Collection of "Draco's Tavern" stories, plus a selection of "laws" and essays, published to commemorate Niven's appearance as "Principal Speaker" at the 1984 Philcon.
- Cover art credit from The Science-Fantasy Publishers by Chalker & Owings (Electronic Edition, 1999, page 493) and from Catalog of Copyright entry below.
- 1,200 copies according to The Science-Fantasy Publishers by Chalker & Owings (Electronic Edition, 1999, page 493).
- Issued without dustjacket.
- Price from Locus1. No price printed on book.
- Published for PhilCon 1984 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (November 16 - November 18, 1984).
Publication date from convention date.
Catalog of Copyright entry TX0001571331 puts the publication date at 1984-11-16.
- No BLIC.
- LCCN from LOC lookup.
- For several of the entries, the titles in the Table of Contents on page vii differ from their titles at the start of the entry:
- 1 Introduction (omits ": Larry Niven by Jerry Pournelle")
- 9 Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing (omits exclamation mark)
- 24 Green Marauder (omits "The")
- 81 If Idi Amin Had Had the Bomb (omits ellipsis)
- 84 The Roentgen Standard (omits "Yet Another Modest Proposal:")
- 89 Why Men Fight Wars and What You Can Do About It (omits comma and exclamation mark)
- The poem on page 87 is preceded by a short introduction titled "In Memoriam ..."
