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    Little Fuzzy
    Little Fuzzy
    Little Fuzzy
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    Little Fuzzy

    By H. Beam Piper

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateMay 15, 1983

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    • 5/5
      One of my very favorite books. Read it. You'll like it.
    • 4/5
      What is sapience? The word comes from the Latin sapientia, meaning "wisdom". It is related to the Latin verb sapere, meaning "to taste, to be wise, to know"; the present participle of sapere forms part of Homo sapiens, the Latin binomial nomenclature created by Carolus Linnaeus to describe the human species. Linnaeus had originally given humans the species name of diurnus, meaning man of the day. But he later decided that the dominating feature of humans was wisdom, hence application of the name sapiens. His chosen biological name was intended to emphasize man's uniqueness and separation from the rest of the animal kingdom.In fantasy fiction and science fiction, sapience often describes an essential human property that bestows "personhood" onto a non-human. It indicates that a computer, alien, mythical creature or other object will be treated as a completely human character, with similar rights, capabilities and desires as any human character. The words "sentience", "self-awareness" and "consciousness" are used in similar ways in science fiction.Little Fuzzy is the name of a 1962 science fiction novel by H. Beam Piper that addresses this issue. The story revolves around the determination whether a small furry species discovered on the planet Zarathustra is sapient. The planet was recently settled and is run by the Chartered Zarathustra Company as a Class III planet, one without native intelligent life. Jack Holloway, an independent sunstone prospector, discovers what he at first takes to be an animal and calls it a “Little Fuzzy,” and then realizes it is a member of an intelligent species—or is it? The very interesting question of the sapience of the Fuzzies, who don’t qualify under the “talk and build a fire” rule of thumb, takes up the rest of the book. The talk rule requires verbalization which the Fuzzies do not have, but they do use symbols and with them communicate pretty effectively. By the second part of the novel questions such as is it possible "to be sapient and not know it" and other issues are considered including a sort of philosophical issue: Is sapience an either/or issue, thus once it achieved the only question is how intelligent is the sapient being? The conflict inherent in the novel's plot is between the management of the Zarathustra Company, who realize the company will lose its investment if the Fuzzies are sapient creatures, and Jack, the local prospector, who is convinced that they are definitely sapient. The problem for the Fuzzies is that even if they are not sapient, they are close enough to that state, which means that the company management decides to eradicate them to protect their interests. The suspense is a bit thin, but the novelist creates a thought experiment that is interesting because it doesn’t have simple answers. It was nominated for the 1963 Hugo Award for Best Novel. I found that it presented in an entertaining way the recognition of sapience in an alien species and the efforts of the two species to learn how to live together.
    • 4/5
      It's not a new story -- new alien animal is discovered and everyone wants to know what to think of it. In this case, it's because otherwise the resource-takers lose their planet full of gems if the creatures are sentient. The story comes to a head when one of the Little Fuzzies is killed. So everyone's wondering if it was murder or not. To decide if it's murder, they have to know if the Fuzzies are sapient or not. To do that, they have to define what sapience is. And that's no easy task for some backwater scientists. All this is executed in a gripping courtroom drama.I saw a lot of potential in this book -- and I can't wait to see what Scalzi does with it, because I think he can fix a lot of the problems. One of those is that everything's too easy for the protagonist. Immediately, the court sides with him, and allows him all the advantages. While the Company (the resource-takers) are given the short shrift, and the burdens of proof are placed on them. In fact, the only real problem that occurs is how to define sapience, and that crisis is averted when the courtroom trial is annexed by the deus ex government which reveals the secret evidence its been gathering on the Fuzzies, rendering all the tension moot.My favorite part is that the book is labeled as a "science-fiction juvenile", except that when the antagonist realizes he's about to lose the case and go to jail for murder, he SLITS HIS OWN THROAT WITH HIS JACKET ZIPPER IN A PRISON CELL. You know, for kids!
    • 4/5
      This is a truly charming book. It has a succinct, and admittedly somewhat dated style, that is fast paced and engaging. It explores on of the "big" questions, what it means to be sentient, which puts in in a higher category of speculative fiction than the average space opera.
    • 2/5
      So I read Scalzi's version, didn't much like it, and was very confused, and so went back and re-read this, and it's not at all the book I remember. I've cross-wired this to some entirely other book, which I remember as having much better aliens. Perhaps I'm remembering a sequel? Or an early Le Guin? Anyway, officially fuzzied out now.
    • 3/5
      After finding out Fuzzy Nation was a reboot of Little Fuzzy, I wanted to go through both of them before reviewing either.

