Larry NivenPassing Perry Crater Base, TimeUncertainOrb Books recently reprinted Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle’sclassic novel, Inferno, and Tor Books will bring out the long-awaitedsequel, Escape from Hell, in February. In addition to SF conventions,role-playinggames,yoga,hiking,andracquetball,LarryNiven’shobbies include saving civilization and making a little money. To thatend, he’d like to help move humanity into space by any means, butparticularly by making space endeavors attractive to commercialinterests.Ifhe’ssuccessful,perhapsoneday,aliensreallywillencounter a mystery while...