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'Ringworld' is a 1970 science fiction novel by Larry Niven that won both the Hugo and Nebula awards. The story follows an expedition of human and alien explorers, including Nessus the Pierson's Puppeteer and Speaker-to-Animals the Kzin, who investigate a massive artificial ring-shaped megastructure...
The Mote in God's Eye is a science fiction novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, first published in 1974. Set in the year 3016, it depicts humanity's first contact with an alien species called the Moties, discovered when a human expedition investigates a mysterious object that appears near a dis...
Lucifer's Hammer is a 1977 science fiction novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle detailing the catastrophic impact of a comet on Earth and the subsequent collapse of human civilization. The narrative is divided between the discovery of the comet, the initial impact event, and the desperate surviv...
"Protector" is a 1973 science fiction novel by Larry Niven set within his expansive Known Space universe. The narrative explores the biology and life cycle of the Pak species, who are revealed to be the evolutionary ancestors of humanity. The book details the transformative effects of the "tree-of-l...
Footfall is a 1985 science fiction novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle that details a large-scale alien invasion of Earth. The invaders are the Fithp, a herd-like, elephant-like alien species who travel to Earth in a generation ship and use kinetic bombardment to subjugate humanity. The narrati...
The Integral Trees is a 1984 science fiction novel by Larry Niven set in a gas torus around a neutron star where life evolves in zero gravity.
