Book Reviews (Multiple), Biographies and Bibliographies:
- Larry Niven Bibliography Hosted by Fantasticfiction.co.uk
- Thomas Christensen's Book Reviews
- Reviews of Ringworld, Ringworld Engineers, The Ringworld Throne, N-Space, The Mote in God's Eye, The Gripping Hand and finally the World of Ptavvs.
- Known Space Story List
- A Suggested Reading order for the new Niven reader by Raja Thiagarajan. This list was created after Protector and was voted as Book of the Month in May 2003 on the Hard SF yahoo discussion list.
Extrapolations
As Niven played with certain aspects of Known Space history in the unfinished novel Down in Flames, so others have challenged assumptions too:
- The Kzin Question: Reconciling the Kzin with the modern Star Trek Univers
- A Speculation by Allyn Gibson. This essay asks if the Kzin should be considered part of the Star Trek Universe and if so, how can they be fit into the trek folklore without being contrary to its history. This essay ponders the question of the early trek series, right up to the First Contact movie and postulates a way for the Kzin to exist.
Information
- The Encyclopedia of Known Space
by Brian O'Neill An excellent online encyclopedia of all things Niven. Highly recommended!
- The Up To Date Known space Chronology
compiled by I. Marc Carlson This is a very detailed timeline for the Known Spaceuniverse, with additional contributions by Richard Holmes (see below) and converted to HTML by Larry King. Stories, novels, and significant events are all laid out in a continuous history all the way from the beginning of the universe to the projected end of life as we know it due to the galactic core explosion. Great job, guys.
- Technovelgy.com Larry's got 67 entries so far on this interesting site.
Ringworld Movie Information
- Ain't It Cool News Website: Ringworld Movie Page
This information page denounces James Cameron's involvement in the project following Larry's announcement at the Albacon Convention.
GRAPHICS SITES
- Ringworld
by Mark Woolrich A very impressive graphical site which goes into detail describing the Ringworld to the layperson. There is also a Ringworld movie animation which is well worth a download.
Interviews, Commentary and Public Appearances
- Locus: Larry Niven Interview - Painful Fiction Excerpted from Locus Magazine - February 1997.
Humour
Filks: (Humorous Songs)
- One Minute Summary of Ringworld from Ringworks' Book-a-Minute site
- Teela: I'm lucky.
- Speaker-to-Animals: I'm fierce.
- Nessus: I'm scared.
- Louis: I'm old.
- (They fly to the RINGWORLD, and it is COOL. They almost DIE. They LEAVE.)
Jokes
- Niven Double Dactuls
- This is a collection of a type of poem about Niven's characters called a Double Dactul which was posted on the Larry Niven mailing list by various members and collected by fellow list member Jonathan Sheen
Newsgroups
- alt.books.larry-niven A newsgroup intended for discussion of Larry Niven's work and on Niven-related topics.
- rec.arts.sf.science
- A general newsgroup intended for the discussion of the science behind sf works of fiction. This often includes postings about Niven's work, where boffins nitpick the math of Niven's literary inventions. Fascinating really.
Mailing Lists
- The Larry Niven Mailing List
- This is a mailing list devoted to discussions of the works of Larry Niven. This list has been in existence since 1995, and was first set up by Frank Wilson who was a member of staff at Bucknell University. The list was originally housed on the University, however, since August 2001 the list has been privately hosted by Jonathan Andrew Sheen. The managers of this site are co-administrators of this list - if you have any problems you can email us, although in the first instance you are better of contacting the Listmaster, jsheen@larryniven-l.org.
- Jonathan Sheen maintains an information page for the list at: http://www.larryniven-l.org
You can subscribe to Larryniven-l by visiting this page.
Everything Else
- The Crazy Eddie Project
- Fancy sailing on a 40km high kite? Here's a plan to do it for real. Not quite sure if this is serious or not, but I found this article whilst surfing one day