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You're right, it's by Niven. It's called "Like Banquo's Ghost", referring to how the alien is the proverbial ghost at the feast.

Your summary is spot-on, it was probably just hard to locate the story because of the Shakespearian title.

You're right, it's by Niven. It's called "Like Banquo's Ghost", referring to how the alien is the proverbial ghost at the feast.

Your summary is spot-on, it was probably just hard to locate the story because of the Shakespearian title.

You're right, it's by Niven. It's called "Like Banquo's Ghost", referring to how the alien is the proverbial ghost at the feast.

Your summary is spot-on, it was probably just hard to locate the story because of the Shakespearian title.

http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?54289

You're right, it's by Niven. It's called "Like Banquo's Ghost", referring to how the alien is the proverbial ghost at the feast.

Your summary is spot-on, it was probably just hard to locate the story because of the Shakespearian title.

You're right, it's by Niven. It's called "Like Banquo's Ghost", referring to how the alien is the proverbial ghost at the feast.

http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?54289

You're right, it's by Niven. It's called "Like Banquo's Ghost", referring to how the alien is the proverbial ghost at the feast.

Your summary is spot-on, it was probably just hard to locate the story because of the Shakespearian title.

http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?54289