I compiled “An Anthropomorphic Bibliography” and Yarf! published it in 1995. It was popular enough that I compiled expanded editions in 1996 and 2000. I’ve seen some comments since that the 1995 edition was the first list of talking-animal books. No, there were about a dozen earlier lists, but they were all online and each one included some books that weren’t on the others. I published a bibliography that would be COMPLETE.
All of the earlier lists that were online have disappeared and been forgotten. My lists were published and are still around (they’re sadly out-of-date today), which is why they're still remembered. Old online stuff might as well never have existed.
I compiled “An Anthropomorphic Bibliography” and Yarf! published it in 1995. It was popular enough that I compiled expanded editions in 1996 and 2000. I’ve seen some comments since that the 1995 edition was the first list of talking-animal books. No, there were about a dozen earlier lists, but they were all online and each one included some books that weren’t on the others. I published a bibliography that would be COMPLETE.
All of the earlier lists that were online have disappeared and been forgotten. My lists were published and are still around (they’re sadly out-of-date today), which is why they're still remembered. Old online stuff might as well never have existed.
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