Larry Niven

"Neutron Star" is an English language science fiction short story written by Larry Niven. It was originally published in the August 1966 issue of Worlds of If. It was later reprinted in Neutron Star, and Crashlander. The story is set in Niven's fictional Known Space universe. It is notable for including a neutron star …

Oath of Fealty is a 1981 novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, published originally by Phantasia Press, then by Timescape Books, with numerous reprints. Set in the near future, it involves an arcology, a large inhabited structure, called Todos Santos, which rises above a crime-ridden Los Angeles, California, but …

The Legacy of Heorot is a science fiction novel written in 1987 by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steven Barnes. Reproduction and fertility expert Dr Jack Cohen acted as a consultant on the book, designing the novel life cycle of the alien antagonists, the grendels. This is the first book in the Heorot series. It …