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"A perfectly executed plot clicks its way to a stunning courtroom showdown in a cathartic finish that will thrill "Fuzzy "fans old and new."
--"Publishers Weekly", starred review
"In a genre flooded with bloated epics, it's a real pleasure to read a story like this, as compactly and directly told as a punch to the stomach."
--"Kirkus Reviews", starred review
"Scalzi readers as well as Piper fans should enjoy this modern throwback to SF's early years."
"--Library Journal"
--"Publishers Weekly", starred review
"In a genre flooded with bloated epics, it's a real pleasure to read a story like this, as compactly and directly told as a punch to the stomach."
--"Kirkus Reviews", starred review
"Scalzi readers as well as Piper fans should enjoy this modern throwback to SF's early years."
"--Library Journal"
Book Description
Jack Holloway works alone. Hundreds of miles from ZaraCorp’s headquarters on planet, 178 light-years from the corporation’s headquarters on Earth, Jack is content as an independent contractor. As for his past, that’s not up for discussion.
Then, in the wake of an accidental cliff collapse, Jack discovers a seam of unimaginably valuable jewels, to which he manages to lay legal claim just as ZaraCorp is cancelling their contract with him for his part in causing the collapse. Briefly in the catbird seat, legally speaking, Jack pressures ZaraCorp into recognizing his claim, and cuts them in as partners to help extract the wealth.
But there’s another wrinkle to ZaraCorp’s relationship with the planet Zarathustra. Their entire legal right to exploit the verdant Earth-like planet is based on being able to certify to the authorities on Earth that Zarathustra is home to no sentient species.
Then a small furry biped—trusting, appealing, and ridiculously cute—shows up at Jack’s outback home. Followed by its family. As it dawns on Jack that despite their stature, these are people, he begins to suspect that ZaraCorp’s claim to a planet’s worth of wealth is very flimsy indeed…and that ZaraCorp may stop at nothing to eliminate the “fuzzys” before their existence becomes more widely known.
Then, in the wake of an accidental cliff collapse, Jack discovers a seam of unimaginably valuable jewels, to which he manages to lay legal claim just as ZaraCorp is cancelling their contract with him for his part in causing the collapse. Briefly in the catbird seat, legally speaking, Jack pressures ZaraCorp into recognizing his claim, and cuts them in as partners to help extract the wealth.
But there’s another wrinkle to ZaraCorp’s relationship with the planet Zarathustra. Their entire legal right to exploit the verdant Earth-like planet is based on being able to certify to the authorities on Earth that Zarathustra is home to no sentient species.
Then a small furry biped—trusting, appealing, and ridiculously cute—shows up at Jack’s outback home. Followed by its family. As it dawns on Jack that despite their stature, these are people, he begins to suspect that ZaraCorp’s claim to a planet’s worth of wealth is very flimsy indeed…and that ZaraCorp may stop at nothing to eliminate the “fuzzys” before their existence becomes more widely known.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Great author stumbles on the legacy of another.,
By Ikaris (BC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fuzzy Nation (Hardcover)
I have a great respect for Scalzi's work. Unfortunately this book is not one I enjoyed.The central problem is that he has "re-imagined" Holloway and the "Fuzzy Sapiens" in a less than stellar manner. Those who read and loved the Fuzzy series by H. Beam Piper, like myself, may find themselves horrified by Scalzi's twisting of Holloway's character into someone who is quite simply lacking in the human attributes that made the story work for Piper. The new and degraded Holloway is a gutted shell of the man that Piper created, shallow and lacking in the central kindness that was found in an otherwise gruff frontiersman. The elimination of the martini and cigarette/pipe culture may be an appropriate modernization, but not when you leave out any cultural waterholes for the characters to gather around. We end up with sad and career motivated drones doing their thing without quite knowing why. The Fuzzys themselves are observed but never does Scalzi get properly inside their heads. The close of the book is unfeasible given apparent cultural levels. If Scalzi had written another story inside the Fuzzy universe it may have gone very well, but this re-imagination was a mistake.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable!,
By WARBLADE (cleveland, ohio United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fuzzy Nation (Hardcover)
This is a very interesting re-imagining of Piper's work.It may be more pragmatic than the original but the fantastic twists and turns along with the best "OMG" moments towards "the end that are "I should have seen that coming but didn't" make this book a quick and kindle-button turning read.
1 of 11 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Don't buy this book,
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This review is from: Fuzzy Nation (Hardcover)
This is an exploitive rewrite of the late H. Beam Piper's masterful classic and I personally will not be buying it. Judging by the precis the author has twisted the character of Jack Holloway as a sunstone prospector into a shyster and con man. Tor Books has tried having another author write a Fuzzy book before with less than stellar results. H Beam Piper who committed suicide in the 1960's and wrote many classic science fiction novels does not deserve to be dishonoured in such a fashion. I am giving it 1 star as you have to rate it. Would prefer to give it ZERO. Buy H Beam Piper's Little Fuzzy instead.
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