[net.sf-lovers] Inverse of stories where H.S. gets its come uppance.

AI.MAYANK@MCC.ARPA (10/04/85)

From: Mayank Prakash <AI.Mayank@MCC.ARPA>


 >On the otherside of the coin, I recall a story (book?) wherein the
 >upstart new Earthlings first come out into space, after having been
 >given the technology for space drive, and suddenly the galaxy finds
 >itself up a creek, because the humans are conniving, conning, and in
 >general swindling the other people of the galaxy, because it turns
 >out the humans are just plain smarter than the other races.
 > 
 >Just out of curiosity, anyone got a name for this story?

There is a similar story by Clarke called "The Rescue Party", 
in which the humans are supposed to be the smartest race in the Galaxy.

-mayank.
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