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Aragorn (In- Memory) One Cool Cat moderator     Purred: Sun May 22, '05 2:42pm PST  Has anyone read the Gayle Greeno books? The stories take place in the future on a medieval planet where telepathic cat beings (ghatti) bond with a specific human for life. They travel from town to town, settling disputes by the cats truth-reading the minds and emotions of plaintiffs and defendants. The ghatti and their bondmates speak telepathically. Ms. Greeno has the cats down pat. They are not subservient; they are equal (if not more level- headed) than their bondmates. The running conversations are beautiful and you find yourself skipping the human sections of the books to get to the ghatti conversations. The ghatti can converse with each other, either on an animal level or telepathically. And to top it off, Ms. Greeno's ghatti have names like a cat's vocalization. Some of the names: Khar'pern, Mem'now, Ghra'm, Mr'rhah, Rawn, Chak, Per'la, M'wa, P'wa, Parm. The ghatti are much bigger than our cats, about 40 lbs, so they can also physically protect their bondmates. The books are very hard to find in a bookstore, but the store can order them for you; or check them out on the Barnes & Noble webpage: The Ghatti's Tale: Book One: Finders-Seekers, Book Two: Mind-Speakers Call, Book Three: Exiles Return. Ghatten's Gambit: Book One: Sunderlies Seeking, Book Two: The Farthest Seeking. The third book in this trilogy is not out yet. Ms. Greeno has been releasing other books, but I haven't read those. The publisher is DAW. I know it's hard to tear yourself away from Catster. These books started back in 1993 and I couldn't wait for the next one to be published. When the next one is released I will find the time (between Catster visits) to read it. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends

Bailey Miss Bailey,- Attorney at Law     Purred: Mon May 23, '05 12:04am PST  Well, any true animal lover should read the All Creatures series by James Herriot. Mom is going to school to be a vet, and just L-O-V-E-S all the great animal stuff in them! my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Aragorn (In- Memory) One Cool Cat moderator     Purred: Tue May 24, '05 7:28pm PST  I haven't read all the James Herriot books, but a few of them, Yes, I enjoyed them because he seems like such a dedicated veterinarian. Did his books influence you in any way to become a vet? my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends

Selket Fiend #1.     Purred: Tue May 24, '05 10:16pm PST  The cat mother and cat grandma have read all "The Cat Who" books. They are about a journalist who has a special detective Siamese who find clues to mysteries...maybe. Short, entertaining, very good vocabulary --ha ha, the protaganist reads to the Cats! and they get to choose the books by knocking them off the shelves! Ongoing long series with great characters. [notify]

Bailey Miss Bailey,- Attorney at Law     Purred: Tue May 24, '05 11:47pm PST  No. Actually, when I told people that I am going to school to be a vet, one of their first questions was always "so, you've read James Herriot, right?".... and I said "no".... and they all acted like it was a sin to want to be a vet without having read the James Herriot series. ha ha ha ha. So, I decided to see what all the fuss was about.... and I love em'! I am on the 3rd one right now. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Aragorn (In- Memory) One Cool Cat moderator     Purred: Thu May 26, '05 6:58pm PST  Selkit, Mom has heard about the Cat Who series but has not read any of the mysteries. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends

Selket Fiend #1.     Purred: Fri May 27, '05 1:02am PST  Thank you, Aragorn, for your beautiful and intelligent review! We are going to make the cat mother find the Greeno books -- we have a little problem with books because the cat grandma needs large print books now (she has 87 human years) and so many nice books aren't available. Not fair, I say! It may come to where our cat mother has to read to her...then that means she will read to us and we will enjoy the adventures, too. [notify]

Aragorn (In- Memory) One Cool Cat moderator     Purred: Fri May 27, '05 6:03pm PST  Oooooh, Selket -- that would be purrrrrrrfect! Your cat mother reading to the cat grandma and you. And the first book is a who-dunit murder mystery, although it's in the sci fi category. Mom associates one of the gatti, Rawn, with me, because he's a black, longhair. He's one of her favorites. But she also likes Parm because although he acts like a clown, in a pinch you can count on him. And then there's Khar'pern. Mom LOVES that name! She reminds Mom of her present kitty, Athena, although their colors are not the same. I can go on and on, because she loves all the gatti. It's really a shame that kitty people don't know about these books but they're sci fi and hardly ever on the shelves. Mom thinks it would be great if she could converse telepathically with us cats. Well, I think it's possible from our end, but the human brain isn't up to the challenge. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends

Selket Fiend #1.     Purred: Fri May 27, '05 10:28pm PST  Aragorn, I am veering off subject for this thread -- peek at what I asked in "Training & Obedience" -- sort of thinking like your cat mother about being telepathic with us. (Well it has to do with reading and reading is communicating.) I think some humans try to communicate with us by words but maybe if we tried to understand their meanings behind the words we could train them to "think" the words at us? You must help me work on this. [notify]

Beatrice The very Beast- of all moderator     Purred: Sat May 28, '05 3:42pm PST  We really loved the Polar Bear trilogy by Cleveland Amory, The Cat who Came for Christmas, The Cat and the Curmudgeon, and The Best Cat Ever. Great cat books by a true animal lover. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends

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