2003 -- 2BeContinued 2
• 2004 -- FenCon I, EerieCon 6, LibertyCon 17
• 2005 -- Chattacon XXX, Marcon 40, ConChord 19, Robert A. Heinlein Award
• 2006 -- Baycon 2006, Con-Version 22
• 2007 -- Balticon 41, Conjecture 6
• 2011 -- EerieCon 13, VCON 36
• 2012 -- LibertyCon 25, Odyssey Con XII
• 2015 -- Minicon 50, SFWA Grandmaster
• 2018 -- FenCon XV
• 2020 -- Mysticon 2020
• 2022 -- HAL-CON_(Japan)_2022
• 2024 -- Loscon 50
• 14 more Hugo nominations

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