by Talbot Mundy
Terraforming is an element of some science fiction. SF and Fantasy writers are frequently critiqued on their abilities at worldbuilding. In this second outing of Mundy's vivacious heroine, Kitty Crothers, attempts something far more difficult: building a person. Mundy does a very nice job -- with some chuckles along the way -- of demonstrating how trying to recreate a person in one's own image (even when it's "for their own good") usually has problematic consequences.
Again, many thanks to Georges Dodds, who maintains the R.U.R.itaninan Muglug web site -- where you'll find a number of electronic texts (including the Talbot Mundy story, "The Soul of a Regiment") -- for providing this text.
Click on the following link to read the PDF of "Kitty Burns Her Fingers."
http://pulprack.com/i/burnsfingers.pdf
Posted by ds at August 14, 2007 07:16 AM
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