      I liked this book, and it was good. It was a little dated (and not just the tech, it felt old), but it still held up pretty well. I'll admit to liking the reboot/Fuzzy Nation better, but this book was pretty good as well.
    • 4/5
      This is a really interesting premise. And though the book was fun, I don't think there was enough depth to it to really explore the question of sentience.

      I understand that John Scalzi wrote a version of this -- and I might check it out just to see how he handled that aspect differently. If nothing else, I doubt there'd be nearly as much saccharine in his novel.
    • 4/5
      Quite enjoyable, even after reading Scalzi's updated version.
    • 4/5
      I get a recommendation on a blog, come over here, and find a widget offering a preview, and another offering a download. If goodreads can find a way to offer me time to read in, I'll be set.

      ***

      Great fun. Rather draggy in bits with long discourses on the meaning of sapience. I like that it had a diverse cast (at least as far as the names go) although there weren't many women. It was funny to see everyone smoking and carrying guns. That's two of the things Scalzi changed. He also adopted a less paternalistic attitude toward the fuzzys. For all the talk about sapience, Piper shows them as really cute pets. They can do neat stuff, but they're like very amusing children.
    • 5/5
      After having read "Fuzzy Nation" by John Scalzi, I was inspired to re-read the original story by H. Beam Piper. This is more a comparison of the two stories than a straightforward review.The first thing that struck me was the complexity of the plot. "Little Fuzzy" is not extremely complicated, but it has far more depth than Scalzi's reboot. This criticism is not just for Scalzi's work, I find that, in general, most science fiction and fantasy being produced today is far simpler than comparable works of the past. "Fuzzy Nation," while enjoyable, is more like an "After School Special" adaption of "Little Fuzzy." To be fair, Scalzi's book is recast for modern audiences. This means that it purposely changes things and emphasizes some elements at the expense of others. One of these elements is the role of the military. Jack, the main character, is no longer ex-military, but a unscrupulous disbarred lawyer. The rugged individual of the first book is now a selfish prat who is incapable of forming interpersonal relationships. Despite this flaw, he muddles through and manages to do the right thing. This de-emphasis of the military extends throughout the story. In "Little Fuzzy," they are instrumental to the plots unfolding. In "Fuzzy Nation," they barely make an appearance.The role of the female psychologist is also changed. In the original, she is a strong character who is revealed as such as the story unfolds. In the reboot, she is more of a foil, an ex-love interest of the main character, but a part of "the good guys team" from beginning to end. Frankly, she is more boring and conventional in her new role.While the original story could be construed as promoting a rather parochial colonialism and a metaphor for the idealistic implementation of Kipling's "White Man's Burden," I found the deus ex machina used to promote the Modern Humanistic romanticization of native people's to be a bit trite.Finally, I would like to dwell on the overarching thematic feel of the two works. While both end with a big trial to determine whether the Fuzzies are sentient, Scalzi's work seems to portray the idea of the totalizing embrace of government and the law as a vehicle to solve all problems and to rectify injustice. The role of the individual is to game the system. In Piper's novel, the story revolves around individuals with strong character acting to accomplish what they feel is right.In summary, Piper's vision is more in depth, less topical and has a quality that will be appreciated another 50 years hence. While Scalzi's work was entertaining, it fails to carry the same level of engagement.
    • 4/5
      I read John Scalzi's Fuzzy Nation before I read this original story. Both are superb, but oh how dated this story is :)
    • 4/5
      This book introduced among the most memorable aliens in science fiction. Mind you, they're so cute as to induce sugar shock. Little furry creatures about the size of toddlers with soft, silky fury and huge eyes, playful and childlike. This almost has a feel more of a children's book than science fiction. Except it does deal with some sophisticated concepts. The "Fuzzies" are on a planet colonized by humans and largely owned and ruled by a corporation under a charter only valid if there are no sapient indigenous life forms. So when the Fuzzies show up, it soon becomes a very serious matter indeed whether they're just cute animals--or people. Piper's a good storyteller and presents likeable characters--human and non-human alike. It's an entertaining read, and for something with a 1962 copyright, surprisingly doesn't feel at all dated.
