Laurence van Cott Niven (born 30 April 1938) is an American science fiction author, most famous as the author of Ringworld (1970), his "Known Space" stories, and Niven's laws.
We encounter few Citizens or humans in this region. We were surprised to receive your hail. Did you have difficulty finding us?
Somehow, Nessus managed to function. He found it hard to care.
Engineers. You had to love them. (The alternative was strangling them, and he didn’t want that catching on.)
It was comforting somehow to see his minions exhibit traces of conscience. “The right to have children should not depend on your political connections.” Stealing a glance at a holo of Nike, Nessus wondered whose political system he questioned.
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