Thy Rocks and Rills

Thy Rocks and Rills is a science fiction novel by Robert E. Gilbert, written in the early 1950s. Set in a dystopian future, it critiques societal norms through the brutal sport of bullfighting, focusing on M. Stonecypher, a farmer whose prized bull, Moe, has been mutated by radioactivity and possesses extraordinary intelligence. As Stonecypher prepares for Moe's participation in a deadly bullfight on Dependence Day, the narrative explores themes of human-animal relationships, masculinity, and the consequences of violence in sport, culminating in a showdown that questions man's dominion over nature.