    • 3/5
      A friend shared this book with me about twenty years ago, and I was entranced. It's not a great book, but it's good, entertaining, and should give you some 'food for thought'. The descriptions of the antics of the fuzzies is marvelous, and worth reading the book if only for Piper's descriptions.I found this book this morning in a used book store, and reread it this afternoon. Guess what? It still was a fun read and I enjoyed it about as much as I did twenty years ago. (and yes, my moniker is based partly upon this book...as is my avatar, which I have used for a number of years online)
    • 4/5
      Little Fuzzy is a wonderful little book. I found it interesting to see how the major themes in this book both relate to the modern times and how much those themes have been used in other science fiction. Jack Holloway is an elderly prospector mining for the valuable sunstone on the planet Zarathustra. He comes home one day to find a strange creature in his bathroom. He names them fuzzies, and quickly begins to realize they are not mere animals. Soon, many scientists are camped out on his grounds, studying them. They are trying to determine if the fuzzies are sapient beings... if so, the Zarathustra Company will lose its claim on the planet and the valuable sunstones. Things quickly come to a head, and the issue of sapience becomes central to a court case. I found it a bit simplistic. There was a “best case scenario” feel, with characters falling in the good or evil camp. There was no gray area. It also had the sorts of problems most novellas tend to have (at least in my opinion)- the characters were lacking any real depth, and the plot was straightforward.
    • 4/5
      A short, excellent story dealing with an issue of sapience - what it really means to think? Surprisingly, it does not feel dated although it was published almost fifty years ago. It is not gloomy and dark but rather optimistic. It is also an entertaining court drama and interesting look at the possible interstellar society based on libertarian ideas. Definitively a worthy read especially if you have few hours to kill. It can be downloaded from Gutenberg project so do not hesitate.
    • 5/5
      Project Gutenberg has a free copy of this classic tale for download. Charming, heart-warming are keywords that I can attribute to this tale. It deals with our human expansion to the stars and our encountering those little green martians we have always expected. Except they are not what we have thought.I have read this along with Fuzzy Sapiens many times. The aliens of Little Fuzzy have not always been there in their UFO's spying on us, or are part of a xenocidal race that wants our extinction. If anything man wants to see the end of the alien. Perhaps bleeding heart liberals would be the thought of the defender of the Fuzzy, but Piper writes of Fuzzy in such a way as to make then an endearing race. Part little child, part kitty cat.The conflict is that if there are alien intelligences out there, who owns that world? We have seen Cherryh look at this from a distance in Downbelow Station, and the same with Weber in On Basilisk Station, but those books were not focused on the thought of someone speaking up for that Alien's rights and ensuring that they are protected. That is the plot line here. We have a company world that wants to exploit the world, we have a native intelligence that needs to be defended working within the system, but unable to articulate for themselves their defense. Hence a really great book that led to two additional authors writing books about them, and then years after Piper's death, a third tome being unearthed and published.
    • 3/5
      A Classic '60s pulp fiction novel which looks at the theme of ‘What constitutes a sapient creature’? The last half of this book goes into a detailed discussion between the characters, in and out of the courtroom, about this subject and then the repercussions it will have on the company owned planet of Zarathustra. Greed is the secondary theme as we follow the machinations of the company trying to keep its grip on the lucrative sunstone market.I particularly liked the technology of the book, it was vague enough in some areas to pass as a modern book and then quirky in the spots where it was a bit more detailed, like using audio tape to store information. I guess some of the tech in today’s modern sci-fi books will seem obsolete in 20 years time as well. This book can be read at two levels. When I read it twenty years ago it was an exciting story, after finishing it again at this later stage in my life the philosophical discussions where more interesting than the action. Space Vikings by H.Beam Piper is a good read as well but it looks at the theme of retribution and revenge.
