• By Charlie Jane Anders
    Jun 22, 2009 3:30 PM 5,455
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    Larry Niven Helped Usher In Our Weird World

    Ringworld author Larry Niven didn't just pioneer the "cool massive object in space" genre — he also helped predict today's world, including flashmobs, cochlear implants and planets orbiting Epsilon Eridani. NASA even found a possible ringworld, in 2004. [USA Today]


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