It's Only a Story

Publication date: 
1993-11
Publication type: 
Short Story
Published: 
Bridging the Galaxies
Setting: 
Stand Alone
Characters: 
Larry Niven; Charles Dickens
Summary: 

Larry Niven and Charles Dickens (!) discuss the importance of space exploration. This story has a similar theme to the Draco Tavern story "Ssoroghod's People," reminding us that dangerous experiments with weapons, viruses or genetically tailored crops should take place on the moon, not in Earth's fragile biosphere.

Notes: 

written for an anthology called The Midnight Miracle, edited by Jerry Biederman and Christopher Owens.