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A tremendous spacecraft took orbit around the Earths moon and began sending landers toward the North Pole. The newly arrived visitors quickly set up a permanent spaceport at Mount Forel in Siberia. Their presence attracted many, and a few people grew conspicuously rich from secrets they learned from talking to the aliens. One of these men, Rick Schumann, established a tavern catering to various species of visiting aliens, a place he named the Draco Tavern. From the mind of Larry Niven comes the complete, thought-provoking tales of the one place in the universe where all intelligent species can share a drink, laughs, and ideas, including: The Subject Is Closed: A priest visits the tavern and goes one-on-one with a chirpsithra alien on the subject of God and life after death. Table Manners: A Folk Tale: Rick Schumann is invited to hunt with five folk aliens, but hes not quite sure whator whomwill be the prey. Wisdom of Demons: The age-old question of wisdom vs. knowledge is asked when Rick is confronted by a human who has been granted the wisdom of an individual gligstith(click)optok alien. Losing Mars: In this previously unpublished tale, a group of aliens from Mars and its moon arrive at the Tavern only to find that humans have mostly forgotten about their neighboring planet.Niven, Larry is the author of 'Draco Tavern Library Edition' with ISBN 9780765308634 and ISBN 0765308630.
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