| Furry! The Best Anthropomorphic Fiction Ever! | 
 enlarge | Authors: Brian W. Antoine, Lawrence Watt-evans, Gene Breshears, Kim Liu, Watts Martin, Michael H. Payne, Mike Collins, Todd G. Sutherland, Jeff Eddy, Matt Posner, Robert K. Carpecken, M.c.a. Hogarth, Conrad Wong, Elizabeth Mccoy, Craig Hilton
Publisher: IBooks
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 796722
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 456
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 1596873191
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.0876608
EAN: 9781596873193
ASIN: 1596873191
Publication Date: February 2006
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Product Description
Over 24 of the best "furry" fiction stories of the past 15 years. Winner of Furry Fandoms' Ursus Award. Furry fiction revolves around sentient animals or characters who have animal aspects, ranging from genetically engineered creatures to aliens to werewolves. Although related to science fiction, fantasy, and horror, this branch of speculative fiction has a style all its own. This volume, in addition to the wide-variety of entertaining stories, contains non-fiction material explaining the origin and development of furry fiction. Usually taking the form of human characteristics given to animals, anthropomorphics have been with humanity from the earliest cave painting to our modern marketing icons and sports mascots. In the last several decades, the study of and fandom for anthropomorphics (commonly called the "furry" fandom) had been recognized as unique, and deserving of attentions. From Watership Down to Redwall, fantasy fans have flocked to heroic tales of furry heroes. In Furry!, "furry fiction expert" and editor Fred Patten takes readers through some of the best-loved and most memorable furry stories ever written. This anthology of furry fiction features twenty-six of the best stories from long-running literary magazines such as Anthrolations, PawPrints Fanzine, The Ever-Changing Palace, Tales of the Tai-Pan Universe, and Yarf! Included are stories by Lawrence Watt-Evans, Watts Martin, Michael H. Payne, Gene Breshears, Brock Hoagland, Mel. White, Phil Geusz, and many others. The collection also features informative introductions and bibliographies detailing the origins and history of the sub-genre. Editor Fred Patten has a long and illustrious career in fandom, being on of the founders of the first American fan club for Japanese animation, and well asbeing active in science fiction and comic book conventions since the 1960s. He writes "Theriopangrams" for the Furrlough comics series. Patten is a founding member of Furry/Anthropormorphics fandom. He resides in California. "The stories...will make you laugh, the will make you cry...they will make you think. At least some of them will probably make you uncomfortable. Ask yourself what you'd do in one of these situations. Be honest. Share the ideas with you friends if you're bold enough. These are stories you can talk about for hours and not get tired. Most highly recommended." -Elizabeth Barrette, Infinite.com
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 Great book but look out. June 28, 2008
If you pick up this book just for pure entertainment you will not be disapointed, the stories inside range from the merely wonderfull to the fantastic in quality.
Great for a moment of reading durring morning commute or a moment of relaxation in a quet corner of a waiting room.
If however you are like me, and you want more then just entertainment for its own sake you will find that this book reprisents allso the posibility of studing different tecniques and stiles of writing.
Now, admitidly when you do this you run the risk of being a little confused, unlike a textbook the transition from one story and one tecnique to another is sudden, litterally the turn of a page, however there are few other examples out there where you can study and be entertained at the same time.
Just dont let the entertainment distract you from the study.
 Freakish sexual deviation April 19, 2007
9 out of 62 found this review helpful
This book is the literary manifestation of sexual repression and malformation. Coherent stories, decent prose, actual plot and character development, but all in support of repressed bestiality. Though non-furries will find it readable and perhaps even enjoyable as fiction, the true reason behind each and every one of these stories is furthering the spread of the mental abhoration that is furrydom.
Do not support this book or any of its benefactors.
Fantastic Book March 17, 2007
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
This book is the best bargain I have ever gotten. It is a must read for Furries. And Non-Furries will enjoy it just as much.The stories are well written and well catigorised . I will read them again and again.
AKA, Best In Show June 4, 2006
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
FYI, This book is/was also published as "Best In Show" by Sofawolf Press.
This anthology is very good and I heartily recommend it. It contains stories from authors on my "buy-on-sight" list and I had nearly laid out the cash for it before I started reading the descriptions and realized it sounded awfully familiar. It's darn good, but I don't really need two copies. :)
I think the biggest strength of this anthology is its variety. With twenty six different authors, you are almost guaranteed to find something new. I already knew Brian Antoine and Phil Geusz were excellent furry authors. In this anthology, I discovered "The Color Of Rain" by Gene Breshears, "Crucible" by Kim Liu, "Messenger" by Mel White, and more. If you like anthropomorhic short stories, this is for you.
P.S. The Sofawolf version has cover art by Ursula Vernon, which you might prefer. :)
Something different May 19, 2006
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
If you're like me, you're tired of sword-and-magic fantasy, weary of Lord of the Rings clones and you couldn't care any less about Harry what's-his-name. You do not understand what is so fantastic about the medieval period. You are tired of humans getting all the attention. You wish Jurassic Park had been told from the dinosaur's point of view without all those humans getting in the way (and you were rooting for the raptors). We want something different.
This collection of furry stories breaks out of what is considered normal fantasy by making animals the center of attention, and it's a refreshing break!
Fully realized worlds with intelligent, humanized animals. Some by genetic manipulation, some by transformation, and many where there is no explanation. If you're willing to buy into this and get a dose of a different kind of fantasy, this is a great find! These are writers who have broken from the norm and explored the less-traveled road of animal stories for adults. Humanized animals have a nasty reputation as being cartoons exclusively for kids, but these authors write them for adults who are open-minded enough to take them seriously. There's nothing childish about them; they explore themes meant for adult minds and I'm not talking about sex. Yes, there is some (and it's all tasteful), but a lot of these stories will make you think about far-reaching subjects. Some will touch you emotionally, like good literature should.
As with all collections of short stories, the quality varies from story to story, but there are some real gems in here.
Foxy Lady--a very touching love story. It tickles the hormones without ever breaching good taste. Wish it was longer!
Canis Major--great action with a cute ending.
Wings--this one alone is worth the retail price of the book. Emotionally, it is the deepest story of them all. It gets you in the heart.
Secret Weapon--you just don't see dragons portrayed like this! The funniest in the collection.
Mercy to the Cubs--I thought the ending needed to be poignant instead of happy, but it's still a suspenseful read.
Messenger--the Eater is a unique idea.
Find the Beauty--I like foxes, so I have to like this one. An unexpected twist in a transformation story.
Little Monster--the most original take on a werewolf story I've ever read! Real fun!
The rest range from barely passable (only 2 or 3) to very good. I'm glad to find fantasy that does not copy TLOTR and rehash the tired old dethroned-king-peasant-becomes-unlikely-warrior-medieval-politics-group-of-friends-on-epic-journey plots that dominate much of fantasy. We've been there and done all that for over 50 years. It was fresh and original when Tolkin did it, but it's time for something different. Time to view talking animals as something other than childish cartoons. I'm glad I read this.
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