Cats in Space and Other Places

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.