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Known Space Features Page

  • The News Page
    features the latest news on book releases, events and general information about Larry and this website.
  • Building a Modern Hell
    Very interesting Essay by Mary Pat Campbell relating Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's Inferno with Dante's Inferno...
  • The Last Days of Philip K. Dick
    The story of science fiction author Ray Nelson's last converstaion with Philip K. Dick. Includes mention of Larry Niven...
  • Memorable Posts to larryniven-l
    Featuring Destiny's Road Review and Nit List by Andy Love. Includes some very interesting thoughts on various Niven related topics by members of larryniven-l
  • Ringworld Psalm
    Ringworld Psalm by Man-Kzin War series author Matthew Joseph Harrington.
  • Known Space Art Gallery
    An extensive Art Gallery with sections devoted to shots of Larry Niven himself and fan-produced artwork.
  • Niven Swifties
    A "Tom Swiftie" is an expression derived from the character Tom Swift. It was said that, in his stories, nobody ever just "said" anything; the word "said" had to be either modified by an adverb or replaced by a more expressive verb. You get the idea...
  • Known Space Lightbulb jokes
    What's next, Spoonerisms? Hey, that just might work...
  • The Physics in Science Fiction
    A "slides and notes" version of a talk, written and presented to the Johns Hopkins University Society of Physics Students by Andrew E. Love Jr, a long-standing subscriber, and frequent contributor, to the Larry Niven mail list.
  • Teaching Physics With Niven
    The following is a "slides and notes" version of a talk, written by Andrew E. Love Jr, a long-standing subscriber, and frequent contributor, to the Larry Niven mail list, and presented by him as part of the 2007 Balticon science program
  • Ringworld Modal Analysis
    A modal analysis of The Ringworld, by Peter Taylor, a long-time member of the Larry Niven mail list and a real NASA scientist.
  • The Exclusives
    section is a small selection of Larry's writings which we have been given permission to host on this site.
  • Too Much Niven
    You know you've read too much Niven when...
  • Fan Fiction - a small collection of fan written stories.
  • Nivenisms
    A collection of links to related news articles, where some of Larry's predictions are starting to come true, like the reports of organlegging in China.
  • What I learned reading Larry Niven.
  • Known Space Chronology - an excellent Chronology of The Known Space Universe by David Sooby.
  • The Media
    section features media links and a selection of files; for instance you can download a "Ringworld" inspired desktop theme.
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