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Jeff: It came, not suprisingly from "The Gripping Hand" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, which was the sequel to "The Mote in God's Eye" by the same team. Both of which had to do with the discovery of a bizarre asymettrically patterened alien species with 3 hands, (2 small manipulators and one big "gripping hand") Who's discovery posed a threat to all humanity.
------------------ "Nobody knows this, but I'm scared all the time... of what I might do, if I ever let go." -- Michael Garibaldi
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