Re: FW: London Times Article

Wasn't this also one of Saberhagen's Berserker stories ? Damaged
Berserker,
directedto a 'plum' planet. A military officer is outraged, but then the
encyclopedia salesman reveals the deception.

The moral of this statement that our deceitful nature is a survival
trait.

--- Glenn M Wilson <triphibious@juno.com> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 08 Mar 2001 10:50:36 EST JRebori682@aol.com writes:
> <snip>
> >Second) I recall just recently reading a short story about the
capture 
> >of a space ship by a piratical force. Needing to decide on where to
go 
> >for thier next attack, they discover a set of encyclopedias and the 
> >salesman for them. He shows them an entry for a pleasant,
unprotected, 
> >and rich planet not too far from thier present location. After they 
> >leave to go after this plum. the salesman reveals to the outraged
crew 
> >that the place doesn't exist and in fact was inserted into the book
to 
> >catch plagarists. They inform the "space patrol" types of the 
> >destination of the pirates, and they are caught. Might be a useful 
> >start to a scenario design.
> 
> B-E-E-U-T-I-F-U-L!
> 
> I love it.
> 
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