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Title: Cat Magic
Author: Whitley Strieber & Jonathan Barry
Rating: 2 of 5 Stars
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 353
Words: 134K
Ooooooh boy. * puffs out cheeks *
I’ve never read anything by Strieber before and wanted to give his writings a go. I knew he was horror’ish or real life aliens or something weird, so I thought I was prepared. I had no idea.
I saw the subtitle for this book on a later edition and it was “A Tale of Modern Witchcraft”. I really wish I had seen that before deciding to start with this book. I guess if I could sum up this book I’d go with “sexual orgies while children watch and the only sin is Guilt itself”. Ughhh. There was a lot of theological ideas put forth that I really had to disagree with. Not in an angry way but more in a “are you serious?” way.
While I have a bunch of Strieber’s books on tap, I think I’m going to try his Omega Point duology next. It’s about aliens somehow. If he puts forth more bad theology though, I’ll be done with him. I have no idea who this Barry fellow is or what part he played in writing the story. I wonder if he did the heavy lifting though.
Overall, this was not a good first impression and I certainly won’t be recommending Strieber even if his later books improve.
★★☆☆☆
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Does it have any, you know, cats in it?
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There’s the Big Magic Cat in the Sky, but all of the others are dead, killed by one of the more unstable characters.
But cats don’t go around going “whoosh” and granting wishes…
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Wasnt Barry some film critic back in the day? Rings a bell but i might be confused…..
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I have no idea, but if Strieber was writing this with an eye towards releasing the movie rights, having someone involved in movies would have been the smart move.
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Let the jury hear his own words…’I had no idea…’
I put it to the jury that Bookstodge left a comment on a review of Strieber’s Communion several year previously, exibit A.
https://film-authority.com/2020/02/21/communion-1989/
I put it to the jury that Mr Bokestoodge was FULLY aware of the content of Strieber’s writing, as proved by his comment.
The court will ajourn for lunch.
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As council for the defense, I’d like to have that comment stricken from the record as it was about a movie, which has zero bearing on this case of a book.
How in the world did you remember that? We didn’t even get into a good ol’ back and forth on it back then.
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Overruled, the remarks will stand. Streiber writes books and movies, as the learned gentleman well knows.
Dons black cap.
The court will prepare for sentencing. All stand please…
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I’m the Judge, Jury AND Executioner here. When would you like to be drawn and quartered, beheaded and then hung until dead? Before or after lunch?
and I thought you UK people did the wig thing, not the black hats?
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I’d like to step in and remind both of you who is the proper laird with right of pit and gallows in these demesnes.
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♪There are NO lairds in America♪
♪and the streets are paved with cheese♪
See, even Fievel knew the truth about that matter…
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You have no standing in this case, you ragged loon! Aye aye Captain!
The court rises.
The court sits.
The court rises again.
Bokestodge is found guilty of feigning ignorance about the author Whitley Streiber and is sentenced to life or death, whichever comes first. The court adjourns for nibbles.
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Yeah, you tell’em! Those canadians….
I’d say sentenced to life is cruel and unusual punishment. Our constitution forbids that, or something. So I think I’m owed a billion dollars so I can have a cushy life…
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shouldn’t that be kibbles?
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Tribbles?
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Nope, Tribbles dribble when nibbling kibbles.
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Better luck with the next one? 🙂
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I really hope so! Strieber has a decent back catalog and I would really like to give him a chance.
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This looks hilarious. Is it a deranged sequel to Tad Williams’s Tailchaser’s Song? It could be.
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It would have been so much better if it had been 😦
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Not like The Aristocats then. Disappointing 😀
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We’ve been sold lemons again and again.
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Then we must make lemonade.
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Or stick it in a coca cola 🙂
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🍋🍋🍋
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Yep, another crushing blow to Aristocat fans the world over 😉
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What a vintage cover though. It reminds me of Sabrina the Teenage Witch for some reason… Hope that duology will be better…
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Ahhh, good ol’ Salem. Now he was a funny cat 😀
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