Little Fuzzy

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Summary: Funny, Poignant and Thought-provoking
Review: "Pappy Jack" Holloway discovers a new breed of mammals on the planet Zarathustra. He feels they are sapient but the company that controls the planet, and will lose their rights to the planet if the "Fuzzies" are sapient, will stop at nothing to prove him wrong. A very good book, that I highly recommend.

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Summary: Sure, sometimes "cutesy" but still a great read.
Review: I believe that if Piper had lived he would be considered in the same league as Asimov and Heinlein and the others. He could really tell an engaging story. Sure, "Little Fuzzy" is cutesy but you have to remember that these books were written in the early sixties, when most of the mainstream Spec-fiction was of the cutesy variety. It's still very much a fun read.

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Summary: Worth writing a script about
Review: I first read the Fuzzy stories over 30 years ago, at which time I began drafting a screenplay based on the Gashta (Fuzzy) saga. It lay in a notebook until a few months ago when I renewed my commitment to bringing the story of Little Fuzzy to the masses. The script now resides on my laptop where it is being polished while I await word on the legal aspects of carrying out my dream... to see Little Fuzzy join (if not lead) the ranks of Gremlins, Ewoks and other sapient furry beings everywhere. Is the world ready for "Little Fuzzy"? let me hear from you...

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Summary: EXcelent
Review: I thought this book was great leisure reading. Really a cute scifi. I would recomend it to any one old and young alike

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Summary: Still one of my favorites after all these years
Review: I treasure my copy. This and other books by this author still remain in my read-again pile although it's been almost 15 years since I first read it. Great story and never so involved with techo-details that you can't keep track of the plot. I still use this book to introduce people to "sci-fi" PS. no, I'm not related

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Summary: There is Little Wrong with "Little Fuzzy"
Review: Little Fuzzy is written by H. Beam Piper and is the first in a series of many books on the fuzzys. The Plot of the book is simple enough, old man finds little furry people, old man keeps little furry people, old man trys to get little furry people recognized as sapient life forms. If you can get past the first 2 pages of scientific mumbo jumbo that has nothing to do with the story the you will be fine. The book is great! I generaly do not read sci fi, but I made an exception for little fuzzy, and you should to!

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Summary: An excellent work of science fiction
Review: The planet of Zarathustra sleeps quietly, the outright possession of the Chartered Zarathustra Company. However, something is about to wake it up. When Jack Holloway, a lone prospector out in the bush discovers a small humanoid race that might just be sapient, the company trembles. The company's claim to the planet is based on its classification as a Class III uninhabited planet, and the company is too big to be threatened with impunity.

But, the first of the little humanoids (Fuzzies) discovered knows nothing about charters and the law. Little Fuzzy joins Pappy Jack, and discovers a whole new world, a world full of fun and adventure. These are the adventures of Little Fuzzy, and his turning upside-down of a whole world!

This book was originally published in 1962, but is every bit as good today as it was back then. The story starts out a bit slow, but it picks up speed, and by the end you find that you can't put it down! H. Beam Piper was an author whose suicide tragically cut short what would have been a full and brilliant career. If you like good science fiction, set in a realistic and believable milieu, then I highly recommend this book to you.

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Summary: A humorous, occasionally "cutesy", and engaging book.
Review: What is the hallmark of sapient behavior? Tool use? Crows and chimpanzees not only use but can make tools. Communication? Even honeybees communicate. Recognizable speech? Parrots are masters. What happens when you encounter alien creatures whose behavior patterns are clever, but who don't apparently talk or use fire? This is a central question in H. Beam Piper's first book about Fuzzies, "Little Fuzzy". Are they merely an advanced sort of mimic, or are they really little people?

With humor, sorrow, and a fairly good dose of late-60's science, Piper addresses the morality behind dealing with non-human, apparently intelligent species. Pappy Jack, a solitary miner, sees more with his common sense than many of the scientists on his world, and must venture out of his arena to protect the fuzzies, becoming their champion.

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Summary: A study of sapience in a delightful novel by a master author
Review: Written in the early 60s, the computers take up entire rooms, movie film is still used, there's capital punishment, and over half of the adult population smokes. Yet the book still shows up on the best 100 SF books ever written. You get a heavy dose of conservative philosophy--and don't even notice it. Because the Fuzzies, the small furry bipeds discovered on the planet--25 years after the planet was first settled--are that loveable. Any other comments on the characters and plot-line are unneccessary.