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

On 3/14/24 2:52 PM, 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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Lynn

 Did they already rule out Cordwainer Smith's Underpeople stories? I don't remember much about snake people, but there were cat people (like C'Mell), and dog-people (like D'Joan), and bovine people (like B'dikkat).
 Tony