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Larry Niven is an influential American science fiction author, born on April 30, 1938. His works are known for their unique imagination, profound philosophical thinking, and distinctive worldview, which have had a profound impact on science fiction literature.

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“Once every hundred years, the Los Angeles smog rolls away for a single night, leaving the air as clean as interstellar space. That way the gods can see if Los Angeles is still there. If it is, they roll the smog back so they won't have to look at it.”

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Author:Larry Niven

“For each human being there is an optimum ratio between change and stasis. Too little change, he grows bored. Too little stability, he panics and loses his ability to adapt. One who marries six times in ten years won't change jobs. One who moves often to serve his company will maintain a stable marriage. A woman chained to one home and family may redecorate frantically or take a lover or go to many costume parties.”

Source: Three trips in time and space: original novellas of science fiction

“The brightest minds in our field have been trying to find a definition of science fiction for these past seventy years. The short answer is, science fiction stories are given as possible, not necessarily here and now, but somewhere, sometime.”

Trying Years Mind Has Beens Stories Past Given Answers Fiction Fields Science Fiction Definitions Seventies Here And Now Fiction Stories

Book:Scatterbrain

Source: Scatterbrain

“My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to memorise the right names.”

Years Problem Names Five Six Take Me

Author:Larry Niven

“The human species really could have faced global thermonuclear war. During seventy years of Cold War we grew used to it.”

Years Humans War Used Grew Cold Species Cold War Seventies Nuclear War Human Species

Book:Stars and Gods

Source: Stars and Gods

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Born: April 30, 1938
Known for: Author
Quotes: 80

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