Author: Larry Niven

Quotes

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.

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

I've spent a lot of my life among people brighter than myself.

I've spent a lot of my life among people brighter than myself.

- Larry Niven

The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program.

The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program.

- Larry Niven

I'm not predicting; I just love playing with superconductors.

I'm not predicting; I just love playing with superconductors.

- Larry Niven

I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.

I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.

- Larry Niven

But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.

But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.

- Larry Niven

Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a dozen.

Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a dozen.

- Larry Niven

We should not have assumed that a political space station could be built.

We should not have assumed that a political space station could be built.

- Larry Niven

I never got good at predicting what millions of people will suddenly decide is rational.

I never got good at predicting what millions of people will suddenly decide is rational.

- Larry Niven

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