Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site baylor.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!rochester!rocksanne!sunybcs!kitty!baylor!peter From: peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Re: Niven's Protectors Message-ID: <388@baylor.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 11:41:17 EDT Article-I.D.: baylor.388 Posted: Tue Aug 13 11:41:17 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Aug-85 05:46:40 EDT References: <3235@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Organization: Ancient Illuminated Seers of Bavaria Lines: 17 > The protectors on Home would almost certainly take all the root with > them, since they did not want to raise more protectors after them. > Virus in the air would not be a danger. > > Jim Jack Brennan devised a form of tree-of-life virus that could survive indefinitely in the athmosphere, as well as one that could survive and reproduce in a protector's body. Remember how Truesdale was prevented from entering certain sections of Kobold even before he was old enough to trigger the tree-of-life hunger reaction. -- Peter da Silva (the mad Australian) UUCP: ...!shell!neuro1!{hyd-ptd,baylor,datafac}!peter MCI: PDASILVA; CIS: 70216,1076