Political forces result in the leos being deemed an experimental failure, first resigned to reservations, and later to be hunted down and eliminated.

The New York Times reviewer Gerald Jonas praised Crowley's "prodigious inventiveness", describing the novel as "a memorable tale that ends too soon.

"[2] Dave Langford reviewed Beasts for White Dwarf #60, and stated that "a strange story of genetically engineered man/beast hybrids who are greater than the sum of their genes.

"[3] Brian W. Aldiss and David Wingrove reported that "for all the poetry in Crowley's writing, Beasts treats its subject matter in a realistic mode that gives the book a resonance and a relevance it might otherwise have lacked.

"[4] Dave Langford reviewed Beasts for White Dwarf #99, and stated that "The slightest of Crowley's works?