Neutron Star, by Larry Niven

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Neutron Star, by Larry Niven

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Even though social science fiction is my favorite type to read, I still get a real kick out of the early and mid-career works of Larry Niven. Niven started producing in the mid 1960's while still a student at Kansas State University. He is one of the most wildly successful authors of in the history of the genre, and still produces today. Many of his works, both solo and in collaboration with other authors, are set in his Known Space sequence, which stretches from approximately 1977 to the year 2900, and beyond. Niven also owns one of the most successful franchises in the history of the genre, the Man-Kzin War series, which I think just recently published its thirteenth anthology. Stories from this selection, called Neutron Star are collected from Niven's early Known Space stories, and is a companion to....Please click here or on the cover above to be taken to the review.
Something is about to happen, Hal. Something wonderful!

-James C. Harwood, Science Fiction Writer, Straight (March 5, 1956 - May 25, 2010)



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