@Nuggz I’m a fan of #LarryNiven’s #KnownSpace universe. Its depiction of “#organlegging” was *not* supposed to be an instruction manual

I mean, they're not the original dice, but they're physically close and/or comparable age and they look right (from the few pictures I've seen).

I'll feel better when I come back to the box next time I decide to get a little #KnownSpace action on.

#Ringworld #TTRPG #Dice #Chaosium #BoxedSet

Found this today. #ScienceFiction #sff #scifi #LarryNiven #KnownSpace

@avram @Miniver My head canon is now that the Elves bred the hobbits for luck in a biological weapons arms race against Sauron, whom, as we know, was busy breeding orcs and trolls, hence Tolkien's fascination with genealogy #Tolkien #Niven #KnownSpace #Ringworld

Neutron Star is a 1968 short story collection which contains some of Larry Niven’s earliest Known Space Stories.

A good introduction to the Known Space tales. There’s a strong hard SF element, there are touches of humour and there’s danger and adventure.

Old-fashioned high-concept hard SF but with plenty of characteristic Larry Niven touches. Great stuff.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2019/09/larry-nivens-neutron-star.html

#hardSF #sciencefiction #scifi #LarryNiven #KnownSpace #vintagescifi #retroscifi

A Gift from Earth, an early (1968) Larry Niven Known Space novel. He's thought of as hard SF but in this case he's also interested in the social and political implications of technology. This is also a dystopian novel of sorts.

Interesting as an SF novel in which faster-than-light travel is impossible. The setting is bizarre- a plateau 40 miles above the surface of an otherwise uninhabitable planet.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2019/05/larry-nivens-gift-from-earth.html

#LarryNiven #KnownSpace #scifi #sciencefiction #sf #hardsf