August 1st, 2002, 03:35 PM
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Re: Tales of Known Space
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Originally posted by JonSh:
Humans: lucky (ala teela brown and the pop lottery), diplomatic (ala louis wu), cunning (ala beowulf shaeffer and gil the arm), any other thoughts?
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Psychic? (Plateau eyes, Gil's "arm" & other agents' powers)
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Bandersnatch: might be difficult.
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Especially since they're not supposed to be a space-faring race.  Could make them a neutral, maybe.
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Trinocs: All I remember is that they are incredibly xenophobic and racist.
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And strong. There was a joke in one of the books:
Q: How many Trinocs does it take to paint a house?
A: Three. One to hold the paintbrush and two to shake the house up and down...
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