Re: YASID "Sci-fi Books, Humans with Animal genes/modifications?"

On 3/15/2024 5:38 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:

Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:

On 3/15/2024 12:38 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:

On 14/03/2024 18:52, Lynn McGuire wrote:

YASID "Sci-fi Books, Humans with Animal genes/modifications?"
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https://www.reddit.com/r/printSF/comments/1bcw0l7/scifi_books_humans_with_animal_genesmodifications/
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"I read a book maybe 10 years or more ago, set in a future where
humanity had played with gene splicing/gene therapy to the point where
it was entirely common to see people with animal attributes. There was
a whole community of peoples who had Cat/Lion genes who had some
feline features and some of their agility, people with snake genes
that had some scaled patterns on their skin and had sensuous, smooth
movements, and so on. I’ve been trying to find this book for YEARS,
but I have no idea what it was called and can’t really remember the
plot except that there was a conflict between “normal” humans and
those who had their genes modified. Any help, suggestions, or even
recommendations about similar books?"

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I don't have an answer and I'm hesitating
to create a reddit account, I see it as
something that happens to other people.
But I'd ask whether this is a "young adult"
reader book (and we could debate which
stories since Dr. Moreau quality), and
also whether this is about being born
with animal traits, or about getting a
treatment as a teenager or an adult.
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It's extremely unlikely to be
Ben Aaronovitch's _Moon Over Soho_ (2011),
in which, happily as a minor theme,
animal-hybrid people have been devised
by an evil sex magician.  One appears
as the magician's henchman.

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Can you not see Reddit posts without creating an account ?

 You must be signed in to 'answer', which is what Robert said above.
 Personally, I have no interest in reddit, with or without an account.

I honestly find the reddit-hate on usenet a bit dissapointing. Perhaps
because its the closest thing to usenet, but is not usenet.
It does have problems; in particular, the management is in the process
of platform enshittification - moving from pleasing users on to
pleasing advertisers. The step after that is pleasing investors,
followed by platform death.
But its still not bad. You don't need an account to read. You DO need
one to reply, but you can set up one WITHOUT SUPPLYING AN EMAIL. No
personally identifying info need be supplied. The registration page
will ask for an email page, but you can leave it blank.
pt