Fuzzy nation by John Scalzi is a rewrite/reboot of the novel, Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper. While Little Fuzzy is in the public domain, Scalzi released Fuzzy Nation with the permission of the Piper estate. I have not read Little Fuzzy, so I do not know how it compares to the original.
The hero in Fuzzy nation is Jack Holloway, a independent prospector, working on a world being mined by ZaraCorp. ZaraCorp's modus operandi is to find a planet worth exploiting and to then strip it bare of its resources. On this particular planet, Zarathustra, Jack Holloway encounters some cat like creatures, that he names Fuzzies. He starts to discover that these creatures are pretty intelligent, and the possibility is raised that these creatures might be sentient. Sentient creatures on Zarathustra would mean that ZaraCorp would no longer be allowed to exploit the planet. This is the premise around which Scalzi develops his story.
The book flows very well and the writing is excellent. Scalzi gets us to like the good guys and the bad guys are believable. The plot is entertaining and well fleshed out and even when one can see a plot twist coming, the way Scalzi executes the plot twists is satisfying and entertaining.
Seeing how well this book turned out, I now feel like reading the original Little Fuzzy, to see how they both compare.
Rating: 5 / 5; Highly recommended.
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