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Laurence van Cott Niven, dit Larry Niven, né le 30 avril 1938 à Los Angeles, en Californie, est un auteur américain de science-fiction et de fantasy. Son œuvre la plus connue est le roman L'Anneau-Monde publié en 1970, premier livre du cycle de l'Anneau-Monde. Il est l'inventeur de l'univers de fiction Univers connu . Wikipedia  

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“Quand je commence à m'ennuyer, je vais risquer ma vie quelque part.”

Citations de ses romans, L'Anneau-Monde, 1970

“Cela doit être très intéressant d'appartenir à une race où les deux sexes sont pensants.”

Citations de ses romans, L'Anneau-Monde, 1970

“Je peux aider ta planète, Louis. Tes semblables connaissent peu de chose de leur sexualité.”

Citations de ses romans, L'Anneau-Monde, 1970

“La perversité de l'univers tend vers un maximum. L'univers est hostile.”

Citations de ses romans, L'Anneau-Monde, 1970

“La chaleur est un des déchets que produit la civilisation.”

Citations de ses romans, L'Anneau-Monde, 1970

Larry Niven: Citations en anglais

“Do you know what it's like to be suddenly poor and not know how to live poor?”

Larry Niven livre A Relic of the Empire

Source: Short fiction, Neutron Star (1968), A Relic of the Empire (p. 43)

“I'd thought my way into this mess. I should be able to think my way out, shouldn't I?”

Larry Niven livre Convergent Series

Source: Short fiction, Convergent Series (1979), Convergent Series (p. 103)

“The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of cause.”

Larry Niven livre The Legacy of Heorot

Source: The Legacy of Heorot (1987), Chapter 22 “The Last Grendel” (p. 231; quoting William James)

“Sometimes you just have to be satisfied with what you are.”

Larry Niven livre The Legacy of Heorot

Source: The Legacy of Heorot (1987), Chapter 7 “The Blind” (p. 91)

“It doesn’t take brains to mate!”

Larry Niven livre N-Space

The Alien in Our Minds (p. 642)
Short fiction, N-Space (1990)

“Infantry, which means killing on foot and doesn’t have anything to do with children.”

Larry Niven livre N-Space

Short fiction, N-Space (1990)
Source: Madness Has Its Place (p. 568)

“There aren’t many prizes for second place in battle.”

Larry Niven livre N-Space

Building the Mote in God’s Eye (with Jerry Pournelle) (p. 466)
Short fiction, N-Space (1990)

“You don’t stop planning just because there’s no hope.”

Larry Niven livre Inconstant Moon

Inconstant Moon (p. 260)
Short fiction, N-Space (1990)

“In fantasy, more than in other forms of literature, the obligation is to teach something universally true about the human condition.”

Larry Niven livre N-Space

Introduction to All the Myriad Ways (p. 71)
Short fiction, N-Space (1990)

“It takes a lot of people to hold civilization together; some of us are only here to ask the right questions.”

Larry Niven livre N-Space

Foreword: Playgrounds for the Mind (p. 32)
Short fiction, N-Space (1990)

“It was a light, brief kiss, but it was less an ending than a promise, and he was happy.”

Larry Niven livre Dream Park

Source: Dream Park (1981), Chapter 31, “Departures” (p. 429)

“I am Yali, and I would like to welcome you to Heaven. I hope you will enjoy your stay.”

Larry Niven livre Dream Park

He laughed heartily, as at a private joke. “Yes, I most certainly hope you do. After all, some of you may stay forever. It is a nice place, actually, one of those infinitely rare situations where one is rewarded commensurately to one’s efforts. Surely that is Heaven by any man’s definition?”
Source: Dream Park (1981), Chapter 19, “Neck Riddles” (p. 258)

“The Gamers are so out of touch with reality that they were never considered a serious threat.”

Larry Niven livre Dream Park

Source: Dream Park (1981), Chapter 10, “Neutral Scent” (p. 140)

“There’s a fine line between sensible emotional restraint, and the withdrawal symptoms of a stimulus junkie denied her fix.”

Larry Niven livre Dream Park

Source: Dream Park (1981), Chapter 2, “A Stroll Through Old Los Angeles” (p. 13)

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