So, got 120 pages into this

[james_davis_nicoll]

It's not as awful as it might be, although I am intrigued to note that while Asians are Mongoloids and Africans Negroids, Europeans are just simple Whites and women, as far as I can tell, did not play a significant role in evolution save as rewards to be run down and captured.

More details tomorrow, maybe.

(who did the cover?)

The connection between Harrison and Coon (that Harrison was one of a pair of authors who decided Coon was a good choice to write the intro) put an interesting spin on this.

Comments

[austin-dern.livejournal.com]

It appears that American Anthropologist reviewed the book, though more from the perspective of ``would intro to anthro students benefit from reading this'' rather than ``is this of general interest to anthropologists?''

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

I bet it would be very interesting to anthropologists, studying American SFnal culture during the Seventies.

[scott-sanford.livejournal.com]

I get a 403 Forbidden error; apparently they don't want just anyone knowing what they thought of it.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

"Not as awful as it might be" is surely damning with faint praise.

I had an anthro professor in college--Thomas Barfield--who dismissed Carleton Coon's theories as "'separate but equal' evolution, which was about as successful as 'separate but equal' schools."

[(Anonymous)]

Whenever I see a sf cover from the 60s and 70s with that much red and orange to it, it usually turns out to be by Paul Lehr.

- matthew davis

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

I concur with this guess. Paul Lehr.

[derekl1963.livejournal.com]

But at least the cover has something to do with the actual contents...

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

But at least the cover has something to do with the actual contents...

Well, maybe Lehr was having an off day.

There are also no bubbles in the picture. For reasons which should be apparent, John Nine used to call Lehr "Mister Bubbles."

[neowolf2.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, I recognize an Ian Wallace book cover there. He was a guilty pleasure of mine. Totally wacky physics.

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

He was a guilty pleasure of mine.

Mine, too.