false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173544634m/301727.jpg 301727 7 A postmodern Mary Shelley, taking the parable of Frankenstein's monster several giant steps farther, might have written this fable of a novel about a tragic race of monster dogs--in this case, genetically and biomechanically engineered dogs (of several major breeds). Created by a German mad scientist in the 19th century, the monster dogs possess human intelligence, speak human language, have prosthetic humanlike hands and walk upright on hind legs. The dogs' descendants arrive in New York City in the year 2008, still acting like Victorian-era aristocrats. Most important, the monster dogs suffer humanlike frailties and, ultimately, real suffering more serious and affecting than the subject matter might at first glance suggest. 2077075 1 4 1997 Lives of the Monster Dogs total:371|5:60|4:144|3:121|2:32|1:14| 371 1317 513 73 5 1 false false Tue Mar 10 11:56:48 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 11:58:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 15:50:23 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 07:33:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 07:44:27 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 14:56:22 -0800 2009
So, this lady really has a way with words. And she has quite the imagination. But her ability to develop the relationships between her characters is sorely lacking. Bakis has fabulous descriptive skills, but she doesn't use any of them to describe the wa...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 15:13:18 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 08:26:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jul 24 13:53:03 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 19:16:07 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Wed Jul 15 09:26:01 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 09:35:25 -0700 2009
I enjoyed it book a lot; I'd class it as magic realism in the style of Marquez. It's not qui...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 07 19:09:57 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 05:37:25 -0700 2008
The story goes like this: Mad Scientist plays God ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Dec 19 12:29:47 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 06:28:09 -0800 2007
What a beautifully sad book. Cleo, a twenty-something New Yorker, documents the arrival of the monst...more...]]> 4 0 false true Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jul 17 14:41:09 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 14:57:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 09:55:39 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 10:01:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Fri Feb 22 10:51:24 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 10:51:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Fri Aug 28 10:42:54 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 10:43:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 12:01:38 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 12:01:52 -0700 2009 Characters are all a bit dull though! No real relationships get formed and f...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Jan 24 11:13:59 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 11:17:05 -0800 2009
I was completely drawn in to the characters' lives, their torture and their tragedy. It's not a happy story, but still, it stays with me. ]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 10:28:32 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 09:51:59 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Oct 16 21:20:45 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 21:22:20 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Sun Aug 16 02:09:52 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 02:10:58 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jun 07 13:19:35 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 13:20:42 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jan 19 12:39:47 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 13:04:44 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 20:46:48 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 20:49:07 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=301727