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Chimera Paperback – June 2, 2001

by Will Shetterly (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
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From the author of Dogland, a dark new vision of the future of gene-splicing and artificial intelligence

Will Shetterly has created a dark and intriguing future for this novel, a world of genetic engineering and cloning where human and animal genes can be melded to create chimeras, more often referred to as critters. These beings are human, for all practical purposes. They think, they feel, they love, and they dream. But they still have some of the qualities of the animals that they are bred from.

Most importantly, they are not granted the rights of humans. They are property. Slavery has been revived in America.

But there is also a movement for Abolition, for the granting of legal rights to chimeras. Zoe Domingo is a jaguar-woman, created to be a sex-slave. Instead, she became the property of an abolitionist, and was freed, though she remained as her former owners companion. But on a trip to Los Angeles, Zoes mentor is murdered under violent and mysterious circumstances, and Zoe is accused of the crime.
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  1. Print length
    285 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Tor Books
  4. Publication date
    June 2, 2001
  5. Dimensions
    6.14 x 0.75 x 8.24 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0312875436
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0312875435
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"Sleuthing noir in a grim near-future of genetic manipulation, and artificial intelligence, from the author of the splendid Dogland. . . . The ingredients--wisecracking gumshoe, gorgeous slinky heroine, blood-tingling action, ingenious plot twists--might be familiar, but Shetterly's thoughtful, hard-edged remix is a winner."--Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Will Shetterly lives in Bisbee, Arizona, with his beloved wife, Emma Bull, and his tolerated cat, Buddha. (They didn't name him. They don't know who Buddha fooled into thinking he was enlightened.) He writes novels, screenplays, short stories, and comic books. He's proudest of Dogland-your mileage may vary. He thinks his two best short stories are "The Princess Who Kicked Butt" and "Dream Catcher."

