![]() The UN controls Earth, Luna, Mars, Titan, Mercury and has some rights to Saturn's rings. The solar system is split into two main polities. The human race has colonized four other star systems as well as much of our home solar system. I decided to try the 1982 Ballantine printing of Protector, the 1973 expansion of the 1967 Galaxy story "The Adults," first, and hit pay dirt, those memorable scenes coming up pretty quickly-mystery solved! Looking over the Larry Niven paperbacks at Wonder Book in Hagerstown, MD I didn't recognize any covers, but something in the back of my mind insisted the book I was looking for had a "P" in the title, and so I purchased World of Ptaavs and Protector. A few days ago I became determined to figure out what novel featured these lasers and hydrophobic Martians and to read it. ![]() When I was a kid I read a Larry Niven novel from which by my forties I only remembered two things-lots of communications lasers and Martians who were killed by spraying them with water-the title was not one of those two things. ![]() I've been reading a lot about vampires, black magic, and icky sex lately, so maybe it's time to clamp on the ol' space helmet and blast off for the sterile environment of outer space. ![]()
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