    • 4/5
      I didn't start out with high expectations for Little Fuzzy, but I found its balance of gee-whiz futurism and the exploration of the nature of intelligence has aged well since 1962. Most of the characters are suitably developed (for science fiction, at least), but the big reveal of the character with other loyalties was easy to spot from a long distance. The fuzzies are impossibly likeable, almost to a point of distraction.
    • 5/5
      Jack Holloway is digging for stones on Zarathustra when a friend comes to visit. This friend isn't human though. Its a 'Fuzzy'.What follows is a lovely, interesting, enthralling and thought-provoking science fiction novel. The descriptions of the Fuzzies are wonderful. Their customs, habits, routines and methods of learnings are fantastic and made them entirely real.Not only is this a book with 'cute' written all over it, but also a serious look at what defines a sapient being and the lengths people will go in walking over what they consider 'inferior' beings to ensure they get what they want.This is by far and away the best science fiction I have read this year. I get the feeling it could take some doing to beat how much this book touched me. The ending just makes it brilliant.In one line: Not only a fascinating look at another species but also a discussion about the definition of a sapient being. Highly Recommended.
    • 2/5
      Now, the Terro-Humans colonise like nothing else. And, being human, they also love the commerce and capitalism. So, when possibly, this uninhabited planet the Company has essentially just started running in the black and self-sufficiently, isn't like—really uninhabited? Yeah, we learn about humanity, and how imaginatively cruel, grasping and utterly selfless it can be. At least when things are fuzzy. The ending would have been totally different if they were dealing with a "Little Scaly". There's two (still copywrit) books involving the Fuzzies after this, I may need to check them out (actually, just they and one other are the only Terro-Human books still in copyright). For all I know, Piper deals with that not-big-problem in them.
    • 3/5
      A fairly simple plot, enlivened by a cast of humorous characters. If you're unfamiliar with the series, it's a bunch of adventures amongst aliens who compulsively take on the personae of characters in human fiction. It's actually fairly well done and good for a laugh.
    • 3/5
      The Big Idea in Little Fuzzy: Alien Intelligence. - On the recently-settled frontier world of Zarathustra prospector Jack Holloway encounters a small, furry biped that he names "Little Fuzzy." Eventually "Pappy" Jack comes to think of Little Fuzzy as a sapient being which sparks a harsh reaction from the interstellar corporation that owns the planet because its charter will be revoked if Zarathustra is the home of an aboriginal species of sentient beings.Part "first contact" story, part corporate intrigue, part courtroom drama, Little Fuzzy is perhaps the most well-known work by H. Beam Piper. The novel remains one of the most salient science-fiction examinations of the challenges involved in recognizing non-human sentience and is as relevant to researchers studying chimpanzees and dolphins today as it is to those concerned with possible contact one day with extraterrestrials.Piper eventually wrote two sequels to Little Fuzzy which were collected in The Complete Fuzzy. The third novel in this trilogy was not discovered until many years after Piper's untimely death and so two alternate endings to the trilogy were also commissioned, William Tuning's Fuzzy Bones and Ardath Mayhar's Golden Dream: A Fuzzy Odyssey.
    • 4/5
      This is a pleasant little story about a prospector on the planet Zarathustra who discovers (or is discovered by) some very cute little teddy bear (?) like aliens. The plot of the story concerns the good guys trying to prove that the Fuzzies are sapient beings and the bad guys (the company that runs the planet) trying to prove they aren't. That's pretty much it but it's nicely done and quite enjoyable.

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