Larry Niven's Ringworld Jun 27, 2008
Larry Niven's 1970 Nebula and Huge award-winning classic sci-fi novel Ringworld is a briliant feat of the imagination ... Now imagine a world is built that when compared to the marble-sized Earth is a ribbon over 5 feet wide and ; a mile long. What you would have is a proportional model of the setting for Larry Niven s innovative Ringworld. (Suite101.com)
Sci-Fi Security May 3, 2008
An image of the cover of one of Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's books, "Oath of Fealty." The two are advising the government on threats as part of SIGMA.. An image of the cover of one of Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's books, "Oath of Fealty." The two are advising the government on threats as part of SIGMA.. (Fox News)
The Essential SF Library Jul 2, 2007
Larry Niven Ringworld. Robert Silverberg A Time of Changes. (Suite101.com)
'Living in the future' May 31, 2007
"To save civilization," Ringworld author Larry Niven says. "We do it in fiction. Why wouldn't we want to do it in fact?". (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Government recruits 'deviant thinkers' for war on terror May 30, 2007
"To save civilization," Ringworld author Larry Niven says ... Clockwise from top left, Jerry Pournelle, Arlan Andrews, Greg Bear, Larry Niven and Sage Walker are science ficion writers that attended a Homeland Security conference. (USA Today -- Tech)
Shopped Liver: Apr 16, 2007
If you aren't familiar with that term, it was coined (I think) by sf writer Larry Niven in a series of stories set in a futre where transplant technology has been perfected and life has become cheap on both sides of the law. On the criminal side, 'organleggers' - dealers in bootlegged transplant materials - not only do a brisk business selling organs to the highest bidder, they also procure the meat by doing whatever wetwork might be required. (Slate)
