Part of Niven's Known Space universe.
"The world named Mount Lookitthat was never meant for humans -- it was shrouded in lethal mists. Life only existed on one plateau, unreachable except from space. But the disastrous decision to colonize the planet could not be reversed. So the settlers survived somehow -- under a ruthless dictatorship.
Mount Lookitthat was rebellion-proof. Then fate dealt the colonists a wild card named Matthew Keller, who had a talent that neither he nor anybody else knew about.
At last the colonists had a glim...
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Some of Niven's short fiction. Stories include "The Lion in His Attic," "Spirals," "A Teardrop Falls" (set in Saberhagen's berserker universe), "Talisman," "Flare Time," The Locusts," Yet Another Modest Proposal," and more tales from the Draco Tavern (5 in all).; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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"Shoogar was the greatest wizard the villagers had ever known. His spells could strike terror in the hearts of even his most powerful enemies. The stranger had come from nowhere, but his magic was as strong as any that Shoogar or his flock had ever seen - and, to make matters worse, he possessed a most amazing flying spell. . . the showdown was inevitable!"; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall
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"Gil Hamilton was more than an operative for ARM - the elite global police force. He was an essential. His intuition was peerless; his psychic powers were devastating. And his raw courage took him into the depths of inner and outer space where others feared to tread!
"But Gil Hamilton had enemies. Many enemies.
"Some were organleggers - those murderous dealers of illicit transplants. Others were just ordinary killers. Around the corner, Gil could probab...
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"In the free-fall environment of the Smoke Ring, the descendents of the crew of the Discipline no longer remembered their Earth roots -- or the existence of Sharls Davis Kendy, the computer program despot of the ship. Until Kendy initiated contact once more.
Fourteen years later, only Jeffer, the Citizens Tree Scientist, knew that Kendy was still watching -- and waiting. Then the Citizens Tree people rescued a family of loggers and learned for the first time of the Admiralty, a large society living in free ...
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