If you aren't enjoying the RINGWORLD cycle, then don't bother reading RINGWORLD'S CHILDREN, coming out in January 2004.
Those of us on The Larry Niven Mailing List fondly recall that, when Larry joined the mailing list when it was still with Bucknell, the first post he received pondered what might have happend had Teela had a child, and thereby triggering his fertile imagination.
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cherrypi (71943) said:
Interesting that he refers to himself in third person... I smell a secretary.
Niven realy does refer to himself in the third person, and has for *at least* decades. Maybe it is a California thing.
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LionMage (318500) said: Larry Niven has almost always said "no" to fan fic, and stamped it out wherever possible.
Not quite true. He just didn't like Elf's story, didn't think his characters would act that way, and of course he is concerned about his copyrights. I can see why Elf claims that "Fair Game" is Constitutionally proteced speech based on the freedom of parody.
There is fan fic published on Known Space http://www.larryniven.org/fanfiction.htm. Not much, true, but if you know of more, feel free to have the writers contact the webmasters of Known Space at webmasters@larryniven.org
Filkers were particularly happy to hear the Supreme Court's ruling on Constitutionally protected parodies, and I know of no instance where Niven condemed a filk based on his work, and there is a lot of it.
If you know of another instance where Larry Niven publicly or privatly attmepted to tell someone he couldn't entertain himself writing stories in Niven's universe, I'd like to hear about it.
There are also some Niven works published, with Niven's permission, at http://www.larryniven.org/exclusive.htm Many of them, even diehard fans will nothave seen before.
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If you aren't enjoying the RINGWORLD cycle, then don't bother reading RINGWORLD'S CHILDREN, coming out in January 2004.
Those of us on The Larry Niven Mailing List fondly recall that, when Larry joined the mailing list when it was still with Bucknell, the first post he received pondered what might have happend had Teela had a child, and thereby triggering his fertile imagination.
For details on that event, and news on other works in progress, visit:
http://www.larryniven.org/wip.html
Carol Phillips
Co-Manager of Known Space: http://www.larryniven.org
Co-Administrator of the Larry Niven List: http://www.larryniven-l.org
Anonymous Coward said:
>THE MAN burned the library of Alexandria.
Haven't you read any of the Svetz stories, all of which are reprinted in the USA edition of RAINBOW Mars?
THE MAN tried to SAVE the library of Alexandria!
Anonymous Coward wrote: Oh, and I also liked it because, at the end of the story, Whandall is 43, and I just turned 43!
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cherrypi (71943) said: Interesting that he refers to himself in third person... I smell a secretary. Niven realy does refer to himself in the third person, and has for *at least* decades. Maybe it is a California thing. Carol Phillips Co-Manager of Known Space: http://www.larryniven.org Co-Administrator of the Larry Niven List: http://www.larryniven-l.org
LionMage (318500) said:
Larry Niven has almost always said "no" to fan fic, and stamped it out wherever possible.
Not quite true. He just didn't like Elf's story, didn't think his characters would act that way, and of course he is concerned about his copyrights. I can see why Elf claims that "Fair Game" is Constitutionally proteced speech based on the freedom of parody.
There is fan fic published on Known Space http://www.larryniven.org/fanfiction.htm. Not much, true, but if you know of more, feel free to have the writers contact the webmasters of Known Space at webmasters@larryniven.org
Filkers were particularly happy to hear the Supreme Court's ruling on Constitutionally protected parodies, and I know of no instance where Niven condemed a filk based on his work, and there is a lot of it.
If you know of another instance where Larry Niven publicly or privatly attmepted to tell someone he couldn't entertain himself writing stories in Niven's universe, I'd like to hear about it.
There are also some Niven works published, with Niven's permission, at http://www.larryniven.org/exclusive.htm Many of them, even diehard fans will nothave seen before.