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Mass Market Paperback Limits Book

ISBN: 0345321421

ISBN13: 9780345321428

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A masterful mix of fantasy and science fiction. LIMITS. Two aliens fascinated by man's fondness for defining boundaries decide to make sure he doesn't get out of the habit. THE LION IN HIS ATTIC. Seventy-six years after Atlantis drowned, a sorceress and a prince learn to their dismay that not all lions eat red meat. TABLE MANNERS. When the proprietor of the Draco Tavern is invited to dine with some carnivorous etees, he brings along a xenobiologist to coach him in alien etiquette. But he forgets that he is already outfitted with the oldest guide of all. A TEARDROP FALLS. In his youth, Hilary Gage had fought men and studied the ravages of Berserkers. As a machine, he terraformed planets and lay in wait . . . . YET ANOTHER MODEST PROPOSAL. At last, a solution to the problem of radioactive wastes that costs nothing and yields an immodest profit. Plus lots more!

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Not Free SF Reader

This collection boasts a few team-ups, one of which is the Hugo nominated Locusts story, and Talisman is a standard second world fantasy type story, to go along with the other miscellaneous sf stories. The second part of the book contains several of the tales from the Draco's Tavern setting. A reasonable set of stories, having a 3.36 average. Limits : The Lion in His Attic - Larry Niven Limits : Spirals - Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Limits : A Teardrop Falls - Larry Niven Limits : Talisman - Larry Niven and Dian Girard Limits : Flare Time - Larry Niven Limits : The Locusts - Larry Niven and Steven Barnes Limits : Yet Another Modest Proposal: The Roentgen Standard - Larry Niven Limits : Table Manners - Larry Niven Limits : The Green Marauder - Larry Niven Limits : War Movie - Larry Niven Limits : The Real Thing - Larry Niven Limits : Limits - Larry Niven Weres dinner. 3 out of 5 Funeral for a Moonbase shanghai mutiny friend. 4 out of 5 Berserker fortress upload takeover return revenge. 3.5 out of 5 Worth her weight in gold. 3.5 out of 5 Fuxed up entertainment production mission. 3.5 out of 5 Monkey kid evolutionary peak. 4 out of 5 Hunting games. 2.5 out of 5 Old tourist fancies a drink. 3 out of 5 Pacificism ain't entertainment. 3.5 out of 5 Imported booze. 3 out of 5 Casual immortality cutoff. 3.5 out of 5 3.5 out of 5
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