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A review by cassieyorke
The Tales of Astro Cat by Davis Horner
5.0
What Dave and Kathleen Horner have done is to give us one of life's simplest joys - a cozy curl-up-in-a-blanket storybook, appropriate for all ages and tastes. And yet, so few authors manage to achieve this with the warm humor and quiet decorum that they have here.
My own sense of nostalgia with this book comes from the fact that Kathleen Horner's illustrations take me back to the Quest For Glory days of my childhood. I can't look at any of her lovely artwork without hearing the VGA-era sound effects of that colorful first game, without seeing the tails of the cats flicking back and forth every now and then while you stand around and figure out where to go. That's where the book really comes alive for me. But even if I hadn't had that experience, I'd still want this book on my shelf for those days when life gets to be too much, when everything else is too heavy. This is comfortable and heart-warming and entirely missing so many of those elements - like disasters or violence or grief - that can topple a fragile mood.
This is a delightfully-written tale with nostalgic imagery that hearkens back to the glory days of 90s RPGs, and I'm proud to know the authors. They're fantastic people, every bit as warm and kind as the themes they write about.
My own sense of nostalgia with this book comes from the fact that Kathleen Horner's illustrations take me back to the Quest For Glory days of my childhood. I can't look at any of her lovely artwork without hearing the VGA-era sound effects of that colorful first game, without seeing the tails of the cats flicking back and forth every now and then while you stand around and figure out where to go. That's where the book really comes alive for me. But even if I hadn't had that experience, I'd still want this book on my shelf for those days when life gets to be too much, when everything else is too heavy. This is comfortable and heart-warming and entirely missing so many of those elements - like disasters or violence or grief - that can topple a fragile mood.
This is a delightfully-written tale with nostalgic imagery that hearkens back to the glory days of 90s RPGs, and I'm proud to know the authors. They're fantastic people, every bit as warm and kind as the themes they write about.