Breaking Bread and Leaving Crumbs

I had lunch with Larry Niven yesterday, and we spoke of many things. The new Dream Park novelette, his moving, and his “Grandmaster” award from the SFWA.  With all sincerity, he expressed how much that meant to him.  It was a validation, a sense that his peers appreciate what he has tried to create, what he has done with the years of his life.

 

We all start as children, with a dream of growth and freedom and joy.  The problem is that unless we are Hunter-Gatherers, or in a culture where we w...