
Duncan the Wonder Dog: show one by Adam Hines
How would the world be different if every animal of every type, everywhere, could talk back. Were rational, sentient beings. Could discuss philosophy and politics and what your sister's daughter has been up to. Would things be different? Or just different enough to be noticeable but not to the level where you can't get a cheap hamburger...
Adam Hines book takes a long look at what makes a person a person. As well as telling a story of federal agents and terrorists and interspecies dating and raising kids and strange half-dog/half-boy godlings and cats and dogs and birds and politicians and stuff...