Grammar Lesson
Author:
Publication date:
1977-05
Publication type:
Short Story
Published:
Cosmos, May 1977, as Three Vignettes
Opus No.:
101
Setting:
Draco Tavern
I.U.C.:
D.T. 02
Characters:
Rick Schumann
Summary:
To an ancient starfaring race like the Chirpsithra, even something as simple as a possessive pronoun can take on interstellar importance.
Notes:
Four Vignettes, along with:
Cruel and Unusual
Subject is Closed, The
Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing!
Reprints:
anthology, Aliens!, edited by Gardner Dozois and Jack M. Dann (as Four Vignettes);
Convergent Series;
Draco Tavern, The;
Niven's Laws