In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up. Larry Niven generalinspirationpop Change image and share on social
SF isn't a genre; SF is the matrix in which genres are embedded, and because the SF field is never going in any one direction at any one time, there is hardly a way to cut it off. Larry Niven cutdirectionembed Change image and share on social
As for AIDS, it's a plague. We are human, we get plagues. They come along every so often, kill off two thirds of the population; in the next generation it's a quarter; after that it's a childhood disease. Larry Niven aidchildhooddisease share on social
Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a dozen. Larry Niven builddozeninsane Change image and share on social
In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists. Larry Niven capitalisthindsightinevitable Change image and share on social
The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. Larry Niven dinosaurextinctprogram Change image and share on social
My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to memorise the right names. Larry Niven memorisenameproblem Change image and share on social