>> I'm not sure I'm so eager to have the universe populated with >> species such as ours (the most dangerous - and easily the most >> destructive - species on this planet we call "ours")... > > > Isn't that why it's "ours"? There is a quote in one of Niven's books > >Something like "How much intelligence does it take to sneak up on a leaf?"
Speaker-to-animals (the Kzin) said that to Nessus in Ringworld IIRC. Larry Niven is may favourite SF writer of all time. Got all the books and read them all in my teens. Re-read a few into 30s. Will re-read them again I dare say. Superb. Known Universe geel ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _____________________________ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
