Tails of Wonder and Imagination: Cat Stories
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (847 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1597801704 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 500 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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From legendary editor Ellen Datlow, Tails of Wonder collects the best of the last thirty years of science fiction and fantasy stories about cats from an all-star list of contributors. The Stephen King Story is UNCOLLECTED, and has not been in print since the Horrorstory III anthology.Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.
From Publishers Weekly Few things alarm the experienced reader more than the prospect of a science fiction, fantasy, or mystery book that involves—or worse, fetishizes—cats. (Feb.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. . Datlow avoids the trap of a too-narrow premise: though there appears to be a slight bias toward horror, the stories are various within that field, from Jack Ketchum's ghost story Returns to Michaela Roessner's highly scientific Mieze Corrects an Incomplete Representation of Reality and Edward Bryant's brilliantly repellent Bean Bag Cat. This is that rarity of rarities: an anthology of cat stories worth reading. All rights reserved. Other tales are amusing, like Lawrence Block's The Burglar Takes a Cat, or gently sentimental, like Dennis Danvers's Healing Benjamin. This reprint anthology is the exception, an assortment of 40 stories by authors who are
Table of Contents for anyone wondering just what's in this hefty tome Richard Kukan Table of Contents:Through the Looking Glass (excerpt) - Lewis CarrollNo Heaven Will Not Ever Heaven Be - A. R. MorlanThe Price - Neil GaimanDark Eyes, Faith, and Devotion - Charles de LintNot Waving - Michael Marshall SmithCatch - Ray VukcevichThe Manticore Spell - Jeffrey FordCatskin - Kelly LinkMieze Corrects an Incomplete Representation of Reality - Michaela RoessnerGuardians - George R. R. MartinLife Regarded as a Jigsaw Puzzle of Highly Lustrous Cats - Michael BishopGordon, the Self-M. Janlynn said Cats and more cats. A nice thick book for any cat lover to enjoy, also for the reader who can take or leave cats but just enjoys a good mystery or sci-fi story. Also some horror. As there are several series of books with cats as one of the main "characters", Lillian Jackson Braun comes to mind, or the authors who have talking cats solving mysteries, this volume of short stories should be enjoyed by many. Some stories are reprints, others brand new. Many well known writers are here including Neil Gaiman, Lawre. Force yourself past the sickening stories I have followed Ellen Datlow's work and her anthologies for most of my adult life. I was excited to get this anthology. However. The stories in which the cats are harmed, specifically "Catch" turned my stomach and distressed me so greatly I almost tossed the book away. I felt betrayed by this. I have never in my life gotten so angry and upset at a simple 3 page story. The most distressing point was that this story closely followed on the coat-tails of another that ended with the implied co