United States, Writer April 30, 1938
Laurence van Cott Niven (born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His best-known work is Ringworld (1970), which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards.
Also known as Screenwriter, Science Fiction Writer
Gambling was safer than war. More fun, too. Best of all, it gave him better odds.
Here is where the predictions failed: We didn't take Cargo Cult mentality into account: 'if somebody has something I don't, he must have stolen it.' We didn't understand how good we could get at communication - when you have something that someone else doesn't, the whole damn planet knows it.
As I said, it was inevitable, and I don’t let laws of nature upset me.
In a universe the size of ours almost anything that can happen, will.
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