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Fuzzies/other People

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While I am a Piper fan, this book seemed to be somewhat cliche by the time I had read it and the other two. The first of the Fuzzy books was wonderful, and it was the first Piper that I read, but the other two were less interesting. I think that this is because of Piper's plan: to write one book per CENTURY of terro-human history, not three books about a span of maybe two years at the outside. Don't go out of your way for this book, but it is worth reading if you stumble across it.

An enjoyable book even if you haven't read the other two books. Piper, in private notes, complained about "those damn Fuzzies!" Why? Because readers liked them too much. Read all 3 books in one sitting, and then ask yourself if there such a thing as having too much of a good thing.

I liked this story. I get a warm 'fuzzy' feeling from the Fuzzy stories, and this one was no exception. If my memory serves me correctly, this was done based on Piper's notes, after his death. It was certainly done with Piper's style. Recommended.

I first read the Fuzzies books in high school. I was glad to find another in the series. And it certainly reads like the real Piper. When you read Jules Verne, you're amazed that a writer a hundred years ago could predict things like weightlessness. When you read H. Beam Piper, you're amazed that a writer thirty-five years ago couldn't predict that anything at all would change. There are so many anachronisms. And then there are quasi-melting pot names like (get this) Hirohito Bjornsen. Hirohito Bjornsen?!