One of these men, rick schumann established a tavern catering to all of various species of visiting aliens, a place he named the draco tavern. Several of the rick schumanndraco tavern short stories which have appeared in other short story collections by larry niven were not reprinted in this book. Find books like the draco tavern from the worlds largest community of readers. The draco tavern by larry niven book cover, description, publication history. When a tremendous spacecraft took orbit around the earths moon and began sending smaller landers down toward the north pole, the newly arrived visitors quickly set up a permanent spaceport at mount forel in siberia. The draco tavern is a collection of short stories that take place in earths only interstellar bar. The draco tavern by larry niven, 9780765347718, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. While there were lots of innovative creatures featured, the storylines failed to deliver much of anything. The draco tavern, a book of short stories about an earthbound tavern where different species from different parts of the universe come together, i found to be weak from one end to the other. When a tremendous spacecraft took orbit around the earths moon and. Tom doherty associates, apr 1, 2007 fiction 304 pages. Goodreads members who liked the draco tavern also liked.
The ownerbartender is the narrative voice, and the adventures mostly, but not exclusively, happen to him. The draco tavern ebook by larry niven rakuten kobo. The cantina scene in star wars, as niven ringworld points out in his introduction, partakes of a hoary old tradition, as do the 27 draco tavern stories in this solid sf collection. The 2006 book the draco tavern collects the stories published up to that point.
The draco tavern is a 2006 collection of science fiction short stories by american writer larry niven concerning the activities of rick schumann, the bartender of the draco tavern. It is about time that someone gathered all of nivens draco tavern tales into one compendium. Bartender rick shumann at his siberian tavern catering to aliens. When i first started reading this anthology i commented that it reminded me of the book tales from the white hart by arthur c. The aliens, are both interesting and actually alien instead of the slightly tweaked humans that you get in a lot of scifi.
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