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What was Niven's fix for the problem in "Neutron Star"?
This is a follow-up to the question 'Unclear meaning of introductory blurb to "Neutron Star"', which quotes Niven writing retrospectively "As is, Schaeffer dies. See the collection ...
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Unclear meaning of introductory blurb to "Neutron Star"
I'm reading "Neutron Star" in the collection The Best of Larry Niven (on archive). Before the story there is a blurb:
This won my first Hugo Award, and a lot of mail. There are folk out ...