Short Stories Among the Hairy Earthmen
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Among the Hairy Earthmen
—R. A. Lafferty
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- · 1966
"There is one period of our World History that has aspects so different from anything that went before and after that we can only gaze back on those several hundred years and ask: “Was that ourselves who behaved so?” Well, no, as a matter of fact, it wasn't. It was beings of another sort who visited us briefly and who acted so gloriously and abominably. This is the way it was:" —R. A. Lafferty
- · 1967 Nebula Made First Ballot, Best Short Story
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