Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 GARFIELD 20/11/84; site garfield.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsri!garfield!dave From: dave@garfield.UUCP (David Janes) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Niven's Protectors Message-ID: <3424@garfield.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 12:13:05 EDT Article-I.D.: garfield.3424 Posted: Mon Aug 12 12:13:05 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Aug-85 03:55:27 EDT References: <3147@topaz.ARPA> Reply-To: dave@garfield.UUCP (David Janes) Organization: Semi-Optimal Software Solutions (Inc.) Lines: 22 In article <3147@topaz.ARPA> godwin@uci-icse (Dave Godwin) writes: | Bigger question, though. This one has always bothered me about | Niven's universe. What the heck happens to Home after the Protectors left | to beat off the Pak ? Obviously, our guys win, because even by Louis Wu's | time, Pak were unknown. But whathappens to Home itself, with all that | Tree-Of-Life virus floating in the atmosphere ? It bugs me. Probably the remaining human Pak removed the Tree-Of-Life virus from the atmosphere. They had to remove all the destroyed 'cities', etc. also because this would let normal humans know about thier existance (it would have been mentioned if the ruins had been later found.) I believe it is mentioned in one of the _Ringworld_ books that Louis Wu had been on Home for some reason or another (i.e. Home was resettled.) dave -- The UUCP: {utcsri,ihnp4,allegra,mcvax}!garfield!dave Mercenary INTERNET: dave@garfield.uucp Programmer CDNNET: dave@garfield.mun.cdn "There are two types of people in the world, those who divide the people of the world into two types, and those who can't"