That was a Twilight Zone episode. :) On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 05:13:23PM -0700, Malcolm wrote: > 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> > > > > >
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