Mort(e) is easily one of the best characters, human or feline, in recent SFF. Paperback I liked the stories by Jody Lynn Nye, Robert Heinlein, and Anne McCaffrey. Pete is a lively tomcat who despises the snow, and is, at various points in the protagonist Daniel Boone Davis’ life, his only friend and companion—though he disappears from the story for a long stretch. This simple premise forms the spine of one of Alexander’s best efforts, a classic children’s fantasy that follows Gareth as he leads his human owner, Jason, on an incredible time-traveling adventure before returning them home—and refusing to ever speak again. The other half of the book contains stories about alien felines, in more varied situations, from a cat-human hybird that falls in love with a man, to a battle aboard a spaceship. I read this book very slowly; one story at a time over about a year and the depth and variety of the storie. Although Laughs Brightly initially had no desire to adopt a human, his encounter with Honor when he saved her from peak bears on the planet Sphinx—being injured in the melee—caused him to bond with her immediately. More than just a very large cat that acts as a lie detector, Lying Cat is also a fierce warrior, and fiercely loyal.
Aggressive, hilarious, and profane, Behemoth—as his name might suggest—is less a cat than a demon, one of Woland’s entourage in the classic novel. Chessie and her fellow Barque Cats are bred specifically to live on spacecraft, where the ancient bond between humans and cats is celebrated: the Barque Cats hunt vermin and assist with locating and dealing with other problems (like oxygen leaks) that would have disastrous effects on both the cats and their human partners. video. I read one or two others that ended on a down note, so I decided to skip the rest.
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2000. Crookshanks proved to be an invaluable companion in his time, intelligent and valiant, and some might argue that one of the greatest failures of the series is the way this phenomenal cat simply disappears from the story, with no hint as to his ultimate fate. Gareth from Time Cat, by Lloyd Alexander In fact, the only creature Greebo seems to be daunted by is a small white kitten, which is just common sense, as small white kittens are terrifying. It is the only story told by a cat. He saves Mowgli from certain death when he kills a bull in order to induct the lost human boy into the protection of a wolf tribe. Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2019. merchandise. To prove just how popular they are, we offer a list of 25 of the best cats in all of SFF. $14.99. This classic short story about humans telepathically linked with cats in order to detect and destroy invisible alien presences called “dragons” that float in the vastness of space is a joy to read.