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3.48 AVERAGE
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Troy Horan is a Dippleman, a refugee living in a restricted area on a planet after his own world was "appropriated" as a military base during an interstellar war. He gets a short contract working with a luxury pet shop and finds himself slowly dragged into a murky web of plots and subterfuge in which imported Terran animals seem to play a central role.
I felt that this was quite sophisticated for a children's book. The world building was quite good, with a lot of depth and the characters were all quite interesting. A large portion of the pleasure planet that the book happens on is a preserved wilderness, and the protagonist is from a similar area and the impression is that these are things that the author cares about and recur in Norton's work a lot.
I felt that this was quite sophisticated for a children's book. The world building was quite good, with a lot of depth and the characters were all quite interesting. A large portion of the pleasure planet that the book happens on is a preserved wilderness, and the protagonist is from a similar area and the impression is that these are things that the author cares about and recur in Norton's work a lot.
Day labourer Troy Horan lucks into a job at an exotic pet shop that caters to the rich and powerful. Jumping at the chance to escape the ghetto of non-citizens and off-world immigrants called the Dipple, he is quickly caught up in a tangled scheme that centers around the mental powers of imported Terran pets.
When Troy finds the paths of communication open between him and the animals, he must navigate between safety, lost hopes of his war-torn home world and the creeping ancient horrors that lay at the center of the Wild.
Like most of Norton's books, Catseye takes the traditional "intrepid young space cadet" trope so popular in the mid-century and adds a keen sense of human-animal companionship and cooperation. I'm not familiar enough with Norton's work to know if and where Catseye fits into her greater universe but, like nearly all of her books that I've read, it's an enjoyable romp with wonderfully written animals and a spine of disdain for what Man can do.
When Troy finds the paths of communication open between him and the animals, he must navigate between safety, lost hopes of his war-torn home world and the creeping ancient horrors that lay at the center of the Wild.
Like most of Norton's books, Catseye takes the traditional "intrepid young space cadet" trope so popular in the mid-century and adds a keen sense of human-animal companionship and cooperation. I'm not familiar enough with Norton's work to know if and where Catseye fits into her greater universe but, like nearly all of her books that I've read, it's an enjoyable romp with wonderfully written animals and a spine of disdain for what Man can do.