Sirius is a dog with humanlike intelligence. He is raised by scientist Thomas Trelone in North Wales, near Trawsfynydd. Thomas embarks on a program of using steroids and other chemicals to rapidly develop cognitive power of dogs, resulting in super sheep dogs. Sirius, however, proves to possess a dog intelligence comparable to a normal human being, as he is able to communicate with English words, although it takes some time for the humans to understand his canine pronunciation. He is born at the same time as his creator's human daughter, Plaxy, and the two of them are raised together as brother and sister. When Plaxy leaves for school they drift apart and troubles for Sirius begin. With human intelligence and emotion he declines to lead a life of a regular dog and he tends to develop as a person, but keeps running into obstacles.
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Olaf Stapledon. Sirius
Sirius
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. FIRST MEETING
CHAPTER II. THE MAKING OF SIRIUS
CHAPTER III. INFANCY
CHAPTER IV. YOUTH
CHAPTER V. SHEEP-DOG APPRENTICE
CHAPTER VI. BIRTH-PANGS OF A PERSONALITY
CHAPTER VII. WOLF SIRIUS
CHAPTER VIII. SIRIUS AT CAMBRIDGE
CHAPTER IX. SIRIUS AND RELIGION
CHAPTER X. EXPERIENCES IN LONDON
CHAPTER XI. MAN AS TYRANT
CHAPTER XII. FARMER SIRIUS
CHAPTER XIII. THE EFFECTS OF WAR
CHAPTER XIV. TAN-Y-VOEL
CHAPTER XV. STRANGE TRIANGLE
CHAPTER XVI. PLAXY CONSCRIPTED
CHAPTER XVII. OUTLAW
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Olaf Stapledon
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She turned her face towards me with a smile that I shall not forget. Nor shall I forget the bewildering effect of the dog’s earnest and almost formal little declaration. Later I was to realize that a rather stilted diction was very characteristic of him, in moments of deep feeling.
Then Sirius made another remark with a sly look and a tremor of the tail. She turned back to him laughing, and softly smacked his face. “Beast,” she said, “I shall not tell Robert that.”
