9/11/56 ****Thought this would be about one thing... turned out to be about something else.
Quite fun.
Two geologists buy a used lifeboat spaceship and travel to Trident to do some research for a developer. The lifeboat spaceship has a computer that is still programmed for its previous owners, "slow-minded" lizard-like drones that live at -20 degrees, water is poisonous, and are at war against inhabitants of another planet. The computer, like HAL in 2001, tries to protect its passengers to their dismay.
Aan excellent, funny story by Robert Sheckley.
