There's a short story somewhere, the aliens come to earth and contrary to expectations don't dominate us. Instead help us settle our international differences without war, end disease, poverty, starvation.
many of them carry a small book with them, which they consult often when working with us to solve our problems; seems to be, perhaps, some religious text?? Almost impossible to read their written language, and when asked they demur, saying it's not really relevant. Finally someone manages to get hold of a copy and after a couple of years succeeds in translating the title: "How To Serve Man" It's a cookbook. On Fri, 2009-04-24 at 16:55 -0600, sol wrote: > Thanks so much for mentioning that book and reminding me of it. I read > it umpteen years ago and LOVED it, and have just ordered a used copy, as > it is apparently out of print. > sol > > Kirsteen Wright wrote: > > There's a marvellous SF book by Donald Kingsbury 'Geta'. I believe it > > was called 'Courtship Rites' in America about an energy poor planet. > > Man has colonised it in the distant past it is not really suitable for > > sustaining human life. It's indigenous plants and animals cannot be > > eaten so are 'profane' and the only flesh available is human, so > > cannibalism has become a sacred ritual. It talks about eating unwanted > > babies but doesn't mention what the flesh tastes like. It really is a > > fascinating book about the kind of society that could grow up. it was > > always one of my favourites. > > > > Kirsteen > > > > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > >
