Louis Wu hardly noticed this triumph of practicality over honor, intelligence over xenophobia. - Larry Niven

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Louis Wu hardly noticed this triumph of practicality over honor, intelligence over xenophobia.

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About Larry Niven

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.

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Birth Name: Laurence van Cott Niven
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The organ banks would be supplied for years. Not only would the crew have a full supply, which they always did anyway, but there would be spare parts for exceptional servants of the regime; i.e., for civil servants such as Jesus Pietro and his men. Even the colonists would benefit. It was not at all unusual for the Hospital to treat a sick but deserving colonist if the medical supplies were sufficient. The Hospital treated everyone they could. It reminded the colonists that the crew ruled in their name and had their interests at heart.
And the Sons of Earth was dead. All but one man, and from his picture he wasn't old enough to be dangerous.
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