• cats in sci-fi

    From August Abolins@1:153/757.21 to All on Sun Aug 21 09:08:00 2022
    "After the 'war with no name' a cat assassin searches for his
    lost love in Repino's strange, moving sci-fi epic that channels
    both Homeward Bound and A Canticle for Leibowitz.

    "The 'war with no name' has begun, with human extinction as its
    goal. The instigator of this war is the Colony, a race of
    intelligent ants who, for thousands of years, have been
    silently building an army that would forever eradicate the
    destructive, oppressive humans. Under the Colony's watchful
    eye, this utopia will be free of the humans' penchant for
    violence, exploitation and religious superstition. As a final
    step in the war effort, the Colony uses its strange technology
    to transform the surface animals into high-functioning two-
    legged beings who rise up to kill their masters.

    "Former housecat turned war hero, Mort(e) is famous for taking
    on the most dangerous missions and fighting the dreaded human
    bio-weapon EMSAH. But the true motivation behind his
    recklessness is his ongoing search for a pre-transformation
    friend-a dog named Sheba. When he receives a mysterious message
    from the dwindling human resistance claiming Sheba is alive, he
    begins a journey that will take him from the remaining human
    strongholds to the heart of the Colony, where he will discover
    the source of EMSAH and the ultimate fate of all of earth's
    creatures."

    Title: Morte | Paperback
    Author: Robert Repino
    Series: War with No Name # 1 (series)
    Pub: Soho Press | Soho Press
    Categories: Fiction / Fantasy - Epic / Dystopian / Science Fiction - Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
    Published Jul 13, 2021


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  • From Joe Phigan@1:305/3 to August Abolins on Sun Aug 21 16:37:10 2022
    Since I replied on the other net, I thought I would on this one too :)

    Your post reminded me of this..

    Artist Reimagines Cats as Royalty in Traditional Portraits of People https://mymodernmet.com/galina-bugaevskaya-cat-art/

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  • From August Abolins@1:153/757.21 to Joe Phigan on Mon Aug 22 07:51:00 2022
    Hello Joe Phigan!

    ** On Sunday 21.08.22 - 16:37, Joe Phigan wrote to August Abolins:

    Your post reminded me of this..

    Artist Reimagines Cats as Royalty in Traditional Portraits
    of People https://mymodernmet.com/galina-bugaevskaya-cat-
    art/

    Didn't see them all (the images are quite large and therefore
    slow over mobile internet) ..but they are quite well done.

    It's not the first time an artist has chosen to do that with
    cats. I've seen that treatment in a whole book from decades
    ago devoted to spoofing famous paintings.
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    ../|ug

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