Larry Niven

Larry Niven is an American science fiction author whose imaginative, hard-science fiction has made him one of the genre's most celebrated writers. Born Laurence van Cott Niven in Los Angeles in 1938, he studied Mathematics at Washburn University and has been writing science fiction since the 1960s. All the Myriad Ways is a short story collection showcasing Niven's range, from tales exploring the philosophical implications of parallel universes to hard SF about space exploration. His most famous work, Ringworld, won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. Niven's Known Space universe remains one of science fiction's richest shared settings. His audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers classic hard science fiction built on real science and boundless imagination — stories that expand the boundaries of what's possible.