- Ellen Datlow loves it. What else do you need to know?
- And the Mumpsimus calls it the Greatest Cat Story of all Time.
- Read it online, why don't you?
- Buy it in Yesterday's Tomorrows
Can I tell you something about my speculative fiction habits? Of course I can– this my barroom restroom wall and the red marker’s in my slimy mitt.
Here’s the thing: I just love stories about sentient animals. I can’t get enough of talking dogs or super-intelligent rats or telekinetic polar bears– this is the stuff of unconditional love. And I know the analogies presented in this trope can only go so far, sure. But I don’t care– I could start a website called Miette’s Podcasted Stories of Intelligent Animals, and be perfectly happy doing so.
As it is, looking through the archives, there’s not much represented here yet — there’s the Saki, which is hilarious, and now Leiber, which is one of those that will hopefully make you check yourself in the mirror and pucker your nose in search of a stray whisker. I have several others in mind, but meanwhile, do feel free to fill it with your suggestions as well.
10 responses so far ↓
1 Carole McDonnell // Sep 8, 2009 at 7:37 am
Totally lovely.
2 d a // Sep 21, 2009 at 10:34 am
In view of your preferences, and since you still seem to lack a Philip Dick story, may I suggest Roog? Claimed by him to be one of the best things he ever did. Short too.
3 miette // Sep 21, 2009 at 2:14 pm
You know, I find it a little hard to believe that I haven’t read any PKDick. Are you sure?
And Okay, Okay, Roog is great, but I fear for what will happen to this site if it’s suddenly TOO anthropomorphallic. The problem is: I have no point of judgment on the short stories– I even like the crap ones.
4 PScott // Sep 21, 2009 at 2:53 pm
What the …
5 miette // Sep 21, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Spit it out, boy.
6 PScott // Sep 22, 2009 at 8:50 am
You cant call me ‘boy’ because I’m brown.
I’m telling.
7 miette // Sep 22, 2009 at 9:17 am
I’m calling you boy because you don’t have boobs. No more sophisticated testing needed.
8 PScott // Sep 22, 2009 at 11:45 am
You dont know if I have boobs.
Now you got me ashamed of my weight.
This should teach you to keep your comments to yourself instead of in the comments section of your site. I hope you’ve learned a lesson.
9 miette // Sep 22, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Know what you need, my trim, brown, probably boobless and thoroughly masculine friend?
You need your very website! So that I might have a place to deface.
10 scatterbrain // Oct 18, 2009 at 1:41 pm
Miette, lovely reading as always, but I found the story itself pretty dull.
Oh yes–please read Roog! I love PKD!
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