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> hideaway for a fleeing civilization Larry Niven's Known Space books deal with this. They put a civilization of herbivorous creatures called Puppeteers on a g
by scrumper 14y ago
> hideaway for a fleeing civilization
Larry Niven's Known Space books deal with this. They put a civilization of herbivorous creatures called Puppeteers on a group of sunless planets accelerating away from a catastrophe in the galactic center. One enjoyable aspect comes from the creatures' herd-like, risk-averse nature, a hold over from their distant past as prey animals. They dream of fleeing forever, enjoying a nomadic existence in the voids between galaxies.
- pavel_lishin 14y agoActually, I think their plan is to go to the Magellanic clouds, following the rest of the Known Space species who would get there before them via Hyperdrive. It's been awhile since I've read the series, the Ringworld novels bored me.
- scrumper 14y agoThat was the direction they were heading in, but a pretty decent chunk of them didn't ever want to go back to living inside a galaxy.