Other editions of book Little Fuzzy

Little Fuzzy is a 1962 science fiction novel by H. Beam Piper, nominated for the 1963 HugoAward for Best Novel. The story revolves around determining whether a small furry speciesdiscovered on the planet Zarathustra is sapient, and features a mild libertarianism thatemphasizes sincerity and honesty. The book was followed by a sequel, Fuzzy Sapiens (originaltitle The Other Human Race) published in 1964, the same year that Piper committed suicide. Inthe wake of Piper's suicide, rumor spread of a lost "second sequel"; in 1981, at the behest of AceBooks, William Tuning produced the critically acclaimed Fuzzy Bones. Ace also hired ArdathMayhar in 1982 to write Golden Dreams: A Fuzzy Odyssey, which tells the events of Little Fuzzyfrom the viewpoint of the Fuzzies (or Gashta, as they call themselves). Later, Piper's lostmanuscript was discovered, and published in 1984 as Fuzzies and Other People. WolfgangDiehr wrote or co-wrote three sequels, published by Pequod Press: Fuzzy Ergo Sum (2011),Caveat Fuzzy (2012), and Fuzzy Conundrum (2016, with well-known Piper historian John F.Carr). In 2011, John Scalzi published Fuzzy Nation, which he described as a "reboot" of Piper'soriginal.

Jack Holloway lives the solitary life of a sunstone prospector in a wilderness on planet Zarathustra. The Zarathustra Corporation retained ownership of the planet through a charter with the Colonial Government exploiting resources without interference, until Holloway appears his sidekicks the Fuzzies. Henry Beam Piper was an American science fiction author best known for his extensive Terro-Human Future History series of stories and a shorter series of Paratime alternate history tales.

The planet Zarathustra is listed as uninhabited – which means that the entire planet can be owned by a corporation. That owner is the rich and happy Zarathustra Company – rich and happy, that is, until a prospector named Jack Holloway comes across undocumented species – a tiny, golden-furred little biped that he dubs ‘Little Fuzzy.’ Not only are the Little Fuzzies cute, they’re bright too – in fact, they may be sapient as people are … and that means everything the Zarathustra company owns on this world is at stake…

Jack Holloway lives a solitary life in a wilderness of planet Zarathustra, itself "owned" by the Chartered Zarathustra Company, which installed basic services and colonial outposts initially, and now reaps the benefits of new discoveries, such as the valuable 'sunstones' mined by Holloway until he befriends a tiny, golden-furred humanoid that he names 'Little Fuzzy.' Little Fuzzy brings his family/tribe to meet Holloway and the lot of them promptly adopt Holloway as well. Upon discovery that the Fuzzies intelligence may qualify them as a sapient species, the Company moves against them.

The unabridged classic on MP3 audio, narrated by Amy von Lecteur. Three playback speeds on one disk; etext edition included. Running time: 6.2 hours (slow), 5.6 hours (medium), 5.1 hours (fast). Published in 1962, Little Fuzzy was nominated for the 1963 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Is the small furry species discovered on the planet Zarathustra -- intelligent? Much is riding on the answer! In this witty reading, the warmth and charm of the beloved story come shining through.

On Terra or Baldur or Freya or Ishtar, a single cut of polished sunstone was worth a small fortune. Even here, they brought respectable prices from the Zarathustra Company’s gem buyers. Keeping his point of expectation safely low, he got a smaller vibrohammer from the toolbox and began chipping cautiously around the foreign object, until the flint split open and revealed a smooth yellow ellipsoid, half an inch long. “Worth a thousand sols—if it’s worth anything,” he commented. A deft tap here, another there, and the yellow bean came loose from the flint. Picking it up, he rubbed it between gloved palms. “I don’t think it is.” He rubbed harder, then held it against the hot bowl of his pipe. It still didn’t respond. He dropped it. “Another jellyfish that didn’t live right.

Little Fuzzy is a science fiction novel set on the planet Zarathustra, a world rich in natural resources being exploited by a huge chartered company from Earth. Jack Holloway is a free-lance sunstone miner working on the outskirts of civilization when he encounters a small, fuzzy animal which turns out to be remarkably intelligent. He soon begins to suspect that “Little Fuzzy” and his family are more than just clever animals, but in fact a new sapient alien species. Such a proposition is directly opposed to the interests of the chartered Zarathustra Company, and conflict ensues. Published in 1962, Little Fuzzy rapidly gained popularity due to the charming nature of the little aliens and the well-handled tensions of the plot. It is today considered to be a classic of the genre, though perhaps considered to fall into the category of juvenile fiction. It was followed by a sequel, Fuzzy Sapiens in 1964.

Protagonist Jack Holloway lives a solitary life in a wilderness of planet Zarathustra, itself "owned" by the Chartered Zarathustra Corporation (under Victor Grego), which installed basic services and colonial outposts initially, and now reaps the benefits of new discoveries, such as the valuable 'sunstones' mined by Holloway until he befriends a tiny, feline-like humanoid, nicknamed 'Little Fuzzy', and its traveling-companions. Upon discovery that the 'Fuzzies' intelligence is equal to human, the Company intervenes against them, on grounds that such a discovery would declare the planet a protected aboriginal zone, and deprive the Chartered Zarathustra Company of rights to the resources there. Leonard Kellogg, one of Grego's staff, kills a Fuzzy and thus provokes a court case to decide whether the Fuzzies are sapient. In the midst of the proceedings, the Terran Navy commander reveals that his people have been studying Fuzzies, and prove that Fuzzies have at least the mental capacity of a ten-year-old human child. At once, the Charter of the Zarathustra Company is invalidated, and Kellogg commits suicide in his cell.