[Imal]

I like bot Pournelle and Niven, but I really like Niven. Something about his work strikes a chord in me, and I just eat his stuff up.

Been a while, though. I guess I should dig my old books out of storage, dust them off and read about what's going to happen next year. ;^)

[Phsstpok]

there's a fifth "Ringworld" book due from Niven around the end of the year. Unfortunately, like RAH, he's getting sex (or rishartha) obsessed in his later books. I love everying to do with Known Space, as well as most other things he's done. Footfall is the best "someone invades earth" book and was ripped off terribly for ID4. Same with Lucifer's Hammer as the best "something's going to hit the earth" story. Nice thing was that both Armageddon and Deep Impact actually mentioned the Niven/Pournelle book as a kind of tribute.