In Fiction
In the Larry Niven book Ringworld, Nereid is described as having been leased by the outsiders "half a millenium ago". The protagonist, Louis Wu, speculates that the outsiders evolved on a gas giant moon similar to Nereid. In Niven's short story, "Flatlander" from the book Neutron Star, Beowulf Schaeffer accompanies an earth person nicknamed Elephant, the flatlander of the title, to buy information from the outsiders. Elephant asks for the location of the most interesting unknown planet in the 60 or so light year sphere of local space. He wants to go on an adventure and become famous. The story shows a glimpse of a fascinating powerful alien race and culture.
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