The Draco Tavern

By: Larry Niven

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

When a tremendous spacecraft takes orbit around Earth's moon and begins sending smaller landers down toward the North Pole, the newly arrived visitors quickly set up a permanent spaceport in Siberia. Their presence attracts many, and a few grow conspicuously rich from secrets they learn from talking to the aliens. One of these men, Rick Schumann, establishes a tavern catering to all the various species of visiting aliens, a place he calls the Draco Tavern.

From the mind of best-selling author Larry Niven come 27 tales and vignettes from this interstellar gathering place, in collected form for the first time. Join Rick and his staff as they chronicle the seemingly infinite alien species that spend a few moments pondering life and all its questions within the Draco Tavern.

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Critic reviews

"[The tales read] like brilliant, half-whimsical notebook jottings." ( Publishers Weekly)
"Niven...showcases his ability to use SF to explore mind-boggling, universal questions....[The stories], taken altogether, radiate Niven's wit and technological inventiveness." ( Booklist)

Terrific

Niven will always be one the best authors ever. A great collection of short stories. B)

Larry Niven, always a good read

I’ve been a huge fan of Larry Niven’s novels for decades. I recently started listening to them on audible, and it’s been a whole new way to enjoy the books. It’s like having a personal narrator bringing the stories to life!

Needed more

This is my second favorite Niven book. Love it. It needed a sequel of a few sequels…

great read

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Made my long drives a lot of fun.

Too bad this is so short. What a great bit of fantasy cast in a believable everyday narrative. This is definitely in the "light" category, but it will make you laugh and forget about all the idiots in the news or on the road near you.