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In article <so8fau$v11$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

Freefall: Wagging the Tail
http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3700/fc03678.htm

I still think that humans would do well with a prehensile tail.

We might; but we are descended from Old World apes, not New World
monkeys.

ObSortOfSF: H. Allen Smith, _The Age of the Tail._

In which all humans suddenly start being born with tails. One of
his last books, published 1956, which is about when I read it.
Can't remember now whether the tails were prehensile or just
decorative.

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

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In article <j0q2edFoo77U1@mid.individual.net>,
Ted Nolan <tednolan> <tednolan> wrote:

In article <r3GAnM.1nL7@kithrup.com>,
Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote:

In article <so8fau$v11$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

Freefall: Wagging the Tail
http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3700/fc03678.htm

I still think that humans would do well with a prehensile tail.

We might; but we are descended from Old World apes, not New World
monkeys.

ObSortOfSF: H. Allen Smith, _The Age of the Tail._

In which all humans suddenly start being born with tails. One of
his last books, published 1956, which is about when I read it.
Can't remember now whether the tails were prehensile or just
decorative.

Someone, de Camp perhaps, wrote a story about an event (tech? magic?)
that gave humans back pelts. The early years were all about trying
to undo it, the later ones about: Hey, this is pretty neat! (Especially
from the formerly bald).

I remember that one, and I think you're right that it's by de
Camp. Can't remember the title, but I remember the final line.
One of the characters was in a business that failed like
buggywhips in the Car Age, but he's gone into a new business
that's making him rich.

"They make currycombs!"

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

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On 1 Dec 2021 19:58:05 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
wrote:

Someone, de Camp perhaps, wrote a story about an event (tech? magic?)
that gave humans back pelts. The early years were all about trying
to undo it, the later ones about: Hey, this is pretty neat! (Especially
from the formerly bald).

I remember the story, but not the title or author. It was told from
the viewpoint of two men who were working on a cure; the final
paragraph revealed that one of them had invested in depilatories, the
other in currycombs.

--
Joy Beeson
joy beeson at centurylink dot net
http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/

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On 12/1/2021 1:42 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:

In article <j0q2edFoo77U1@mid.individual.net>,
Ted Nolan <tednolan> <tednolan> wrote:

In article <r3GAnM.1nL7@kithrup.com>,
Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote:

In article <so8fau$v11$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

Freefall: Wagging the Tail
http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3700/fc03678.htm

I still think that humans would do well with a prehensile tail.

We might; but we are descended from Old World apes, not New World
monkeys.

ObSortOfSF: H. Allen Smith, _The Age of the Tail._

In which all humans suddenly start being born with tails. One of
his last books, published 1956, which is about when I read it.
Can't remember now whether the tails were prehensile or just
decorative.

Someone, de Camp perhaps, wrote a story about an event (tech? magic?)
that gave humans back pelts. The early years were all about trying
to undo it, the later ones about: Hey, this is pretty neat! (Especially >>from the formerly bald).

I remember that one, and I think you're right that it's by de
Camp. Can't remember the title, but I remember the final line.
One of the characters was in a business that failed like
buggywhips in the Car Age, but he's gone into a new business
that's making him rich.

"They make currycombs!"

Makes me wonder if a non-zero number of golden-age SF authors would have
been furries had that option existed in the 40s.

--
Chrysi Cat
1/2 anthrocat, nearly 1/2 anthrofox, all magical
Transgoddess, quick to anger
Call me Chrysi or call me Kat, I'll respond to either!

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