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  • Since the tasp is a surgically implanted part of me, you would have to kill me to possess it.

    Ringworld Niven, Larry, 1938- 1970

  • Since the tasp is a surgically implanted part of me, you would have to kill me to possess it.

    Ringworld Niven, Larry, 1938- 1970

  • MAKE HIS (HER) DAY: Use a tasp on him (her), especially from concealment.

    The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980

  • "Nessus used the tasp on me, but I am not a wirehead."

    The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980

  • He didn't give me much of a jolt, but it reminded me of that tasp Nessus carried, and that was ten times as powerful.

    The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980

  • MAKE HIS (HER) DAY: Use a tasp on him (her), especially from concealment.

    The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980

  • He didn't give me much of a jolt, but it reminded me of that tasp Nessus carried, and that was ten times as powerful.

    The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980

  • "Nessus used the tasp on me, but I am not a wirehead."

    The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980

  • He'd just have to get Nessus to stop using the tasp.

    Ringworld Niven, Larry, 1938- 1970

  • In the heart of the purest joy he had ever known, Louis know that Nessus was using the tasp on him.

    Ringworld Niven, Larry, 1938- 1970

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