Larry Niven’s Chat

Larry Niven. creator of KNOWN SPACE. Longtime co-conspirator?with Jerry Pournelle. Award winning SF author and inventor of the RingWorld.? 60’s and 70’s Science Fiction wouldn’t have been the same without him.

He recently returned to Known Space in collaboration with Edward M. Lerner, producing Fleet of Worlds and beginning an entirely new saga taking place in a relatively unvisited era -?about 200 years before the first trip to the Ringworld.? The first one I thoroughly enjoyed and reviewed for SFReader.com The next novel is due out soon?and I eagerly look forward to it.

While there are many sites devoted to Niven and his work including the author’s unofficial site, a particular favorite of mine is “The Incompleat Known Space Concordance” hosted by Lensman.? I’m fond of this site not only because its published a fun piece of mine speculating on an aspect of Known Space history, but also because Lensman is engaged, just as I am, in one of the most thankless possible tasks ever created by man: the compilation of a concordance of a favorite author’s works. (In my case it’s A. Bertram Chandler.)

Lensman has some very good pieces on that site (not just counting mine) that amply demonstrate how much fun can be had playing in an author’s sandbox.? But there’s one other reason to go there. Lensman sends out the monthly announcement, via email, of the Larry Niven IRC chat.

There’s one taking place this coming Saturday if you’re interested and would like to join us, go here.