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Cat-A-Lyst
Author: Alan Dean Foster

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Publisher: Ace Books
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780441646616 - ISBN-10: 0441646611
Publication Date: 7/4/1991


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover

Book Description:
Reading Foster (Quozl) is like eating a meringue: it's not very filling, but it tastes just fine. Foster likes to put silly twists on old stories. In this case, he has a race of guardians (called Monitors) whose function is to guide the races of different planets through their evolution--the twist being that the Monitors take the form of cats. The plot involves a Renegade Monitor who tries to disrupt Earth by bringing about the return of a lost tribe of South American natives. The natives, now called Contisuyuns, live on another world, which they landed on by way of transmitters left by a group of aliens called Boojums, who look like trees and speak with British accents. The Contisuyuns plan to take long overdue revenge for the conquistadores' 15th-century ravaging by creating a TV show that broadcasts subliminal anti-Spain messages. The main characters, who encounter these variously fey creatures, include a pretty-boy actor, a wardrobe designer, their faithful Indian guide, an aspiring archeologist, a pair of Peruvian capitalists, a tabloid reporter and a large and power-hungry Peruvian woman.

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Peter E. (pensign) wrote on 2/4/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

great fiction, stretches the imagination, maybe a little dangerous for brain cells.

Sinead M. (sinead) wrote on 12/19/2006...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

great quick read

Ken S. (singing50) wrote on 8/26/2006...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

an extrasteral cat workes behind the seens to foil the dasterdly plot of another "cat" with the help of a movie star.

Herbert M. (vunderbar) wrote on 4/13/2006...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Nice light read. Quite funny in spots.


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Mary Jo K. wrote on 3/13/2007...


From the back cover: A game of cat...and cat? Movie star Jason Carter is on vacation in Peru. All he wants is a break, but what he finds is a lost civilization of extra-dimensional Incas bent on conquest of the entire world!

Nor is Carter alone. His allies include a bloodthirsty Amazon, an archaeologist, a bank robber, three alien vegetables, a scoop-crazed gossip reporter - and not one of them knows what to do next.

Only Carter's cat seems unruffled by the growing danger. In true feline fashion, she acts like she's in charge of the planet. Maybe she is.

Kibi W. (Kibi) wrote on 3/14/2006...


From Publishers Weekly
Reading Foster ( Quozl ) is like eating a meringue: it's not very filling, but it tastes just fine. Foster likes to put silly twists on old stories. In this case, he has a race of guardians (called Monitors) whose function is to guide the races of different planets through their evolution--the twist being that the Monitors take the form of cats. The plot involves a Renegade Monitor who tries to disrupt Earth by bringing about the return of a lost tribe of South American natives. The natives, now called Contisuyuns, live on another world, which they landed on by way of transmitters left by a group of aliens called Boojums, who look like trees and speak with British accents. The Contisuyuns plan to take long overdue revenge for the conquistadores' 15th-century ravaging by creating a TV show that broadcasts subliminal anti-Spain messages. The main characters, who encounter these variously fey creatures, include a pretty-boy actor, a wardrobe designer, their faithful Indian guide, an aspiring archeologist, a pair of Peruvian capitalists, a tabloid reporter and a large and power-hungry Peruvian woman.


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