They exported the Lani to every planet in the galaxy. Who wants to be bothered by a woman when you can get a whole harem of Lani so cheap? Lani are exactly like women -- with one "minor addition." And all are happy only in the natural, naked state.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
An entertaining period-piece, with a spectacular cover!,
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This review is from: The Lani People (Paperback)
____________________________________________I reread this last night, for the first time since it was new, and it's not bad: "C+", an entertaining period-piece, if you can get past the bad science and pulpy prose. The only thing I remembered about the book was the notorious cover [see my reader image, above], unfortunately missing on some reprints. Pure teenage-boybait (and why I've kept the book for 40 years). Artist (uncredited in the Bantam ed.) was Mitchell Hooks. You won't be surprised to learn that the cover art (and blurbs) are almost pure tease. Nothing in the contents would have shocked Kay Tarrant, John W. Campbell's Mrs. Grundy. I was surprised how much info there is on the net on this obscure old pb. It even makes author Lawrence Watt-Evans's Golden Oldie list [google]: "The lani are discovered on a distant planet in the far future; they look human, save that they have tails. A lani with her tail removed is indistinguishable from human. The law says, however, that the key is interfertility; anything that humans can breed with is human, and anything they can't breed with is just an animal. The lani, therefore, are animals, and the story follows the adventures of the young veterinarian hired to tend a lani herd as he gradually discovers the history and true nature of the species. It's got adventure, romance, excitement, and a dose of thought-provoking questions as well. Worth reading, definitely." The setup is 1950's standard-SF: the Brotherhood of Man loosely governs the 6,000 human-settled worlds, which are linked by hyperspace (spindizzy) FTL spaceships and Dirac communicators. Humans have been in space for 5,000 years, but their culture is (surprise!) *just like* the USA in 1960.... Note that Bone's moral-philosophy lectures are pretty damn tedious. And you are likely to question whether a 4,000 year-old abandoned spaceship could really be fixed up (in secret, on nights and weekends) by the vet and his girlfriend.... Anyway, it's all of 152 pp. long, so it would make a practical (and free! --google gutenberg.org) ebook. Worth a try. And the cover is killer! Happy reading-- Pete Tillman
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining,
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This review is from: The Lani People (Bantam SF, J2363) (Mass Market Paperback)
I enjoyed the author's pacing and language. The story held my interest enough that when I finished it I wanted to read more of Bone's work. Good science fiction doesn't rely on science but rather the people and this is good science fiction.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Well done,
By One-Arrow (OR. USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Lani People (Kindle Edition)
I like that the author doesn't pollute the story with excessive descriptive details, but uses enough to give the reader a decent perspective.This story was not predictable and the suspense was enough to keep me wanting more.
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