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Subject: Niven
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Date: Wed, 28-Aug-85 09:47:07 EDT
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From: Dave Godwin <godwin@uci-icse>


	( Micro spoiler for those who haven't read Engineers )

	Just bumped into another problem with Engineers ( Yeah, I know,
big deal ).  It is known that Man bought the hyperdrive from the
Outsiders.  It was sold to the colony on We Made It just in time for
the first war with the Kzinti.  It was the deciding factor in the war,
and gave us the edge there after ( Wunderland Peacemakers aside ).
	In Engineers, it is told that the Outsiders drifted by the
colony when the Starseed they were following was lured there by the
Puppeteers.  This was to ensure the Kzinti lost big, which they did.
	But in A Gift From Earth, the epilog describes the Outsider ship
finding We Made It by following the course of a rambot that flashed by
one afternoon.  No Starseeds, no Puppeteers, no nothing.

	Tell you folks what I'm a gonna do.  There's a small con in
Fullerton this weekend ( at Griswold's Inn.  Call there for more info. ),
and Niven has shown up there the last several years.  So I'll ask the guy 
'Hey, Larry, what gives ?'.  But I am starting to see why he once said he's 
done writing Known Space stories because things have gotten to complex to 
handle properly.


			Dave Godwin
			UC Irvine