Robert definitely excluded the Cherryh books from the list of possibilities, so that's out. Man-Kzin Wars? Maybe. That's one which (like the Cherryh books) I've never read, so it's a possibility.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.