The Useless Bugbreeders
Unknown
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Description
James Stamers wrote this science fiction tale, printed in Worlds of If in May 1961. Its heading speaks to the Space Council: asteroid 4722 was just another roadblock in the way of interplanetary traffic, but to the useless bugbreeders it was home.
A lawyer named Jones pleads before the Space Zoning Commissioners, who are damp and irritable after losing a case to a Weeper. His clients are an odd little race whose world stands in the way of the space lanes. Stamers plays the hearing for comedy and a sting: who counts as useless, and who decides. Readers get a sharp, funny tale of law among the stars.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |