Introduction

This page was created in 1995 by Duncan Galloway as a repository for information related to Larry Niven's Known Space series of novels and short stories. Nesssus and Edwin A Scribner took over management of Known Space back in May 1998, since then the site has expanded considerably as more and more fans have contributed their reviews and art to the site. Our latest Manager, Carol Phillips a long-time friend of Larry's joined us in May 2001 shortly after Known Space moved to its own domain at www.larryniven.org

The Known Space series is essentially a collection of stories with a common framework of future history. The backdrop for each of the stories is a future, separated from our present by a multitude of technological and political revolutions. The book of this genre that is familiar to the most people is Ringworld, which won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards in the early 1970s.

Ringworld was followed by a series of sequels, starting in 1980 with The Ringworld Engineers. The Ringworld Throne was published in 1996, followed by the fourth installment, Ringworld's Children, published in 2004.

The charter of this website has since been extended to cover anything related to Larry Niven's work. In these pages you will find information on stories outside the Known Space framework, including collaborations with other authors, stories written by other authors, based on the premises of Known Space, i.e. the Man Kzin War stories, links to other sites containing related information, reviews of other resources, and information on how to contact other people with interest in Larry Niven's work.

We hope that, whether you're a diehard fan or completely new to Larry Niven's work, you can get something worthwhile from this page. If you do enjoy the page - or if you don't - and you have any feedback you feel is relevant, or even if you just want to say hello, we encourage you to Sign our Guestbook.

Please note that this page is not personally "rubber stamped" as Larry Niven's Official Home Page. However he did give permission for us to use his name for the domain. If you wish to contact Larry Niven, he has signed the Known Space Guest Book on several occasions. His current email address is also available in our FAQ.