Now I have self-published
a book on Amazon I take a lot more notice of other self-published authors and
mostly if one of them gives their book or short story away, I make an effort to
read it. Some were bad but Monkey talk by T. Lucas Earl was a pleasant
surprise. This short story is currently available on Amazon at $1.26 and I
fully recommend it.
The story is set at
some point in the future where through pills and a speech augmentation chip chimpanzees
have developed human abilities. We meet Professor Towry a chimpanzee who lectures
in cybernetic technology and his new human assistant Ms.Lui. We see this new
world through the eyes of Prof. Towry. He is a rational thinker who doesn’t
think he is inferior to humans and doesn’t accept being treated differently. We
find out that the pills only partly supress his animal nature and often at
night he is a different animal.
The story is a
familiar ‘if you mess with nature there will be consequences’ but it’s written
in an original, funny and intelligent way. The character of Professor Towry is
grumpy, prejudiced and at times aggressive but despite that you have to feel sorry
for him as this rational chimpanzee sees his life descent into mayhem on occasion.
I give this short
story 5 stars.
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