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Sirius - A Fantasy of Love and Discord

By: Penguin Publishing

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Science Fiction Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Last Stocked on 8/12/2015

Product Info

Title
Sirius - A Fantasy of Love and Discord
Publisher
Category
Sub-category
Author
Olaf Stapledon
Publish Year
1964
Pages
188
Dimensions
4x7x.5"
NKG Part #
2147482355
Type
Novel - Softcover

Description

Sirius is a tale of immense tragic pathos in which Olaf Stapledon evokes the terrible loneliness of a dog born with the mind of a man. Thomas Trelone's life-work was to explore the possibilities of producing a superman by experimenting with hormone injections into various mammals. Sirius himself is infinitely the most successful of these trials. He is the only viable puppy born with the brain capacity of a human being, but he still has the senses, instincts, and the physique of a dog. Born at the same time as Plaxy, Thomas's youngest daughter, the child and puppy are brought up together, share the same lessons, and develop an intense understanding of one another's humanness and dogness.