One of the things I really like about Niven is that a lot of his stories take place in one reality, which has been dubbed Known Space. It stretches from just a little in our own future, particularly with lots of stuff about Belters, the first independent humans who set up a society and industry off of Earth, to the far future of Ringworld and related stories. And he brings back events or references, as well. Of course, it also limits him (mostly) to the things he's established in earlier stories.
And it's not fun sex, it's forced or obsessive or strange.Hey, fun is relative. ;') It wouldn't surprise me that (like all of us, alas) Niven's done his best stuff and is in decline. But after all, having a career as a writer requires the luck of Teela Brown. ;')
One of the things I really like about Niven is that a lot of his stories take place in one reality, which has been dubbed Known Space. It stretches from just a little in our own future, particularly with lots of stuff about Belters, the first independent humans who set up a society and industry off of Earth, to the far future of Ringworld and related stories. And he brings back events or references, as well. Of course, it also limits him (mostly) to the things he's established in earlier stories.He's got a coherent fictional universe. :')