jcp.jhu@UDel-Relay@sri-unix.UUCP (07/26/83)
From: J.C. Patilla <jcp.jhu@UDel-Relay> Wasn't Niven's Transporter piece in the collection "All the Myriad Ways", along with the short story of that title, as well as "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" and (my personal favorite) "What Do You Do with a Chocolate-Covered Manhole Cover ?" ? j.c. patilla
nessus@nsc.uucp (Christine Rogers) (08/04/83)
It's been some time since I read any Niven, but... I believe that the book containing the transporter(teleportation) article was "All the Myriad Ways". In the books "A Hole in Space", "All the Myriad Ways", and "Convergent Series", he presents the impact that teleportation has on society. I like a lot of Niven's writing because it contains a lot of high-tech/ hard science adventure stories in an SF setting. Also, he had some really neat(*really ALIEN*) aliens. It's a shame he stopped writing "Known Space". Nessus
bam@sdchema.UUCP (Bret Marquis) (08/21/83)
I've read most of Niven`s work and have enjoyed most of it thoroughly. There is one I`ve missed. In it he discusses in detail the concept of his skin tight vacuum suit. If anyone could let me know which book of his elabortates on this, please let me know. Thanks, Bret Marquis sdcsvax!sdchema!bang!bam bam@NOSC
@RUTGERS.ARPA:LECIN@RU-BLUE.ARPA (02/19/85)
From: Mijjil <LECIN@RU-BLUE.ARPA>
while we are on the subject, I am wondering if anyone has given
thought to the following problem:
Tree of life root will kill you if you are too old. What if you
start taking the youth-preserving drugs SOON enough? You are now
over 100, physically aged 26, and you find some tree of life
root. (Or rather, it finds you!) What happens?
Fuzzy, if you are reading this, wanna pass it on to the Boss?
{Mijjil}ethan@utastro.UUCP (Ethan Vishniac) (02/19/85)
> > Tree of life root will kill you if you are too old. What if you > start taking the youth-preserving drugs SOON enough? You are now > over 100, physically aged 26, and you find some tree of life > root. (Or rather, it finds you!) What happens? > *** REPLACE THIS BREEDER WITH YOUR PROTECTOR! *** It killed the Hero didn't it? Moreover, we have it on the authority of the protector Teela Brown that it was because he was too old by many centuries even though he was physically still quite youthful. I'd take her word for it. After all she's much smarter and knowledgeable than any breeder. "Don't argue with a fool. Ethan Vishniac Borrow his money." {charm,ut-sally,ut-ngp,noao}!utastro!ethan Department of Astronomy University of Texas Austin, Texas 78712 *Anyone who wants to claim these opinions is welcome to them*
mccann@sjuvax.UUCP (mccann) (02/21/85)
I seem to remember in Ringworld Engineers that the warrior Teela was going around with (he had taken a massive does of youth drug and was around the right age when he took it) died when they found the chamber with hte tree of life root in it because he was too old. Apparently, you only get one shot and taking the youth drugs (what he took wasn't booster spice but a derivative of tree of life root) doesn't allow you survive the change. M. McCann
godwin@uci-icse (08/28/85)
From: Dave Godwin <godwin@uci-icse> ( Micro spoiler for those who haven't read Engineers ) Just bumped into another problem with Engineers ( Yeah, I know, big deal ). It is known that Man bought the hyperdrive from the Outsiders. It was sold to the colony on We Made It just in time for the first war with the Kzinti. It was the deciding factor in the war, and gave us the edge there after ( Wunderland Peacemakers aside ). In Engineers, it is told that the Outsiders drifted by the colony when the Starseed they were following was lured there by the Puppeteers. This was to ensure the Kzinti lost big, which they did. But in A Gift From Earth, the epilog describes the Outsider ship finding We Made It by following the course of a rambot that flashed by one afternoon. No Starseeds, no Puppeteers, no nothing. Tell you folks what I'm a gonna do. There's a small con in Fullerton this weekend ( at Griswold's Inn. Call there for more info. ), and Niven has shown up there the last several years. So I'll ask the guy 'Hey, Larry, what gives ?'. But I am starting to see why he once said he's done writing Known Space stories because things have gotten to complex to handle properly. Dave Godwin UC Irvine