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42 reviews
Larry Niven

Tor Books, 2005

Niven is great!
My husband has read this whole series, and he really loves all the books. Ringworld is an amazing setting, and the stories are awesome. This is one of his favorite series, and we both recommend it!

The Mote in God's Eye

141 reviews
Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

Pocket, 1991

A subtle consideration
In my opinion, the only worthwhile fiction -- sci-fi or otherwise -- is that which says something relevant about human nature. This book does that admirably, even if the observation made is not one which we would prefer to acknowledge. ***Spoiler follows!*** Motie (the aliens') civilization has a fatal flaw: it runs in circles. Barbarism. Rise. Struggle. Collapse. Start over. Nothing ...

Lucifer's Hammer

202 reviews
Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

Del Rey, 1985

A whale of a tale!
In Lucifer's Hammer, authors Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle team up once again to define humanity under pressure. The Hamner-Brown comet is co-discovered by Tim Hamner, a millionaire amateur astronomer. When the comet seems like it may hit Earth, it is dubbed "The Hammer." But the chances are slim, so slim, that it will actually hit. Then it strikes. And civilization as we recognize it ...

Inferno
Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

Orb Books, 2008

After being thrown out the window of his luxury apartment, science fiction writer Allen Carpentier wakes to find himself at the gates of hell. Feeling he's landed in a great opportunity for a book, he attempts to follow Dante's road map. Determined to meet Satan himself, Carpentier treks through the Nine Layers of Hell led by Benito Mussolini, and encounters countless mental and physical tortures. As he struggles to escape, he's taken through ...

Ringworld Throne

101 reviews
Larry Niven

Del Rey, 1997

If you read the others, you have to read this one
That is the ONLY reason to read it, too. His plot is thin and his characters are stale. Still, if you made it through the first two, you will find some closure in this one. (At the very least, you can say you read them all.) The science behind his fiction is so close to scientific possibility that something always brings readers back to see what he has dreamed up next. Pity Niven lacks punch ...

Juggler of Worlds
Larry Niven, Edward M. Lerner

Tor Books, 2008

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 ...

Ringworld

166 reviews
Larry Niven

Del Rey, 1985

A True-blood SCIENCE-Fiction Novel
"Ringworld" is perhaps the most science based sci-fi book I have ever read, and I have read a fair share. Larry Niven creates a future that is far removed from our own, yet employs our understanding of physics in the most imaginative of ways. A world BUILT around a star rather than orbiting it? Pure genius. This book is an amazing piece of literature. From the moment it starts to the moment it ...

The Ringworld Engineers (Ringworld)

36 reviews
Larry Niven

Del Rey, 1985

Great sequel from a great author
Larry Niven did a good job of creating a sequel to one of his most famous works. 'Ringworld Engineers' has several of the characters from the original 'Ringworld' returning and some new ones. Combine this with Niven's interesting technologies and you've got a book thats a great read and well worth its price.

Fleet of Worlds

24 reviews
Larry Niven, Edward M. Lerner

Tor Books, 2007

A Revolting Development
Fleet of Worlds (2007) is an SF novel in the Known Space universe, following Ringworld's Children. The prologue takes place about five centuries before the disappearance of the Puppeteers from Known Space. The main body of the work occurs after the flight of the Puppeteers. In this novel, the Long Pass -- a manned interstellar ramjet -- is taking a human crew, hibernating passengers, and ...

Escape from Hell
Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

Tor Books, 2009

Three Books of Known Space

14 reviews
Larry Niven

Del Rey, 1996

Great book
This book really deserves 4 stars, but I accidentally rated it five and can't change it. This book is a compilation of three other books, one of which is a collection of short stories itself. If you've read other Niven books such as "Ringworld", you'll feel at home in Known Space, though this takes place long before that one. "World of Ptavvs" is an excellent book, one of the best SCI-FI ...

Man-Kzin Wars XI (Man-Kzin Wars)

10 reviews
Larry Niven

Baen, 2007

Moving, exciting, and a bit sexy
I enjoyed all these stories enormously. Hal Colebatch, who wrote the first three stories which take up most of the book, is a fine writer. His plots are becomoing more complex and surprising. He handles the sexual tension between Dimity and Vaemar in "Catspaw" beautifully (I think I am falling in love with Dimity, especially since he appearances in "One War for Wunderland@" and "Music box" in ...

The Draco Tavern

27 reviews
Larry Niven

Tor Science Fiction, 2006

" GREAT SHORT STORIES!"
The ""Draco Tavern"" is a collection of very short stories written over several decades. I have read most of the other reviews on this book. I get a kick out of some of these reviews. People trying to sound too intelligent. Using big words or comparing this book to "Classic" Literature. ?????( Niven is better than the "CLASSICS!") "THIS BOOK IS FUN!" Plain and simple! Stories about a Tavern in ...

Footfall

92 reviews
Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

Del Rey, 1986

Not just among the best...
Not just among the best invasion books ever written, but possibly THE best. Not only a great genre book, but good literature besides. These two are good authors by themselves, but when they work together, they approach Heinleinian levels of greatness. Fantastic.

The Gripping Hand

52 reviews
Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

Pocket, 1994

Different, but worthy
I happen to be re-reading this book right now, a copy of which "Operation Paperback" generously sent to Afghanistan for the benefit of deployed servicemembers. The book certainly is chock-full of talk. Page 206 (of the edition I read) is not unrepresentative: it has exactly four short narrative sentences; all the rest is spoken dialogue. On the other hand, page 284 has exactly *three words* ...

Destiny's Forge: A Man-Kzin Wars Novel (Man-Kzin Wars)

13 reviews
Paul Chafe

Baen, 2007

This Book is Great!
I wouldn't normally spend time writing a review unless a book was either great or awful. "Destiny's Forge" is terrific. When I first read Larry Niven's "Ringworld" I kept thinking, "How does he think this stuff up?" Niven has a gift for telling a story that weaves the consequences of technology or alien contact with imaginative plots and BIG ideas. One of the spin offs of the Known ...

Flatlander

10 reviews
Larry Niven

Del Rey, 1995

Vintage Niven
FLATLANDER is a collection of five stories featuring Gil "The Arm" Hamilton, a top operative of the 22nd century UN police force. The stories are set in Larry Niven's "Known Space" environment and find human society extending from Earth to the Moon, Mars, and the asteroid belt. Overpopulation and organ transplantation gone wild have resulted in a major black market for human organs, organ banks, ...

Protector

48 reviews
Larry Niven

Del Rey, 1987

I LOVE YOU
. . . is the last sentence of this novel, and leaves us with just the right swirl of emotion and wonder gyrating in our minds as we close the book. As others have pointed out, Niven's ideas often carried his stories - much more so than his plotting. But the plots explore the ideas in a way that is pure ambrosia for the hungry mind of a reader who enjoys having their imagination stretched. These ...

N-Space

16 reviews
Larry Niven

Tor Books, 2007

A collection as unique as the author
At one time the term "science fiction" caused eyebrows to raise. "Isn't that reading for losers who can't relate to others well?" Larry Niven is one of the authors who forever changed the way SF is perceived, one whose fiction emphasizes science without cutting short on any of the tools of your typical brilliant writer of fiction. This gives us well-sculpted characters, even in the shortest of ...

Fallen Angels

48 reviews
Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, ...

Baen, 2004

Before Al Gore
Just wanted to comment, does anyone realize that this book was written before Al Gore, and the current Global Warming movement. The story takes an interesting hypothesis, and then tells a story. Nothing more or less. I read this book when it first came out and enjoyed it. I reference it when I talk about the "rule of unintended consequences". Enjoy.

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