Cats in Space and Other Places
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Space. The Feline Frontier. It has been said (by Mark Twain) that “If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.” In this volume we explore the many and manifest reasons why humans should voluntarily accord first place in space to their feline brethren. From Robert A. Heinlein’s “Ordeal in Space” in which the merest kitten confers the gift of courage on his human, to Cordwainer Smith’s “Ballad of Lost C’mell,” which answers the very question of what would be the outcome of the melding of human and cat, we offer here sixteen reasons why cats are Number One in our book. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
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I stumbled across this book and was intrigued as both a sci-fi and cat lover. Unfortunately, it was very hit and miss. Mostly miss for me. There are a few good short stories that are still worth the read but many of the shorts feel like you needed to have read other books in the series to understand what is going on in the short story.
Even one of the stories that I liked the most, “Duty Calls” by Anne McCaffrey, falls into that category. This short was centered around a “brain” and “brawn” pairing, but unless you've read her “Ship Who Sang” series, you probably would be pretty lost as to what was going on.
Some of the stories are definitely dated as well, language-wise and sterotype-wise as well. (Women in fantasy can only be sexy and wear very little clothing/be playthings.)
Overall, unless you're a huge fan of a certain author you know is in this anthology, I'd skip it.
