Jan 17
Click for full imageKevin Comments: After centuries of being subjected to ridiculous Christmas and Halloween outfits, the feline race finally gets it revenge….in space.
Published 1979
(Average: 7.83 out of 10)
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Kevin Comments: After centuries of being subjected to ridiculous Christmas and Halloween outfits, the feline race finally gets it revenge….in space.
Published 1979
(Average: 7.83 out of 10)Loading...
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January 17th, 2012 at 10:56 am
Oh come on, this game of Cluedo was impossible! Was there even a card for Mr Catman?
January 17th, 2012 at 11:40 am
I dare you to make sense of the cover blurb.
January 17th, 2012 at 11:42 am
It got you there in no time at all — but still it was
A CHORE TO WAIT FOR YOUR LUGGAGE
January 17th, 2012 at 12:19 pm
Here, Kitty Kitty!
January 17th, 2012 at 12:23 pm
It got you there in no time at all — but still it was
EMBARRASSING TO RIDE THE SEGWAY
January 17th, 2012 at 2:18 pm
Wait…so, my cat can breathe in space?!
I gotta try this. Here kitty kitty…
Hang on, I just realized that, if the above is true, then my cat can use a gun. I’d better keep an eye on her…
January 17th, 2012 at 2:40 pm
According to http://www.sfreviews.net/longwayhome.html this book is kind of cheeseball. “Hoary clichés” is actually the phrase used.
I guess this is the sort of assignment Michael Whelan got early in his career. Definitely not one of his best, but oh, man, the subject matter.
January 17th, 2012 at 2:41 pm
If I remember rightly the cover blurb refers to the apparently instantaneous jumps of many light years for the crew which only pass at lightspeed for the rest of the Universe.
January 17th, 2012 at 3:25 pm
Alessandra, Whelan is being a bit unfair in saying “Nowadays we’re far too sophisticated for the premise of a society run by a computer because computers can allegedly be perfectly objective and fair”. After all, we let computers run our financial markets. He was right that it is entertaining, Anderson almost always is.
January 17th, 2012 at 3:31 pm
@Pat: Sorry for being confusing.
The essay is by Thomas M. Wagner.
The cover art is by Michael Whelan.
January 17th, 2012 at 3:35 pm
First contact between humans and the cat people had been quite encouraging. They even grudgingly accepted our keeping of primitive felines as pets. Then it happened…. They discovered the existence of lolcats and the prospect of peace became impossible.
January 17th, 2012 at 3:52 pm
It got you there in no time at all, but still it was a poorly painted gun in the dead fellow’s hand!
January 17th, 2012 at 3:58 pm
Alessandra: HAIRY clichés, I would say!
P.S. Y’all are reading the title wrong. It’s clearly THE WAY LONG HOME!
January 17th, 2012 at 5:41 pm
It got you there in no time at all — but still it was the most terrifying trip ever on the magic schoolbus.
It got you there in no time at all — but still it was far too late to have Mr. Fluffernutter neutered.
January 17th, 2012 at 6:31 pm
A fine kittycentric cover that raises the question – How the hell does that door open?
January 17th, 2012 at 7:08 pm
IN UR AIRLOCK, SHOOTIN UR CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER
January 17th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
How’s THIS for cute, human?
DAY OF THE LOLCAT
January 17th, 2012 at 9:16 pm
This always was my favorite Supertramp album cover.
January 19th, 2012 at 5:09 am
Me thinks someone brushed kitties fur backwards! See the angry tail?
February 1st, 2012 at 7:46 pm
I can just see the line being spoken in this book: “Get your stinking hands off me you damn dirty cat!”
February 2nd, 2012 at 3:24 pm
“Let me show you how the show ‘Cats’ should have played out…”
July 7th, 2015 at 7:12 pm
Sure, that cat man looks threatening, but in a split second both he and his victim are going to be sucked out into the endless void.
Unless, of course, the ship is already completely depressurized. In that case, cat man is about to explode.
August 5th, 2015 at 1:26 pm
I half expect this when I’m late letting the cat in for breakfast in the morning.
August 5th, 2015 at 8:21 pm
It got you there in no time at all — but still it was
NOT FEELING QUITE SAFE RIDING WITH UBER
November 30th, 2015 at 8:29 pm
It got you there in no time at all — but still it was
A LONG DROP FROM THE PLANE WITH NO PARACHUTE
December 1st, 2015 at 4:51 am
It got you there in no time at all—but still it was mortifying to be seen with it during the ride.
December 1st, 2015 at 11:13 am
It got you there in no time at all — but the kilometers upon kilometers of driveway under the windows was ridiculous:
THE WAY LONG HOME
March 17th, 2016 at 11:38 am
“Hoomans! Come look what the cat dragged in!”
March 17th, 2016 at 8:37 pm
It got you there in no time at all — but still it was
SLOWER THAN THE SPEED OF AN INTERNET RUMOR
March 18th, 2016 at 2:50 pm
It got you there in no time at all — but still it was
REALLY PAINFUL WITHOUT A SADDLE
March 18th, 2016 at 7:04 pm
It got you there in no time at all — but still it was
LIKE MEETING MUM’S BOYFRIEND