"they must be from the Dog Star Sirius, though that made no sense at all, as the Dog Star was not called that because of any connection to dogs..."
The alien canine race my fictional superheroine Cerberus is part of originated around that part of the universe, so knowing the truth about it is surprising to me.
It probably would be a surprise as well to novelist Olaf Stapledon, who wrote about a similarly "uplifted" dog named Sirius, and probably to the Alan Parsons Project as well, since one of their best known tracks is an instrumental by that name.
"they must be from the Dog Star Sirius, though that made no sense at all, as the Dog Star was not called that because of any connection to dogs..."
The alien canine race my fictional superheroine Cerberus is part of originated around that part of the universe, so knowing the truth about it is surprising to me.
It probably would be a surprise as well to novelist Olaf Stapledon, who wrote about a similarly "uplifted" dog named Sirius, and probably to the Alan Parsons Project as well, since one of their best known tracks is an instrumental by that name.
Love Alan Parsons and that track! Perhaps my fictional dogs and your fictional dogs are acquainted. :-) I will have to check out Olaf Stapledon.