I have read so much of Nivens stuff it all becomes a blur.

My favorite was "The Integral Trees".

One of the interesting things about Nivens Bandersnatchi was that
once the word got out that they were sentient, they allowed a small number
of humans to visit their planet to hunt them.

Every now and then the hunter would come back.

JLF Sends..

ObLinux: Hmmm...don't have a Linux connection yet.

It seems like on Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 03:25:25AM -0700, foodog@pop.phnx.uswest.net scribbled:
Orig Msg> 
Orig Msg> * the ones featuring humans, Kzinti, puppeteers, etc.
Orig Msg> ** incidental JLF bait.  Does he read tripe like this?
Orig Msg> <homer> Mmmm, chocolate kibo. </homer>
Orig Msg> William Lindley wrote:
Orig Msg> > 
Orig Msg> > > what's a bandersnatch then?
Orig Msg> > 
Orig Msg> > The monster in Lewis Carroll's poem, "Jabberwocky," which Alice sees in
Orig Msg> > mirrored type in Chapter One of "Through the Looking-Glass (and What Alice
Orig Msg> > Found There)."
Orig Msg> > 
Orig Msg> > See also http://www76.pair.com/keithlim/jabberwocky/
Orig Msg> > 
Orig Msg> > \\/
Orig Msg> > http://www.wlindley.com
Orig Msg> > 
Orig Msg> > ________________________________________________

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