Sirius
Language: English
Published by Penguin Books / Penguin Science Fiction, 1972
- Softcover
- Used
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 23.34
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© 1944: A stand-alone novel by Olaf Stapledon. 2nd printing of 1964 edition:- Synopsis: 'Sirius' is a tale of immense and 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 sense, the 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. It is the inevitable conflict between Sirius's intellect and instincts and its effects upon the girl, Plaxy, which has produced one of the most moving of the 'Wonder Stories' we call Science Fiction:- (original cost 5'). …
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- Title
- Sirius
- Author
- Stapledon, Olaf
- Publisher
- Penguin Books / Penguin Science Fiction
- Publication year
- 1972
- Condition
- Very Good: Light signs of wear
- Binding
- Paperback: 7" x 4¼"
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0140019995
- ISBN 13
- 9780140019995
- Illustrator
- Cover Art: David Pelham
- Edition
- 1964 Edition
- Printing
- 2nd Printing
- Item weight
- 0.2 kilograms
- Dimensions
- 7" (178mm) x 4¼" (108mm)
- Seller catalogs
- Science Fiction
It is the inevitable conflict between Sirius's intellect and instincts and its effects upon the girl, PLexy, which has produced one of the most moving of the 'Wonder Stories' we call Science Fiction.
On the cover: Paul Klee's In the Land of the Precious Stone, Woldemar Klein Verlag
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bbs
Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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