Reviews

Fuzzy Sapiens by H. Beam Piper

eli99's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

Not as good as the first book. There's some points where it was slow and other points where it felt like there were too many characters. 

bookmason's review

4.0

Have loved these books since my teens and passed them on to my daughter last fall.

Piper remains one of my favourite SF authors, the Fuzzy series is his best, but Space Viking/Federation series and Paratime books and stories are all terrific.

Sadly he died before most of his work gained popularity, much his early work can be found on Project Guttenberg, The H. Beam Piper Megapack on Amazon contains a great collection of many of his novels and short stories, highly recommended.

jrt5166's review

3.0

Almost as enjoyable as the first one. I'll admit I was distracted by some of the politics - I can't help wondering if someone pointed out to Piper that the first book could be read as anti-capitalist, and this book was an attempt to swing back the other way. The characters were always righteous in the author's eyes, but in my opinion, they had somewhat flexible morals. The big bad from the last book got a redemption arc, but all of his goons evidently deserved the death penalty.

cerv's review

5.0

Much like the characters in the story, I've got fuzzies on the brain and can't find fault with them. So, same as the previous review, this is entirely biased. It was simply too much fun, I couldn't help but be continually smiling while reading. Ah, if only I were able to find more that made be feel the same way. H. Beam Piper is one of my favorite authors from this era, I've read and enjoyed much of his short fiction and works in general. Flaws in the book? I don't know what you're talking about, ha ha. The story of the fuzzies integrating into human society captivated me the entire time.