WRITER

Larry Niven

1938 - Today

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Laurence van Cott Niven (; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His 1970 novel Ringworld won the Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. With Jerry Pournelle he wrote The Mote in God's Eye (1974) and Lucifer's Hammer (1977). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Larry Niven has received more than 1,002,767 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Larry Niven is the 2,780th most popular writer (down from 2,493rd in 2019), the 3,538th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,241st in 2019) and the 306th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Dream Park
Amusement parks, Amusement parks in fiction, Fiction
1981
A world out of time
Fiction in English, Science fiction, American Science fiction
1976
Lucifer's Hammer
American Science fiction, Science fiction
Lucifer's Hammer is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, first published in 1977. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1978. The story details a cometary impact on Earth, an end to civilization, and the battle for the future. It encompasses the discovery of the comet, the LA social scene, and a cast of diverse characters whom fate seems to smile upon and allow to survive the massive cataclysm and the resulting tsunamis, plagues, famines and battles amongst scavengers and cannibals.
1977
The Mote in God's Eye
American Science fiction, Science fiction, Fiction in English
Science fiction classic about the rise, fall and subsequent rise of a civilization where the peak catastrophe is known as the "crazy eddy point". Introduces the concept of frictionless toilets that don't have any water in them but I suspect the authors didn't think it all the way through - I don't recall a negative air pressure that would keep odours in their rightfull place. Nevertheless a fascinating read. I haven't read this for donkeys years which is why I'm searching for an e-copy.
1974
World of Ptavvs
Science Fiction in English, Fiction in English
**"GET OUT OF MY MIND!"** Nothing quite prepared telepath Larry Greenberg for mind-to-mind contact with an alien.
1966
Ringworld
Fiction, Hugo Award Winner, Ringworld (Imaginary place)
The ' (1970–2004), by science fiction author Larry Niven, is a part of his Known Space set of stories. Its backdrop is the Ringworld, a giant artifact 600 million miles in circumference around a sun. The series is composed of four standalone science fiction novels, the original award-winning book and its three subsequent sequels: 1970: Ringworld 1980: The Ringworld Engineers 1996: The Ringworld Throne 2004: Ringworld's Children The core series was developed with three side series of prequels set in the same Ringworld universe, and written in collaboration: 1988–2009: Man-Kzin Wars (by various edited by Niven) 2007–2010: Fleet of Worlds (by Niven and Edward M. Lerner) 2010-2011: Juggler of Worlds (by Niven and Edward M. Lerner)
1970

Page views of Larry Nivens by language

Over the past year Larry Niven has had the most page views in the with 113,491 views, followed by German (8,840), and Russian (8,811). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Armenian (550.00%), Egyptian Arabic (43.87%), and Portuguese (32.08%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Larry Niven ranks 2,780 out of 7,302. Before him are Alexandre Herculano, Sibilla Aleramo, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Varian Fry, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, and Josephine Tey. After him are Marion Chesney, Guido Guinizelli, Ōtomo no Yakamochi, Carl Sandburg, Kamo no Chōmei, and Matthías Jochumsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Larry Niven ranks 212. Before him are Ralph Bakshi, Perry Anderson, Rauno Aaltonen, Chuan Leekpai, Lee Morgan, and Jim Simons. After him are Richard Beymer, Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Lawrence Block, Grethe Ingmann, Eiko Ishioka, and Venedikt Yerofeyev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Larry Niven ranks 3,538 out of 20,380. Before him are Eddie Adams (1933), Varian Fry (1907), Tony Goldwyn (1960), Louis Prima (1910), Jimmy McLane (1930), and Marie Smith Jones (1918). After him are Robert Lansing (1864), Carl Sandburg (1878), Don Norman (1935), Richard Beymer (1938), Paul Gleason (1939), and Lou Henry Hoover (1874).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Larry Niven ranks 306. Before him are Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), Stephenie Meyer (1973), Harold Robbins (1916), Carl Bernstein (1944), John Zerzan (1943), and Varian Fry (1907). After him are Carl Sandburg (1878), R. A. Salvatore (1959), Ben Hecht (1893), William L. Shirer (1904), Anne McCaffrey (1926), and Maurice Sendak (1928).

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