The Adults

Author:
Niven, Larry
Publication date: 
1967-05
Publication type: 
Short Story
Published: 
Galaxy, June 1967
Opus No.: 
21
Setting: 
Known Space
I.U.C.: 
K.S. 12 (2125)
Summary: 

This is the story that introduces the Pak, ancestors of humanity from the core of the galaxy. "The Adults" was later published in 1973 as Part One of the longer novel Protector

Notes: 

Protector part 1

Reprints: 

Protector