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Larry Niven:
Science
Fiction Technology and Ideas |
| Larry Niven was born in California in 1938; he earned a BA in mathematics from Washburn University, Kansas. His first sf story The Coldest Place was published in 1964. He has won four short-fiction Hugos; he won both the Hugo and Nebula award in 1971 for Ringworld. He is also known for his Tales of Known Space.
Niven is a frequent collaborator; see his other contributions under Niven w/J. Pournelle, Niven w/EM Lerner, Niven w/S. Barnes, Niven w/Pournell, Flynn and Niven w/GC Johnson. |
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Work (Publication Date) |
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Tannin-Secretion Pills Artificially darkens skin, for skin protection. |
Crashlander (1994) |
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Tasp - right where you live A device that induces a current in the pleasure center of the brain, at a distance. |
Ringworld (1970) |
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Teaching Chair No-frills teaching machine. |
Rammer (1991) |
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Tractor-Mounted Robot A repair robot on tractor treads. |
One Face (1965) |
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Translator Discs Wearable devices that wirelessly connected to a speech translation computer. |
Ringworld (1970) |
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Twing - twine by NASA Used in the hold of spaceships to keep articles all together, and to prevent them from floating around in free fall, or falling during periods of acceleration. |
Protector (1973) |
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Variable Sword - better than Ginsu A sword that could vary in length, and cut through anything. |
Ringworld (1970) |
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Webeye - Logitech endpoint Communications device with a camera, microphone, zoom lens, projector, etc.; can be sprayed on. |
The Ringworld Throne (1996) |
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Womb Room - return to the control room The ultimate ship's bridge. |
A World Out of Time (1976) |
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Wunderland Treatymaker - peace through power mining A weapon based on a power mining technique - a bit more advanced than a shovel. |
Ringworld Engineers (1980) |
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Young-Forever A very particular formula for human immortality, which solves the most serious attendant problem (population explosion). |
A World Out of Time (1976) |
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Zero-Time Jail - no time off for good behavior A building in which an energy field prevents time from passing. |
A World Out of Time (1976) |
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New
on Site
Canyon World
( 1/29/2026)
Stage Trees
( 1/29/2026)
Tractor-Mounted Robot
( 1/29/2026)
Sick Bay Doctor
( 1/28/2026)
Outsider Ship
( 1/28/2026)
Clericomotor
( 1/27/2026)
Coordinator Machine
( 1/26/2026)
Machine Evolution
( 1/26/2026)
Men Spread To The Planets
( 1/26/2026)
Hired Man
( 1/25/2026)
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