Larry Niven

(1938 --)

Larry Niven is pro Hard SF writer who lives in Los Angeles. His best-known work is Ringworld, which received Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Ditmar Awards. He is married to fan "Fuzzy Pink" Niven and is a member of LASFS.

He was GoH at ConFrancisco, the 1993 Worldcon.

He co-authored the fannish novel Fallen Angels with Jerry Pournelle and Michael F. Flynn.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1965 -- Fanquet
• 1967 -- Best Short Story Hugo for "Neutron Star"
• 1968 -- Boskone 5
• 1969 -- Forry Award
• 1970 -- Philcon 1970
• 1971 -- Boskone 8, Best Novel Hugo for Ringworld
• 1972 -- Chessmancon, Best Short Story Hugo for "Inconstant Moon"
• 1973 -- SFCon '73, Minicon 7, Skylark Award
• 1975 -- AggieCon VI, LepreCon 1, Best Short Story Hugo for "The Hole Man"
• 1976 -- V-Con 5, Arkon-Orlando, Best Novelette Hugo for "The Borderland of Sol"
• 1977 -- Rivercon III
• 1980 -- Lunacon 23, Loscon 7
• 1981 -- Windycon VIII, Noncon 4, Nucon, Intervention Gamma
• 1982 -- Chattacon VII, Fantasy Faire 12
• 1983 -- Minicon 19, OKon 6, Constellation Con
• 1984 -- Necronomicon '84, Maplecon 6, Philcon 1984
• 1985 -- Marcon XX, ConQuistador II, I-Con IV
• 1986 -- MisCon 1
• 1987 -- OKon 10, Chattacon XII, StellarCon XII
• 1988 -- MidSouthCon 7
• 1989 -- Dreamcon 4, Minicon 24
• 1991 -- Context IV, Norcon 10
• 1993 -- ConFrancisco, DefCon
• 1994 -- MileHiCon 26, Philcon 1994
• 1995 -- MisCon 10
• 1996 -- Ad Astra 16, Anaconism '96
• 1997 -- Norwescon XX, StellarCon 21
• 1999 -- LepreCon 25
• 2000 -- Capricon 20, Archon 24
• 2002 -- ConClave XXVII, Life, the Universe, & Everything 20
• 2003 -- 2BeContinued 2
• 2004 -- FenCon I, EerieCon 6, LibertyCon 17
• 2005 -- Chattacon XXX, Marcon 40, ConChord 19, Heinlein Award
• 2006 -- Baycon 2006
• 2007 -- Balticon 41, Conjecture 6
• 2011 -- EerieCon 13, VCON 36
• 2012 -- LibertyCon 25, Odyssey Con XII
• 2015 -- Minicon 50, SFWA Grandmaster
• 14 more Hugo nominations

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