owens@gitpyr.UUCP (Gerald Owens) (01/06/85)
Hope everyone had a happy holiday.
While on vacation, I was able to catch up on some reading that
I had wanted to do, and decided to read the "Zarathustra/Little Fuzzy"
series by H. Beam Piper ("Little Fuzzy", "Fuzzy Sapiens", "Fuzzies and
Other People"). A delightful set of books, and worth reading. So much
for the posting to net.books.
The first book, "Little Fuzzy", is of particular interest to those
debating in net.abortion since, as part of the development of the story
line, the question of consciousness, "sapience", and the definition of
murder, as well as the problems of determining such, are addressed by
the characters. Since it was written in the 60s, and does not address
the "humanity of the fetus" question directly, it might help shed some
light on our debate from the point of view of someone who does not have an
axe to grind for either side.
Those wishing to follow up on this article, please modify the
Newsgroups line before submitting. There seems to be a great adversion
to having the abortion debate spill over into other groups: more so than
if, say, net.motss spilled over into net.singles.
--
Gerald Owens
Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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(I have changed the newsgroups, though not exactly as requested, for reasons
which will be obvious. Long quote at end.)
The "Little Fuzzy" series is interesting for a number of reasons. I have only
read the first two books (LITTLE FUZZY and THE OTHER HUMAN RACE, a.k.a. FUZZY
SAPIENS), and found only the first worth reading.
However, I feel I should point out that LITTLE FUZZY bears a remarkable
resemblance to a book entitled YOU SHALL KNOW THEM by Vercors (pen name for
someone whose real name I forget). THE OTHER HUMAN RACE bears a remarkable
resemblance to OLIVER TWIST.
YOU SHALL KNOW THEM deals with much the same issues as LITTLE FUZZY (a race of
pre-men are discovered in the jungle--they are considered animals, and the main
character impregnates one of the females in order to get the courts to test
their humanity). The two of them were sort of cobbled together in 1970 into a
movie called SKULLDUGGERY (which starred Burt Reynolds).
Evelyn C. Leeper
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>From net.abortion,net.books:
> From: owens@gitpyr.UUCP (Gerald Owens)
> Message-ID: <452@gitpyr.UUCP>
>
> Hope everyone had a happy holiday.
>
> While on vacation, I was able to catch up on some reading that
> I had wanted to do, and decided to read the "Zarathustra/Little Fuzzy"
> series by H. Beam Piper ("Little Fuzzy", "Fuzzy Sapiens", "Fuzzies and
> Other People"). A delightful set of books, and worth reading. So much
> for the posting to net.books.
>
> The first book, "Little Fuzzy", is of particular interest to those
> debating in net.abortion since, as part of the development of the story
> line, the question of consciousness, "sapience", and the definition of
> murder, as well as the problems of determining such, are addressed by
> the characters. Since it was written in the 60s, and does not address
> the "humanity of the fetus" question directly, it might help shed some
> light on our debate from the point of view of someone who does not have an
> axe to grind for either side.
>
> Those wishing to follow up on this article, please modify the
> Newsgroups line before submitting. There seems to be a great adversion
> to having the abortion debate spill over into other groups: more so than
> if, say, net.motss spilled over into net.singles.
>
>
> --
> Gerald Owens
> Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
> ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!owens
>
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