Grail
by Elizabeth Bear | 
Hellspark
by Janet Kagan | 
Courtship Rite
by Donald Kingsbury | 
The Domino Pattern
by Timothy Zahn | 
The Machiavelli Interface
by Steve Perry | 
Ranks of Bronze
by David Drake | 
The Unteleported Man
by Philip K. Dick | 
The Asutra
by Jack Vance | 
A Hidden Place
by Robert Charles Wilson | 
The Jupiter Theft
by Donald Moffitt | 
Central Station
by Lavie Tidhar | 
Total Eclipse
by John Brunner | 
Harvest of Stars
by Poul Anderson | 
Venus of Shadows
by Pamela Sargent | 
Probability Moon
by Nancy Kress | 
Odd John
by Olaf Stapledon | 
Nebula Maker
by Olaf Stapledon | 
Last Men in London
by Olaf Stapledon | 
Seveneves
by Neal Stephenson | 
Constitution
by Nick Webb |
Sirius is Thomas Trelone's great experiment - a huge, handsome dog with the brain and intelligence of a human being. Raised and educated in Trelone's own family alongside Plaxy, his youngest daughter, Sirius is a truly remarkable and gifted creature. His relationship with the Trelones, particularly with Plaxy, is deep and close, and his inquiring mind ranges across the spectrum of human knowledge and experience. But Sirius isn't human and the conflicts and inner turmoil that torture him cannot be resolved.