I Remember Lemuria

I Remember Lemuria

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I Remember Lemuria by Richard S. Shaver

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1948

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I Remember Lemuria

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of man to join them in moulding life to a fit shape.

My rapt study of the paintings was interrupted by the sound of a pair of hooves that clicked daintily to a stop beside me. I glanced at the newcomer, who had stopped to stare up at the paintings also in that curious way that people have when they see another craning his neck--and my glance became a stare.

What was the use of aspiring to be an artist, my reason said, if those great masters who had placed that mighty picture book on the vaulting walls above were so easily outdone by the life force itself!

She was but a girl, younger than myself, but what a girl! Her body was encased in a transparent glitter; her skin a rosy pale purple; her legs, mottled with white, ended in a pair of cloven hooves. And as my brain struggled to grasp her colorful young perfection--she wagged her tail!

It was all too much. Speculating about the life-generating force possible in the variform creatures was one thing; but having it materialize beside

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First, I consider this story to be fantasy rather than sci-fi. True, there are space ships involved, but that is the only variant on the fantasy theme.

This is a descriptive adventure story like most pre-1950 fiction. There is no real plot, characterization is shallow, and there's no real action to speak of. I found the story quite boring, and skipped over most of it.
The author recalls his past life in Atlantis and warns that all of humankind's problems are due to degeneracy caused by impure radiation from the aging sun. I would not waste any time on this one unless you are looking for some extremely bizarre reading.