Furry! The Best Anthropomorphic Fiction Ever! (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Furry! The Best Anthropomorphic Fiction Ever! Friday, August 14 2009.

• Usually taking the form of human characteristics given to animals, anthropomorphics have been with humanity from the earliest cave paintings 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 attention. 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. This collection also features informative introductions and bibliographies detailing the origins and history of the sub-genre.