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Furry Tales: A Review of Essential Anthropomorphic Fiction
Contributor(s): Patten, Fred (Author)
ISBN: 1476675988     ISBN-13: 9781476675985
Publisher: McFarland & Company
OUR PRICE:   $39.55  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: November 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Children's & Young Adult Literature
Dewey: 813.009
LCCN: 2019028382
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.9" W x 9.9" (0.95 lbs) 236 pages
 
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Tales featuring anthropomorphic animals have been around as long as there have been storytellers to spin them, from Aesop's Fables to Reynard the Fox to Alice in Wonderland. The genre really took off following the explosion of furry fandom in the 21st century, with talking animals featuring in everything from science fiction to fantasy to LGBTQ coming-out stories. In his lifetime, Fred Patten (1940-2018)--one of the founders of furry fandom and a scholar of anthropomorphic animal literature--authored hundreds of book reviews that comprise a comprehensive critical survey of the genre. This selected compilation provides an overview from 1784 through the 2010s, covering such popular novels as Watership Down and Redwall, along with forgotten gems like The Stray Lamb and Where the Blue Begins, and science fiction works like Sundiver and Decision at Doona.