(urth) OT: Hard SF Niven (was "Memorare" hardcover)

Jeff Wilson jwilson at io.com
Sat Dec 8 08:00:32 PST 2007


Matthew King wrote:
> On Dec 6, 2007, at 11:09 PM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
> 
>>> (Will
>>> anyone else admit to having read Niven?)
>> Sure thing. But, he's not truly a hard SF writer, though he puts on  
>> such
>> a good show that most people don't notice he's swept the fossil record
>> under the rug, for example.
> 
> Do you mean the Protector-breeder origin of humans?

That in particular, yes.

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