Which third one do you mean, "Fuzzy Bones" or "Fuzzies and Other People"? There were two third ones (and I haven't managed to read either of them because they were both pretty hard to find.) Fuzzy Bones was the one written by a different author and from what I recall was supposed to be terrible; "Fuzzies and Other People" was based on an unpublished manuscript by the author and is a v. different story.
(There's also "Golden Dream: A Fuzzy Odyssey" by Ardath Mayhar which retells the original story and, iirc, into the beginning of "Fuzzy Sapiens" entirely from the fuzzies' POV. Have either of you read that? It's a stylistically kind of strange book because it really does try to keep the POV very nonhuman, but an interesting retake on the story that definitely accepts the Fuzzies as fully responsible actors. And is very 80s the same way the others show their ages. TBH, the way the original press for "Fuzzy Nation" completely ignored the existence of Mayhar's retelling (which was, after all, written by a woman, so not important, right) is a large part of why I've had trouble inspiring myself to read Scalzi's.)
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(There's also "Golden Dream: A Fuzzy Odyssey" by Ardath Mayhar which retells the original story and, iirc, into the beginning of "Fuzzy Sapiens" entirely from the fuzzies' POV. Have either of you read that? It's a stylistically kind of strange book because it really does try to keep the POV very nonhuman, but an interesting retake on the story that definitely accepts the Fuzzies as fully responsible actors. And is very 80s the same way the others show their ages. TBH, the way the original press for "Fuzzy Nation" completely ignored the existence of Mayhar's retelling (which was, after all, written by a woman, so not important, right) is a large part of why I've had trouble inspiring myself to read Scalzi's.)