Furry!: The Best Anthropomorphic Fiction! by Fred Patten

Furry!: The Best Anthropomorphic Fiction! Reviews

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  Geo

  I definitely didn't expect to like this because, lets fact it, both the title and the cover hint otherwise (actually...they more like howl otherwise).
  
  But despite any of my inhibitions, I actually enjoyed the vast majority of the short stories in this collection. Had a lot of nifty ideas and situations and characters to sample from anthro fiction. Slight Odd at points but generally awesome. Most fun I've had reading a short story collection a long while.
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  Marc

  I had not read "furry" literature before and found it to be an enjoyable experience. "Furry" is an umbrella term for intelligent beings are not human. While most of the stories had mammals the genre includes reptiles as one of the stories featured dragons.
  
  I discovered that the furry genre is a vehicle for talking about issues such as slavery, caste systems, gender equality, sexual identity, sexual harassment, and relationships with different or marginalized folks, in ways that would not make the average human reader feel uncomfortable. For example, one of the stories was about some of the consequences of an illness that disfigures people. Most who are stricken are still human mentally but they look like rabbits, pigs, bats, woodchucks, etc. Can a family still care for and love their daughter though she's now an elephant?
  
  The anthology is divided into three sections. 1) Stories where furries and humans co-exist, furry-only worlds, and 3) human/furry transformations with three of the four stories in this section being werewolf themed.
  
  Fred Patten, the editor, also included sizable introduction and afterword essays covering the history of furry literature, fandom, and wraps up with lists of furry print magazines and Internet resources. As they were written in 2003 the latter lists are now dated but will still be useful for historical research projects.
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  Matt Posner

  Technically this was my first book publication -- I have a story in it called "The Boar Goes North." I don't have this book though -- I have the original, which is called Best in Show, and was issued by Sofawolf Press. This edition went out of print because its publisher, Ibooks, went bankrupt.
  
  Lots of very skilled and intelligent writers took on the task of writing furry fiction, an interesting genre. I send my best wishes to Fred Patten and to the other authors who participated. Look me up, guys.
  
  Best,
  
  Matt Posner
  
  
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  Nathaniel

  Fantasy short stories at their best. My personal favorite being the story Wings by Todd G. Sutherland. In this collection you'll find something you'll love. Great for animal lovers and those who secretly have wanted to be an animal.
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  Erin

  2.5-3 stars. This took me a lot of time to get through to the end. I'm not sure if it was the vast array of short stories or stress going on in my life that were the reasons why I was just not interested in this book.
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  Nyx

  LOVE IT
  
  Wish I had it as part of my main collection of books, but its on my to get list, for the moment we just have to contend with getting it out form the lib as much as possible