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WillAdams · 05-06-2011, 08:15 AM

If you want a straight out sequel to H. Beam Piper's works, then you want _Fuzzy Ergo Sum_:

http://www.amazon.com/Fuzzy-Ergo-Sum.../dp/B004XQVEP2

(there's a single review, which I don't find encouraging)

Hellmark, there's only one writer who matters, Piper --- William Tuning's _Fuzzy Bones_ and Ardath Mayhar's _Fuzzy Odyssey_ were displaced by Piper's _Fuzzies and Other People_ which was eventually found and published.

Scalzi has taken a lot of liberties w/ Piper's characters (he's no longer ``Old Man'' Jack Holloway) --- I read through the sample chapters and didn't much like the character (who had none in comparison to Piper's original) --- YMMV.

I also don't see the point of a reboot --- of all Piper's works, _Little Fuzzy_ has held up the best IMO (the anachronistic developing of film &c. don't bother me at all).

William

05-06-2011, 08:15 AM	#9
WillAdams Wizard Posts: 1,258 Karma: 3439432 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (300ppi), Samsung Galaxy Book 12	If you want a straight out sequel to H. Beam Piper's works, then you want _Fuzzy Ergo Sum_: http://www.amazon.com/Fuzzy-Ergo-Sum.../dp/B004XQVEP2 (there's a single review, which I don't find encouraging) Hellmark, there's only one writer who matters, Piper --- William Tuning's _Fuzzy Bones_ and Ardath Mayhar's _Fuzzy Odyssey_ were displaced by Piper's _Fuzzies and Other People_ which was eventually found and published. Scalzi has taken a lot of liberties w/ Piper's characters (he's no longer ``Old Man'' Jack Holloway) --- I read through the sample chapters and didn't much like the character (who had none in comparison to Piper's original) --- YMMV. I also don't see the point of a reboot --- of all Piper's works, _Little Fuzzy_ has held up the best IMO (the anachronistic developing of film &c. don't bother me at all). William Last edited by WillAdams; 05-06-2011 at 08:19 AM.