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From: Mark Purtill 


The story was by Isaac Asimov, I think, although I don't remember the
name.  However, you haven't got it quite right.  The "advanced race" was
humanity, and we didn't die out from boredom, but due to a giant space
walrus (-:)) (or something) which we couldn't stop and couldn't escape
due to not knowing any other star systems (actually, I think we'd found
one, but the space walrus was going to eat it, too.)  One human is
reserected, and he conquers the entire less advanced race (or at least
makes a good start.)  I'll try and see if I can find the name of the
story.

       Mark
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