This book is a dystopian fable of science, rebellion, humankind's inhumanity, and the struggle for identity and survival in a post-human world. When scientists, the government, and venture capitalists conspire to hybridize humans with animals-cats, specifically for organ harvesting, drug testin...

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1. Verfasser:	Alonso, Kassten
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2013
Schlagworte:	Human experimentation in medicine > Fiction. Expérimentation humaine en médecine > Romans, nouvelles, etc. LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General. Human experimentation in medicine Science fiction. Fiction
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Zusammenfassung:	This book is a dystopian fable of science, rebellion, humankind's inhumanity, and the struggle for identity and survival in a post-human world. When scientists, the government, and venture capitalists conspire to hybridize humans with animals-cats, specifically for organ harvesting, drug testing, and military applications, the experiment is an irredeemable failure, producing human-like beings with uncanny abilities who are nonetheless fundamentally defective. Oboy and his mentor/tormentor Freda are two wayward hybrids, "cat people," who escaped with others to the depths of a rundown European city being leveled for reconstruction. They are members of a street gang led by an ominous leader called Swan. Oboy is unable to think or speak except in mimicry, but he is a physical savant, which serves Freda's mission. Enraged at what has been done to her, Freda wants to "rescue" every pet she can. When Oboy returns with a human baby after his first solo outing, their world and the truths of their existence come unraveled.
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (352 pages)
ISBN:	9781573668392 1573668397