Sirius: A Fantasy Of Love And Discord
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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What does it mean to be human — and what happens when a mind of surpassing intelligence is trapped in the body of a beast? Sirius: A Fantasy of Love and Discord by Olaf Stapledon chronicles the extraordinary life of Sirius, a sheepdog whose brain has been artificially enhanced to the level of human genius by the scientist Thomas Trelone. Set against the rugged landscapes of rural Wales and the drawing rooms of mid-20th-century England, the novel charts Sirius's tortured existence as he navigates two worlds — neither of which will fully accept him — and his profound, deeply conflicted bond with Trelone's daughter, Plaxy. Stapledon, one of the great visionary writers of speculative fiction, constructs a narrative that probes the nature of consciousness, the boundaries of love, and the cruelty of social belonging with unflinching intellectual rigour. Written in 1944, Sirius stands as one of his most intimate and emotionally resonant works, eschewing the vast cosmic scope of Last and First Men or Star Maker in favour of a piercing, character-driven tragedy. His prose is measured and luminous, wielding philosophical weight with deceptive ease — leaving the reader to wonder, long after the final page, where the animal ends and the human truly begins.
Author: Olaf Stapledon
Format: Paperback
Published: 2010, Gollancz
Genre: Science fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What does it mean to be human — and what happens when a mind of surpassing intelligence is trapped in the body of a beast? Sirius: A Fantasy of Love and Discord by Olaf Stapledon chronicles the extraordinary life of Sirius, a sheepdog whose brain has been artificially enhanced to the level of human genius by the scientist Thomas Trelone. Set against the rugged landscapes of rural Wales and the drawing rooms of mid-20th-century England, the novel charts Sirius's tortured existence as he navigates two worlds — neither of which will fully accept him — and his profound, deeply conflicted bond with Trelone's daughter, Plaxy. Stapledon, one of the great visionary writers of speculative fiction, constructs a narrative that probes the nature of consciousness, the boundaries of love, and the cruelty of social belonging with unflinching intellectual rigour. Written in 1944, Sirius stands as one of his most intimate and emotionally resonant works, eschewing the vast cosmic scope of Last and First Men or Star Maker in favour of a piercing, character-driven tragedy. His prose is measured and luminous, wielding philosophical weight with deceptive ease — leaving the reader to wonder, long after the final page, where the animal ends and the human truly begins.