norman@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Norman Ramsey) (03/13/86)
In article <7800056@orstcs.UUCP> jamesp@orstcs.UUCP (jamesp) writes: >Can anybody suggest a novel or collection about life as a Interstellar >Merchant? I am a Traveller enthusiast and want to find ideas for a gaming The canonical interstellar merchant series is the Nicholas van Rijn series by Poul Anderson. There are lots of titles; _Trader_to_the_Stars_ and _The_Man_Who_Counts_ both come to mind. They all seem to be of the "cunning old fat man [van Rijn] outwits gorgeous young hulk" variety. -- Norman Ramsey norman@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu Pianist at Large