31 MAY 2015 by ideonexus
Summary of "Sirius"
Fifty years ago, the philosopher Olaf Stapledon published
a novel, Sirius, which explores some of the
depths of loneliness and alienation to which genetic
engineering might lead. Stapledon knew nothing of
DNA and molecular biology, but he foresaw the possibility
of genetic engineering and saw that it would give
rise to severe dilemmas. His hero, Sirius, is a dog endowed
with a brain of human capacity by doses of
nerve-growth hormone given to him in utero. His creator
raised him as a member of...Folksonomies: science fiction
Folksonomies: science fiction