Lit Shaeffer
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Charles Martin Shaeffer is a fictional character in Larry Niven
's Known Space universe.
His nickname is "Little" Shaeffer and is known to most of his friends simply as "Lit".
A Belter
, born in the late 21st century, he is First Speaker for the Belt Political Section when Kzanol the thrint
is revived from stasis
in the early 22nd century. He is friends with Lucas Garner
and has visited with him at least once on Farmer's Asteroid, one of the Belt Bubbleworlds. Lit's nickname comes from the fact that he spent a good deal of time in low and zero-g during his body's growth period, and is now unusually tall.
The Shaeffer family is very active in Belt politics, and are likely ancestor
s of Beowulf Shaeffer
, but this is never established definitively.
Lit Shaeffer is featured in the novels:
and in the short story:
Larry Niven
Laurence van Cott Niven / ˈlæri ˈnɪvən/ is an American science fiction author. His best-known work is Ringworld , which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics...
's Known Space universe.
His nickname is "Little" Shaeffer and is known to most of his friends simply as "Lit".
A Belter
Belter (Niven)
In Larry Niven's fictional Known Space universe, a Belter refers to a resident of the Asteroid Belt around Sol, sometimes known as the Sol Belt to differentiate it from Alpha Centauri's Serpent Swarm....
, born in the late 21st century, he is First Speaker for the Belt Political Section when Kzanol the thrint
Thrint
The Thrintun , in Larry Niven's fictional Known Space universe, were a long-extinct species which ruled the galaxy through telepathic mind control. Humans knew them as "Slavers", since "Thrint" is unpronouncable to the human larynx...
is revived from stasis
Stasis
The term stasis may refer to* A state of stability, in which all forces are equal and opposing, therefore they cancel out each other....
in the early 22nd century. He is friends with Lucas Garner
Lucas Garner
Lucas Launcelot Garner is a fictional character in Larry Niven's Known Space Universe.Born in 1939, he lived well into the 22nd century. This was because advances in medical science kept pushing his life expectancy ahead of his age...
and has visited with him at least once on Farmer's Asteroid, one of the Belt Bubbleworlds. Lit's nickname comes from the fact that he spent a good deal of time in low and zero-g during his body's growth period, and is now unusually tall.
The Shaeffer family is very active in Belt politics, and are likely ancestor
Ancestor
An ancestor is a parent or the parent of an ancestor ....
s of Beowulf Shaeffer
Beowulf Shaeffer
Beowulf Shaeffer is a fictional character from Larry Niven’s Known Space series. Shaeffer is a crashlander, a native of We Made It, a planet circling the star Procyon...
, but this is never established definitively.
Lit Shaeffer is featured in the novels:
- World of PtavvsWorld of PtavvsWorld of Ptavvs is a science fiction novel by Larry Niven, first published in 1966 and set in his Known Space universe. It was Niven's first published novel and is based on a 1965 short story of the same name.-Plot summary:...
- ProtectorProtector (novel)Protector is a 1973 science fiction novel by Larry Niven, set in his Known Space universe. It was nominated for the Hugo in 1974, and placed fourth in the annual Locus poll for that year....
and in the short story:
- At the Bottom of a Hole