markm reviewed Odd John & Sirius by Olaf Stapledon
Review of 'Odd John & Sirius' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
This 1944 sci-fi novel is about a genetically-modified humanized dog and the girl who loved him. I doubt that Lassie or Fury owes anything to it, but Dean Koontz must have known it when he wrote Watchers (there's even a small clue in a very brief mention of a failed ape experiment in Sirius).
[According to his Wikipedia article, DK has a long relationship with dogs and with a charitable organization for service dogs.]
Anyway, as mildly interesting as this book is, if you are not a connoisseur of this type of thing and want to read about a super-smart dog, I would recommend Watchers instead.
