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Cargando... Little Fuzzy (1962 original; edición 2007)por H. Beam Piper (Autor)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. When John Scalzi mentioned this book on his blog, I knew it would be classic and quaint. But I expected it to be a little more timeless. I look forward to seeing what Mr. Scalzi does to update it. In the meantime, I listened to the audiobook to see what the hubbub was about. Wow. Piper wrote a future that is just like our present, except we have travel to other worlds, contra-gravity, and verdicators (advanced lie detectors). I think I would like to have air cars, but only in rural settings like those in which the initial chapters of the book take place. Anything more urban and you just multiply the current traffic problems by a third dimension. I would also not like to live in a world where every witness was subjected to verdicators. I don't think that any society would long endure that sort of mental fascism. Overall, the story was interesting enough and pleasant enough. However, I found the writing fairly clunky, based on the examples above, plus space commodore, atomic age, constant discussion of sapience and mentation, and sun stones. I suppose they fit the view of the future seen from the early 1960s. But as I previously noted, they are pretty dated. I also disliked some stereotypical characters and a bit of deus ex machina at the end. Nevertheless it was enjoyable. Let's see what Scalzi has done with it. Very light and enjoyable. I am going to read more books by Piper. Reading classic SF helps me remember much our culture has changed. Piper was a globalist - characters names were drawn from many countries and cultures. Refreshing to not read a story with only English and made-up names. However, most of female characters were "girls" who were "secretaries." Sigh. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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HTML: A miner on the planet Zarathustra crosses paths with an adorable fuzzy creature -- and soon realizes that the little guy may possess human-like intelligence. This realization may throw the social and political balance of the planet into question, and several different groups are soon engaged in a heated race to gauge the smarts of the small fuzzy fellows. .No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The story of the meeting with a new species on a planet far away.
Will travel to planets hundreds of light years away ever become practical? If so we are nearly certain to encounter sapient beings. Coping with that encounter will clearly be a challenge.
In the Fuzzy universe sapience on a planet means the right to self determination. I first read this forty years ago and was enthralled then. I had forgotten the story but now I see why. ( )