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From: ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
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Subject: Re: (Tears) Mutant by Henry Kuttner & C L Moore
Date: 11 Nov 2024 16:58:25 GMT
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In article <vgta58$11om5$3@dont-email.me>,
Tony Nance  <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 11/10/24 8:59 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
>> Mutant by Henry Kuttner & C L Moore
>> 
>> Given time, the Baldies will peacefully supplant Homo Sapiens. Time
>> is something the Baldies may not have.
>> 
>> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/drink-to-the-course-of-evolution
>
>Oh my - mentally preparing for Hogbens would make for some interesting
>whiplash when reading just about anything else.
>
>After reading your fine review, I have been puzzled over why Mutant 
>doesn't seem familiar. After a search through the letter K[1] in my 
>collection, it's clearly because I've never read any of the Baldy 
>stories. Ha!
>
>Which I will remedy when I get the opportunity.
>Tony
>[1] and M, and O, and P, of course
>

If you liked the Hogbens, I believe Leinster wrote a somewhat similar
series of stories about a rural gas-station owner, technical savant..
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