Bartender Rick Shumann at his Siberian tavern catering to aliens, narrates 26 tales include: The Subject Is Closed – Could AI stop working on life after death because subject solved? Table Manners – Is Rick hunter or hunted by five Folk aliens? Losing Mars – Unpublished. Aliens on Mars angry humans forget their planet. Contents: 11 • Introduction (The Draco Tavern) • essay by Larry Niven 17 • The Subject Is Closed • [Draco Tavern] • (1977) • shortstory by Larry Niven 25 • Grammar Lesson • [Draco Tavern] • (1977) • shortstory by Larry Niven 33 • Assimilating Our Culture, That’s What They’re Doing! • [Draco Tavern] • (1978) • shortstory by Larry Niven 41 • The Schumann Computer • [Draco Tavern] • (1979) • shortstory by Larry Niven 49 • The Green Marauder • [Draco Tavern] • (1980) • shortstory by Larry Niven 57 • The Real Thing • [Draco Tavern] • (1981) • shortstory by Larry Niven 65 • War Movie • [Draco Tavern] • (1981) • shortstory by Larry Niven 73 • Limits • [Draco Tavern] • (1981) • shortstory by Larry Niven 81 • Table Manners • [Draco Tavern] • (1984) • shortstory by Larry Niven (variant of Folk Tale) 101 • One Night at the Draco Tavern • [Draco Tavern] • (1991) • shortstory by Larry Niven 107 • The Heights • [Draco Tavern] • (2001) • shortstory by Larry Niven 123 • The Wisdom of Demons • [Draco Tavern] • (2000) • shortstory by Larry Niven 131 • Smut Talk • [Draco Tavern] • (2000) • shortstory by Larry Niven 145 • Ssoroghod’s People • [Draco Tavern] • (2001) • shortstory by Larry Niven 155 • The Missing Mass • [Draco Tavern] • (2000) • shortstory by Larry Niven 175 • The Convergence of the Old Mind • [Draco Tavern] • (2002) • shortstory by Larry Niven 185 • Chrysalis • [Draco Tavern] • (2002) • shortstory by Larry Niven 199 • The Death Addict • [Draco Tavern] • (2003) • shortstory by Larry Niven 209 • Storm Front • [Draco Tavern] • (2004) • shortstory by Larry Niven 215 • The Slow Ones • [Draco Tavern] • (2005) • shortstory by Larry Niven 225 • Cruel and Unusual • [Draco Tavern] • (1977) • shortstory by Larry Niven 231 • The Ones Who Stay Home • [Draco Tavern] • (2003) • shortstory by Larry Niven 239 • Breeding Maze • [Draco Tavern] • (1980) • shortstory by Larry Niven 255 • Playhouse • [Draco Tavern] • (2006) • shortstory by Larry Niven 273 • Lost • [Draco Tavern] • (2006) • shortstory by Larry Niven 283 • Losing Mars • [Draco Tavern] • (2006) • shortstory by Larry Niven 291 • Playground Earth • [Draco Tavern] • (2006) • shortstory by Larry Niven