Laurence van Cott "Larry" Niven
At Stanford University, photo by David Corby (May 2006)
Born: 30 April 1938, Los Angeles, California
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- Anything you don't understand is dangerous until you do understand it. permalink
Larry Niven - "Flatlander" (1967) - Everything starts as somebody's daydream. permalink
Larry Niven - Fear is the brother of hate. permalink
Larry Niven - Ringworld (1970) - Forget the infinities: Concentrate on detail. permalink
Larry Niven - The Ringworld Engineers (1980) - Half of wisdom is learning what to unlearn. permalink
Larry Niven - The Ringworld Throne (1996) - Louis knew a few xenophobes, and regarded them as dolts. permalink
Larry Niven - Ringworld (1970) - Niven's Laws For Writers, #1) Writers who write for other writers should write letters. permalink
Larry Niven - Niven's Laws For Writers, #2) Never be embarrased or ashamed about anything you choose to write. (Think of this before you send it to a market) permalink
Larry Niven - Niven's Laws For Writers, #3) Stories to end all stories on a given topic, don't. permalink
Larry Niven - Niven's Laws For Writers, #4) It is a sin to waste the reader's time. permalink
Larry Niven - Niven's Laws For Writers, #5) If you've nothing to say, say it any way you like. Stylistic innovations, contorted story lines or none, exotic or genderless pronouns, internal inconsistencies, the recipe for preparing your lover as a cannibal banquet: feel free. If what you have to say is important and/or difficult to follow, use the simplest language possible. If the reader doesn't get it then, let it not be your fault. permalink
Larry Niven - Niven's Laws For Writers, #6) Everybody talks first draft. permalink
Larry Niven - One mark of a good officer, he remembered, was the ability to make quick decisions. If they happen to be right, so much the better. permalink
Larry Niven - Ringworld (1970) - Seen through the glow of a building orgasm, a woman seems to blaze with angelic glory. permalink
Larry Niven - Ringworld (1970) - Sometimes there's no point in giving up. permalink
Larry Niven - The Ringworld Engineers (1980)
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