First appeared in Mike Resnick's Alternate Outlaws
Summary:
This is the kind of story that begins in confusion, and it requires the reader to work it out. All I will say is that a boy and a dog get lost.
Discussion (minor spoilers):
I very much do not want to spoil this. Do read it if you can find it. If her other other stories sound interesting, you can find it in her one collection. If not, hunt down a used copy of the Resnick anthology.
The following make the opening confusing:
- Who are the characters?
- Who are the characters in relation to one another?
- How well do they understand each other?
The story is told from the point of view of a famous dog who wants to change his life, to go wild. However, he's spent so much time as a dog of fame, that it is initially hard for him to adjust. The characters don't understand one another well, despite having some sense of each other. The dog does make a change--a rather surprising one.
This is a very different perspective from her story "Dog's Life," and serves as an interesting contrast.
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