In 1994, he ran for Governor of Minnesota and finished third in a field of six. It really isn't worth watching Toxic Zombies to see his very brief appearance in a very bad movie.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tor Books
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 2, 2001
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 285 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0312875436
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0312875435
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.14 x 0.75 x 8.24 inches
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  • Bryant A. Eng
    5.0 out of 5 stars love the tech !
    Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2018
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    simply loved it.....great tech like the infinite pocket; I'll be dreaming of owning one of those !!! infinite pocket predates flat space tech. though dr who/timelords got the dibs on the first with that tech. human animal hybrids been around for decades; this is a cool early universe with the tech and its implications. i am a gear guy; and i loved the use of gear in logical ways and some artistic licences ways too.
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  • addictedtoreading
    3.0 out of 5 stars I liked this book mainly for the stop and think moments
    Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2016
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    I liked this book mainly for the stop and think moments. It raised questions about rights and humanity without imposing answers, all while taking me through a pretty good extrapolation of an alternative present/future.
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  • William Howell Jr.
    4.0 out of 5 stars A HARD-BOILED PI AND HIS JAGUAR-GIRL CLIENT
    Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2000
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    A great new SF detective story! Our detective hero follows in the tradition of Phillip Marlowe and Sam Spade, as he finds himself with a beautiful client who is also a murder suspect. His client also happens to be part jaguar; in the future,genetic technology has permitted the creation of "critters", mixtures of human and animal genes. These critters have become the new underclass, used as sex slaves and worse. Shetterly presents a very interesting society, an attempt to present a Libertarian dystopia, where respect for private property has permitted the enslavement of sentient beings and machines. In addition to these interesting societal ideas, Shetterly has dreamed up one of the coolest gadgets in recent memory, the Infinite Pocket. I sure wish I had one! A fine, fun novel, with plenty of action and lots of good ideas. You'll enjoy it!
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  • Lorelei Mission
    5.0 out of 5 stars Satisfying Anthro/Human Sci Fi
    Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2017
    Happened onto this in a used bookstore! What a find! Really enjoyed the worldbuilding here. Issues of prejudice, economics, relationships etc are explored on the way during this sci fi novel that starts with a retro style "hard boiled detective" and then lunges forward into action with a futuristic jaguar-woman. Protagonist starts out as a dick but his better qualities surface and evolve during the tale. Lots of twists and turns. Interesting ideas including the details on chimera subculture and furries. I looked this book up online just now so that I could find this author's other books and order them.
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  • Richard R. Horton
    3.0 out of 5 stars Fast moving and fun, with a look at some serious issues
    Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2001
    Will Shetterly's new novel Chimera mixes together a few fairly familiar SF themes: human/animal combinations, artificial intelligences, the issue of rights for both of the above, and a somewhat balkanized (or at least decentralized) future US. The plot is taken from a familiar mystery trope (not uncommon in SF): the hardboiled detective with a heart of gold who gets mixed up in a vulnerable woman's problems despite himself. The end result is not bad: the book is fun reading, with very sympathetic main characters, and a fast-moving if sometimes a bit unconvincing plot. I liked this novel, but I didn't quite love it: I felt it brushed up against some profound thematic material without really fully engaging it, and I felt that the future depicted was more an assemblage of neat bits than a fully imagined, or fully plausible, future society. Perhaps I am simply guilty of wanting to read a book the author didn't intend to write: certainly Shetterly has delivered a good read, which at least asks the reader to think about some important themes.
    The narrator is Chase Maxwell, a former UN security man, who left that job after an assignment went bad. He retains one useful (and really neat!) piece of tech: an Infinite Pocket, an area of warped space attached to his arm, in which he can apparently store things of nearly arbitrary size. Including his gun, which has a similar bit of tech: a sort of "Infinite Magazine". He's down on his luck (naturally!) when a jaguar-human hybrid named Zoe Domingo asks him to track down her "mother"'s murderer. Janna Gold, the human Zoe calls her mother (she bought her out of slavery), has just been killed, apparently by berserk "copbots". But the police department is much more likely to finger Zoe for the murder, given the prejudice against "critters". Moreover, Zoe has a mysterious earring Janna gave her, which seems to be a piece of special tech that lots of highly placed people really want.
    Max is reluctant to take the case: he doesn't work for critters. But he's in a bit of a bind, so he agrees to help. What follows is a nearly nonstop chase, as Max and Zoe encounter first the police, then a series of people who seem to be peripherally involved: Krista Blake, a police expert who takes a sudden shine to Max; Amos Tauber, an advocate for full rights for both "critters" and Artificial Intelligences; and Oberon Chain, the head of a high-tech company who is also an AI rights crusader. When some of these people begin to get murdered as well, the frame is in, and Max and Zoe are the designated suspects. At the same time, Max is realizing that his feelings for Zoe may be a lot deeper than it is prudent for a human to have with respect to a critter.
    From there we encounter a number of different aspects of this future, such as the indentured service camps that have replaced jails; and the "critter" side of town, complete with riots and reverse prejudice against "skins" (ordinary humans); plus scenes of critters "werewolfing": suddenly going berserk and killing everybody in sight; as well as a very well put argument about the ethics of downloading human brains into computers, and vice versa, and plenty more. As I said, the plot is fast moving, and I was always interested, but at times things happen a bit conveniently for the heroes.
    Chimera raises some questions that I didn't feel were fully answered. Chief among these is "Why were the "critters" created?" I honestly don't believe that, starting from the present day, the essentially purposeful creation of a new underclass, of that particular nature, is very likely. I also thought his future US a bit unlikely, politically. But both of these reservations are really quibbles, and he does portray his future society quite interestingly. But always at the back of our mind is a desire to more fully engage the submerged issues: equal rights for "critters", and equal rights for AIs. Those questions are raised, but mostly brushed aside, in the interests of maintaining narrative pace. Certainly a longtime SF reader cannot help thinking of Cordwainer Smith's classic "The Ballad of Lost C'Mell", about a "catwoman" who gives all in the pursuit of rights for the "underpeople". But though such issues are present here, they simply don't resonate the way they did in Smith's great story. Nonetheless, though I may (perhaps unfairly) regard Chimera as a missed opportunity to be something really special, it's still a fun read, with its heart in the right place.
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  • Brandt Goetz
    5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST MUST READ!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2007
    First the bad - There are one or two plot holes one could drive a truck through.

    THAT SAID - This is one of the five best books I've read. (And I've read a lot)

    Zoe and Max are both likeable and the story moves along with not only a good pace but at times a laugh out loud quality that really gets the blood pumping. There are a few plot twists that one might not see coming and though the ending is just a tad weak, it works well.

    Two words: SEQUAL NOW!!! :)
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