The one job that machines cannot do is be a cruel plutocrat. That's why humans are still needed. - James Nicoll

Yes, I was surprised how easy it was to cut the door off my cat.

Niven made a name for himself as a author, which is to say, someone whose SF provides enough technical detail that the reader can be certain that various mechanisms and events couldn't work the way the author has them working.

I believe that I have now experienced the lifetime maximum exposure to bottom spanking in fantasy novels.