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Subject: Help ! Book Title and Author search.
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Date: Fri, 15-Feb-85 08:19:30 EST
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From: Julian R. Long <jlong@BBNCCM.ARPA>


			HELP !


I am trying to find the title and author of a book i read 12 (ish)
years ago . I may have the story confused with others i have read 
but here is the little you've got to go on .
	There story is set maybe on earth , a group of humanoids ,
( who may later turn out to be insects !) live near the sea in a 
vast forest/jungle , i think they live in trees / foiliage (?) .
The story is told in the First person by one of the humanoids
and i think it narates his life , there is a question that is present
throughout the story , something to do with where they come from or
got to . There are battles with other tribes of similar humanoids 
the main target being food which is in short supply.  In the end
of the story our humanoid get into (burrows) a moth which lands on  
the top of the trees/foiliage and which then flies to the moon
where our humanoid
turns into a fly ( man this sounds crazy ! but i'm sure i read it ) .
I remember the jungle being full of nasty things they had to avoid
like plants which eat you . Also every thing was very BIG ( or they 
were very small ) . Some of the humanoids had different functions
in life , i remember a humanoid-type "designed" to carry things
with a hunched back and funny arms .
Maybe something to do with spiders , maybe
it was set in the future ( where ever that is ? ) , post nuclear
war ? Now i'm just guessing . That is all i remember . Anyone got
any ideas please send to SF-LOVERS or if possible jlong@BBN-UNIX .
Thank-you . Julain long .