Andre Norton's Star Man's Son, alternate title Daybreak: 2250 AD. The first science fiction I read that so impressed me that I kept the title and the author's name in mind. I was about ten at the time, 45 years ago.
(The importance of that reply is pointing out the double standard, that the Star Men prize the mutant cats such as Lura, who make excellent hunting and battle companions, yet scorn human mutants such as Fors, no matter how good they prove themselves.)
Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
Quote:For the second time Fors' skin burned red. "I am mutant. And mutant stock is not to be trusted. The--the Beast Things are also mutant--" He could not choke out more than that.
"Lura is mutant also--"
(The importance of that reply is pointing out the double standard, that the Star Men prize the mutant cats such as Lura, who make excellent hunting and battle companions, yet scorn human mutants such as Fors, no matter how good they prove themselves.)
Quote:"We who were meant to roam the stars go now on foot upon a ravaged earth. But above us those other worlds still hang, and still they beckon. And so is the promise still given. If we make not the mistakes of the Old Ones then shall we know in time more than the winds of this earth and the trails of this earth."-----
Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.