Niven's puppeteers had some influence I think,

On Sun, Aug 25, 2024 at 10:52 PM Ethan McKinney - ethan.mckinney at
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> Does anyone know of inspirations for the Hivers? Obviously, manipulations were inspired by pschohistory from the Foundation series. What about Hiver appearance, biology, etc.?
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