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charleshb's review
5.0
An old book, but one of my favorites. Some anachronisms, example film movie cameras for people traveling to other star systems whereas we currently shoot most of our video directly to electronic formats. Very interesting examination of what it means to be sapient. Also a look at corporate and governmental corruption. Lots packed into this short scifi novel.
cerv's review
5.0
Jack Holloway, an aged loner who is an sunstone prospector on a frontier planet, has a being he names Little Fuzzy, see image, stumble into his life. Halloway takes them under his protection and learns the true value of having a family and being with others. However, the planetary corporation has a vested interest in assuring that the little fuzzies are never made known to others. Thus begins the trial to determine whether or not the little fuzzies are sapient or not. What great fun this was.
hckypylon's review
*SPOILER*
Interesting to read this right after John Scalzi's Fuzzy Nation which is based on this. The differing elements that they used to prove sapience, the difference in the way they present Jack Holloway - one as having a conscious the other as being the right guy because he is driven by self interest.
Interesting to read this right after John Scalzi's Fuzzy Nation which is based on this. The differing elements that they used to prove sapience, the difference in the way they present Jack Holloway - one as having a conscious the other as being the right guy because he is driven by self interest.
swekster's review
5.0
I love reading old-timey SF once in a while. It's a breath of fresh air to have clear-cut heroes and villains, and the loveable and huggable fuzzies are a big plus.
ssindc's review
3.0
Quick & fun, and I can see how and why this became somewhat of a sci-fi classic or, at a minimum, a cult favorite.... Like its recent tribute re-boot, Fuzzy Nation, this one a hugely entertaining lawyers in space free-for-all. Having read the two back-to-back, Fuzzy Nation - in addition to being more "modern" and feeling less "dated" - pushed more of my buttons. I particularly liked the re-imagining of the protagonist - not that the protagonist in Little Fuzzy wasn't attractive and effective, but he wasn't nearly as complex, and his side story didn't seem to add nearly as much value to the whole. Still, plenty of fun for a short read.....
ericb's review
4.0
Wonderful little story. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I think I like this original story better than the reboot by John Scalzi. It has more heart. Recommended.
absolut_todd's review
4.0
Digging into the old school SF for a bit of a brain bleach. Basically a 'first contact' story with a sapient species on a different planet. The plot generally resolves around the idea of how do you measure sapience when on one side you have a creature that seems to be sapient, vs a corporation who will lose all their power if they are determined to be sapient. I think that part of the book, the debate about sapience still holds up and is interesting these days, but man, the anachronisms in the book are just crazy, i.e. they have mastered faster than light space travel, but still need to develop film of the Fuzzies. It holds up reasonably well for a 50 year old book.