Re: Beautiful woman want to be your wife

On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 14:02:53 +0000, Jonathan L Cunningham wrote:

> That rings a bell, faintly, so it's probably in one of the stories
> I've read. Since puppeteers are a bit reticent about their sex
> lives, I'm not sure I can find the mention. You don't happen to
> remember where that came from do you?

I believe that the discussion is in Ringworld.

Neil
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