THE DRACO TAVERN

by Larry Niven

Paperback, 336 pages

Published Jan. 1, 2021 by St. Martins Press-3PL, Tor, St. Martin's Press.

ISBN:: 978-0-7653-8643-4

(9 reviews)

From back cover Tor paperback December 2006:

When a tremendous spacecraft took orbit around the Earth's moon and began sending smaller landers down toward the North Pole, the newly arrived visitors quickly set up a permanent spaceport in Siberia. Their presence attracted many, and a few people grew conspicuously rich from secrets they learned from talking to the aliens. One of these men, Rick Schumann, established a tavern catering to all of the various species of visiting aliens, a place he named the Draco Tavern.

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3 stars

My word I read an ungodly amount of Larry Niven as a teenager. Some of it I even still adore to this day. I don't recall the Draco Tavern making it to the provincial UK bookshops or libraries of my youth, so this is the first time I'd seen it. It's a collection of Niven-esque short stories alright, but it lacks the punch and verve I remember from his other collections like Neutron Star and The Flight of the Horse.