Not so much a serious fan as having a good memory. I have often told folks
it's the world largest repository of useless facts, indexed associatively,
only. The associations are unknown, even to me. Find the right trigger and
anything can be retrieved. The problem is finding the trigger when needed,
rather than serendipitously.
On Oct 18, 2014 6:56 AM, "Chris Trask" <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Larry Niven created a sentient three-legged creature in his early
> >> Ringworld novels. Can't recall the species name.
> >>
> >
> >Pierson's Puppeteers are the species from the Ringworld novels. Two
> >forelegs and a single hindleg. Eyes on thick "stalks" that also carried
> the
> >mouths. Mouths were effectively hands as well. Brain encased in a bony
> >compartment at the base of the eyestalks. They were Niven's idea for a
> >possible sentient evolution from a herbivorous herding source species,
> >rather than an omnivorous or carnivorous source species.
> >
>
> You are obviously a very serious Ringworld fan. I recently came
> across a signed copy of "Ringworld's Children" in a thrift store.
>
>
> Chris
>
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
> - Hunter S. Thompson
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