Wonderful weekend!

I'm back, safe and sound. I had an excellent time, got to see a number of people, especially Chris and Seanan, and got to see the Harry Potter movie. Twice. It rocks.

I even got home early.

Yeah, I know, I know. You all wanted a play-by-play, right? ( Here it is, and I'm babbling on and on.... )

A Constellation of Cats

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Ew. I hate books that make me regret paying for them.

It's an anthology. It's an anthology, about cats, from Daw, reminding you to read the Catfantastic books on the inside-front-cover area. It has cover art which matches Catfantastic. It has a back-cover blurb that includes "...have once again risen to the challenge...."

It has stories by: Mary Jo Putney, Andre Norton, Jody Lynn Nye, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Karen Haber, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Diane A. S. Stuckart, Janet Pack, Bill McCay, Pamela Luzier, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and Von Jocks.

With that background, it should rock...but it didn't. I am not familiar with the editor, Denise Little, but I am told she has edited good anthologies before. All I can say is, either she was overawed by her contributors, she was under severe time pressure, or they had her edit it while doped up on pain killers post-apendectomy.

I'm going to cut here. No spoilers of plot, but the rest of this dissects what I didn't like about the stories I didn't like - as well as the couple exceptions. For each story. One at a time. ( Read more, if you want. )