Re: Neanderthal novel?
J. Moore (j#d#.moore@canrem.com)
Mon, 5 Jun 95 10:15:00 -0500
JF> In article <Buxck79.cooper@delphi.com>,
JF> Immortal Tommy Forrest Brujah Vampire <cooper@delphi.com> wrote:
JF> >I read a book in the early 80's--a paperback--that was a novelized
JF> exploration
JF> >of life among the Neanderthals, written by a Scandinavian
JF> anthropologist. Can
JF> >anyone remember the name of the book and author?
JF> Are there any other interesting pieces of fiction involving Neandertals
JF> or other primitive hominids? I'm aware of "Clan of the Cave Bear", of
JF> course, and I've occasional books that look like clones of it come out
JF> since, but I'm after something a bit more original.
JF> Here's one I've seen: "The Ugly Little Boy", by Isaac Asimov, a short
JF> story about a Neandertal boy who is bought into the present in a "time
JF> bubble" that he cannot leave.
JF> Jim Foley Symbios Logic, Fort Collins
One that's not in the realm of great literature that I read as a kid was
*Fire Hunter* (I believe that was the title) by Jim Kjelgard (he wrote a
lot of books about animals, like *Big Red*). The protaganist came up
against some Neandertals, but the thrust of the book was in compressing
the discovery of fire-starting (as opposed to fire-using) and the
inventions of the spear-thrower (attala [sp?]) and the bow by a
lucky/clever fellow by the end of the book. What I liked about his
explanations were the accidental nature of the initial invention(s). It
was a pretty good read for the juvenile reader around 1960.
Jim Moore (j#d#.moore@canrem.com)
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