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...shock to meet his first hross-a cat-whiskered cross between a snake, a seal and a stoat. It was just as much of a shock for the hross to meet a hmãn. Fortunately, they were both hnau (thinking animals) and after jointly slaying a hnakra, a jabberwockative monster, the hross made Ransom his blood hnakrapunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Little Hm | 10/11/1943 | See Source »

Hyoi, the hross, explained the neat divisions of labor in Martian life. The seallike hrossa did the fishing and wrote the poetry. The séroni, pretty much like men except that they were covered with feathers, took care of philosophy and science. The froglike pfifltriggi handled building and sculp ture. The eldila (unfortunately invisible to the sinful eye of hmãn) represented the spirit world and carried out the orders of Oyarsa, God of Mars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Little Hm | 10/11/1943 | See Source »

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