![]() ![]() I think in Flash Gordon, they felt the same. I figured our future was all rocket ships. In fact, I didn't pick up any economic knowledge until I started collaborating with Jerry Pournelle. I was only seven when the war ended, so I didn't have any strong economic knowledge. How did that environment of economic and technological growth shape your worldview when it came to science and technology? I know you were born in the late 1930s, and grew up during the post-war era. ![]() I wanted to go back to the beginning, and was wondering if you’d tell me about the world you grew up in. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. The novel first hit bookstores in October 1970: a full half-century ago, and with that milestone in mind, I spoke with Niven about the novel earlier this year, and chatted with him about the book and what it’s like after half a century. It does have its issues, reading it fifty years later, but when I dipped into it briefly recently, I was struck at how quickly it moved, and how much fun it was. One of my favorite books of all time is Larry Niven’s Ringworld: for me, it epitomizes the entirety of 1960s/1970s science fiction: interstellar megastructures, galactic civilizations, and a bit of a quest-style adventure. ![]()
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