Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ucbvax!grady From: grady@ucbvax.ARPA (Steven Grady) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Stories where H. sap. gets its come-uppance Message-ID: <10483@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Fri, 27-Sep-85 19:33:34 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.10483 Posted: Fri Sep 27 19:33:34 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Sep-85 05:38:48 EDT References: <3597@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> <846@ncoast.UUCP> <794@inuxd.UUCP> <769@cybvax0.UUCP> Reply-To: grady@ucbvax.UUCP (Steven Grady) Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 10 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? Steven Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com