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tstevens3's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Starts a little slowly, but picks up the pace nicely. Lots to think about. Ideas are fleshed out.
anasothershelf's review
4.0
Vídeoreseña
"Why did you make only one of me? It's going to be lonely being me"
Sirius is a genetically engineered dog that has been endowed with human intelligence by his maker, Thomas Trelone. Sirius’s story comes really close to that of Frankenstein’s monster, as he tells his many tribulations while trying to achieve a human-like life. Both characters share the same troubled mentality as they gradually find out that they don’t fit either as a human or as a member of their own species. Stapledon’s approach to this dilemma seems more thoughtful, covering themes like empathy, love, loneliness, and fear of the unknown. Don’t let the premise of a talking dog fool you into thinking this is a Disney-like story— while the main character is technically a talking animal, Stapledon does not overlook their own biology and impulses as such. Ultimately, ‘Sirius’ is a moving story that tries to answer the question of what it really means to be human.
"Why did you make only one of me? It's going to be lonely being me"
Sirius is a genetically engineered dog that has been endowed with human intelligence by his maker, Thomas Trelone. Sirius’s story comes really close to that of Frankenstein’s monster, as he tells his many tribulations while trying to achieve a human-like life. Both characters share the same troubled mentality as they gradually find out that they don’t fit either as a human or as a member of their own species. Stapledon’s approach to this dilemma seems more thoughtful, covering themes like empathy, love, loneliness, and fear of the unknown. Don’t let the premise of a talking dog fool you into thinking this is a Disney-like story— while the main character is technically a talking animal, Stapledon does not overlook their own biology and impulses as such. Ultimately, ‘Sirius’ is a moving story that tries to answer the question of what it really means to be human.
georgia_brown's review
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
theblackcherry12345's review
challenging
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
indigooryx's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
tobin52's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
A book exploring the psychology of not only being an entirely different species than one's society, but the struggle to make sense of purpose, love, and all matters of being- while seen as just a dog.
This book is almost entirely made up of characters reflecting and analyzing their surroundings. If your looking for a book about how a truly conscious dog might see their place in society, how his perspective would differ from ours, and just overall how he would think, I cannot imagine a better book for you.
That is what I was looking for-and now I will forever treasure this book.
This book is almost entirely made up of characters reflecting and analyzing their surroundings. If your looking for a book about how a truly conscious dog might see their place in society, how his perspective would differ from ours, and just overall how he would think, I cannot imagine a better book for you.
That is what I was looking for-and now I will forever treasure this book.
heysunbee's review
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
mark_lm's review
3.0
This 1944 sci-fi novel is about a genetically-modified humanized dog and the girl who loved him. I doubt that Lassie or Fury owes anything to it, but Dean Koontz must have known it when he wrote Watchers (there's even a small clue in a very brief mention of a failed ape experiment in Sirius).
[According to his Wikipedia article, DK has a long relationship with dogs and with a charitable organization for service dogs.]
Anyway, as mildly interesting as this book is, if you are not a connoisseur of this type of thing and want to read about a super-smart dog, I would recommend Watchers instead.
[According to his Wikipedia article, DK has a long relationship with dogs and with a charitable organization for service dogs.]
Anyway, as mildly interesting as this book is, if you are not a connoisseur of this type of thing and want to read about a super-smart dog, I would recommend Watchers instead.
pustulio's review against another edition
4.0
**Reseña pronto, debo hacer unos photoshops.**
Ahora si chavos, mi reseña.
Si pudiera describir el libro en una sola imagen sería:
Es una historia de ciencia ficción, y está buena. Pero a veces me causaba un conflicto las situaciones en las que se encontraban los protagonistas. Y todo el tiempo no pude dejar de pensar en Sirius black dog edition de harry potter. No sé si J.K. Rowling sacó alguna de sus ideas de aquí, pero el perro solo por el color parece que es igual. Pero bueno ese no era el punto.
La historia va de un perro modificado genéticamente como pa' ser SUPER PERRO. Pero pues como que les sale algo como rarito, y pues es como un humano en el cuerpo de un perrote. Está padre ver como las personas reaccionarían ante algo así, aunque el libro tiene unos cuantos detalles inverosímiles en general creo que la visión de una sociedad al ver a un pinshi perro que habla y canta (o si canta y según el libro canta como los mismísimos ángeles pinshi tenor chingón o algo) pues sería la reacción que casi todos esperamos, sociedad temerosa de algo que no logra entender.
Está bueno, me gusto. #supernormal.
Ahora si chavos, mi reseña.
Si pudiera describir el libro en una sola imagen sería:
Es una historia de ciencia ficción, y está buena. Pero a veces me causaba un conflicto las situaciones en las que se encontraban los protagonistas. Y todo el tiempo no pude dejar de pensar en Sirius black dog edition de harry potter. No sé si J.K. Rowling sacó alguna de sus ideas de aquí, pero el perro solo por el color parece que es igual. Pero bueno ese no era el punto.
La historia va de un perro modificado genéticamente como pa' ser SUPER PERRO. Pero pues como que les sale algo como rarito, y pues es como un humano en el cuerpo de un perrote. Está padre ver como las personas reaccionarían ante algo así, aunque el libro tiene unos cuantos detalles inverosímiles en general creo que la visión de una sociedad al ver a un pinshi perro que habla y canta (o si canta y según el libro canta como los mismísimos ángeles pinshi tenor chingón o algo) pues sería la reacción que casi todos esperamos, sociedad temerosa de algo que no logra entender.
Está bueno, me gusto. #supernormal.