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Originally Posted by alansplace
ah, that explains it, niven always seemed to me to be a heinlein disciple. do you remember where it was (manny coined it in the moon is a harsh mistress) in niven's writing, i've read most of his stuff and don't remember seeing it. stole it! really? from who  |
I really don't know, I know both H and N used it -- Niven probably in the Known Space works as those are my favs. I read somewhere about Heinlein 'borrowing' it as he did many of his ideas (as all writers often do...). Niven probably stole it from Heinlein and I inadvertently changed it.
Ah here some (possible) info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_lunch