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From: markb@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Mark Biggar)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Stories where H. sap. gets its come-uppance
Message-ID: <2376@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 30-Sep-85 14:31:36 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 30 14:31:36 1985
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Reply-To: markb@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Mark Biggar)
Organization: System Development Corp. R+D, Santa Monica
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Summary: 

In article <10483@ucbvax.ARPA> grady@ucbvax.UUCP (Steven Grady) writes:
>On the otherside of the coin, I recall a story (book?) wherein
>the upstart new Earthlings first come out into space, after having
>been given the technology for space drive, and suddenly the galaxy
>finds itself up a creek, because the humans are conniving, conning,
>and in general swindling the other people of the galaxy, because
>it turns out the humans are just plain smarter than the other races.
>Just out of curiosity, anyone got a name for this story?

Try "Pandora's Planet" by C. Anvil.

Mark Biggar
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