Cotty, Just finished a re-read of Ringworld. I don't recall that quote. I'm guessing it is in the second or third book. He is one of my favorite authors too, especially when he teams up with Jerry Pournelle.
Bruce Sunday, June 1, 2003, 11:32:19 AM, you wrote: >>> I'm not sure I'm so eager to have the universe populated with >>> species such as ours (the most dangerous - and easily the most >>> destructive - species on this planet we call "ours")... >> >> >> Isn't that why it's "ours"? There is a quote in one of Niven's books >> >>Something like "How much intelligence does it take to sneak up on a leaf?" C> Speaker-to-animals (the Kzin) said that to Nessus in Ringworld IIRC. C> Larry Niven is may favourite SF writer of all time. Got all the books and C> read them all in my teens. Re-read a few into 30s. Will re-read them C> again I dare say. Superb. C> Known Universe geel ;-) C> Cheers, C> Cotty C> ___/\__ C> || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche C> ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps C> _____________________________ C> Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
