Little Fuzzy
H. Beam Piper
Read by tabithat
Jack Holloway, a prospector on the planet Zarathustra discovers small furry creatures. These creatures are obviously intelligent, but are they animals or are they sapient? If they are sapient the planet will be declared a protected zone and the company that is developing the planet commercially will lose their exclusive rights to the resources... (Summary by tabithat) (5 hr 36 min)
Chapters
Chapter I | 22:25 | Read by tabithat |
Chapter II | 25:51 | Read by tabithat |
Chapter III | 16:36 | Read by tabithat |
Chapter IV | 11:53 | Read by tabithat |
Chapter V | 31:12 | Read by tabithat |
Chapter VI | 28:14 | Read by tabithat |
Chapter VII | 25:25 | Read by tabithat |
Chapter VIII | 23:15 | Read by tabithat |
Chapter IX | 17:30 | Read by tabithat |
Chapter X | 21:34 | Read by tabithat |
Chapter XI | 14:49 | Read by tabithat |
Chapter XII | 24:39 | Read by tabithat |
Chapter XIII | 8:27 | Read by tabithat |
Chapter XIV | 30:41 | Read by tabithat |
Chapter XV | 9:49 | Read by tabithat |
Chapter XVI | 16:17 | Read by tabithat |
Chapter XVII | 8:03 | Read by tabithat |
Reviews
Forget the birds. Land Prawns are coming!
Vivia
If anywhere should be a NO WHINING ZONE fGs (for God's sake) 99.99% volunteer-powered Librovox should. Complaining about four tiny electronic beeps in a LV sci fi story is wayy more annoying than the beeps. If anything, they add to the verisimilitude. beep beep! I can't believe I just heard it while writing this, circa 06:00 in ch. 2. Come on, even if the narrator's watch beeped during a reading of Shakespeare, are you really going to make that volunteer stop and re-do everything that falls short of perfection? In a production you paid for, go ahead and whine til the cows come home (unfortunate visual, sorry). But I proclaim it a no-no on Librovox. Who am I? Just librovox populi, and someone who thinks finding out about the scourge of land prawns is well worth enduring, wait for it, beep beep beep beep.
a beautiful story
tiffanyfl
I agree with many of these other reviews, I was rapt. Found myself looking at my dog at the end of the book & feeling like HBPiper must've had one & it prompted this story. Well written, intelligent and cute as hell! & also, wonderfully read. Thanks librivox & thanks Piper.
Why can't they be real?
Mr Mck
Once again another fantastic story from H Beam Piper. The narrator took a couple of chapters to get used to but after that I found her tone well suited to the style of the book. The beep in the first two chapters should not be a put off for anyone! Would love the other Fuzzy stories to be available too. All in all great story that you should find thought provoking and very entertaining!
Exceptionally done..writing and reading
OldBill
I've listened to this a number of times over the past few years. It makes you think about the way we treat our fellow sentient beings on this planet; maybe it's time to explore declaring them as nonhuman persons, and give them the rights they deserve.
Well done
A LibriVox Listener
I really enjoy all of Mark Nelson's readings of H. Beam Piper's works, so it was a little unusual to listen to a new reader with a different style. It was very satisfying, though. The story was fascinating and introduced unique and important questions about sapience.
Wonderful!
A. Rawson
Mr. Piper's story is very timeless and engaging. I listen to this story at least once a year. I wish the other 2 books in the series about fuzzies were available with Librivox.
WOW! In my top 10 now! Just ignore any dated reference's ...
Kymis
... or just replace them in your mind like I did and REJOICE! and have fun with your own little FUZZY!!!
Great Story, Great Reading
Andie D.
A cute story that is also quite thought provoking. The reader has a wonderful voice and kept a very nice pace throughout the book.