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Sirius (Gollancz Collectors' Editions)

Sirius (Gollancz Collectors' Editions)

by OlafStapledon (Author)

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    Paperback 2000

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Synopsis

Sirius is Thomas Trelone's great experiment - a huge, handsome dog with the brain and intelligence of a human being. Raised and educated in Trelone's own family alongside Plaxy, his youngest daughter, Sirius is a truly remarkable and gifted creature. His relationship with the Trelones, particularly with Plaxy, is deep and close, and his inquiring mind ranges across the spectrum of human knowledge and experience. But Sirius isn't human and the conflicts and inner turmoil that torture him cannot be resolved.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 200
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 24 Aug 2000
ISBN 10: 0575070579
ISBN 13: 9780575070578
Book Overview: * 'Stapledon is the great classical example...the ultimate sf writer' Trillion Year Spree * '[Stapledon's] influence...on the development of many concepts which now permeate genre sf is probably second only to that of H.G. Wells' The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction * A moving and profound study of alien intelligence and sensibility * Probably the finest novel with a non-human protagonist ever written.

Author Bio
Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950) was born near Liverpool and educated at Balliol College, Oxford and Liverpool University. After spending eighteen months working in a shipping office in Liverpool and Port Said, he lectured extramurally for Liverpool University in English Literature and industrial history. He served in France from 1915 until 1919 with the Friends' Ambulance Unit and then lectured again for Liverpool University in psychology and philosophy. His novels include First and Last Men, Last Men in London, Star Maker and Odd John.