![]() ![]() As large-scale infrastructure projects make their appearance, each of the animals takes the role appropriate to its disposition-or not. ![]() Odd mutant forms appear-goat-chicks and dog-flies, fish-birds and flying lizards-as if some mad rush is propelling genetic code to propagate across every form of flesh and living matter. Droll, melancholic, and poetic, the tale is crammed with witty vignettes and poignant reflections on the ways the pressures on the once-natural world are accelerating mutations in behaviors among the animals. ![]() Data-sorting abilities appear among urban populations of birds, and frenzied domestic pets seek celebrity careers. Squirrels take up manic knitting, wild hares steal earth-moving equipment, rats go in for disco music and form-fitting metallic leisure-ware. At first, a few isolated harbingers of change appear, but they quickly escalate. ![]() The book follows a year of changes and the travels of a housecat and a lion who are inexplicably driven towards a rendezvous. Narrated by an Archaeon, a 3.8 billion year old species, the oldest on earth, Downdrift is a work of speculative eco-fiction that describes the impact of ecological pressures on animals that are adopting human behaviors, with droll and sometimes alarming, results. ![]()
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