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THE GRIPPING HAND

LARRY NIVEN AND JERRY POURNELLE


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For Marilyn and Roberta, those most patient of ladies

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Ebook history:
Posted by someone - Late 2000 - Sun-Tzu??
First proofing by scg 12/2000
2nd proofing by scg with aid from Scott Barber, who had a hardcopy, 12/2000
3rd & final - Scott cleaned up the pieces I couldn't interpolate 12/2000
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Dramatis Personae

Sinbad:

HIS EXCELLENCY HORACE HUSSEIN BURY. Imperial Trader and Magnate; Chairman of the Board, Imperial Autonetics, Ltd. and owner of the yacht Sinbad

SIR KEVIN RENNER, KCMG, Captain, Imperial Space Navy Reserve; pilot of Sinbad

NABIL AHMED KHADURRI, Valet and Personal Secretary to Bury

CYNTHIA ANWAR, Companion to Bury

REUBEN FOX, Captain of Imperial Autonetics ship Nauvoo Vision

SIR LAWRENCE JACKSON, Governor of Maxroy's Purchase

RUTH RACHAEL COHEN, Lieutenant. Commander, Imperial Space Navy Intelligence

AJAX BOYNTON
JAMES SCOTT Snow Ghost Hunters, Maxroy's Purchase
DARWIN SCOTT

RODERICK HAROLD. LORD BLAINE, DSC, GCMG, Earl of Acrux, Capt. ISN (Ret.), former master of Imperial battle cruiser MacArthur

SANDRA (SALLY) LIDDELL LEONOVNA FOWLER, LADY BLAINE, onetime doctoral candidate in anthropology, wife of Lord Blaine