The Sword of Samurai Cat (Tor Fantasy) [Paperback]

Mark E. Rogers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1991 | Series: Tor Fantasy

Miaowara Tomokato is a hero for the '90s--he's mean, lean, tough . . . and has orange fur. The Sword of Samurai Cat continues the adventures of this most awesome warrior of Japan and his nephew Shiro as they take on mad Russian zombies, vampires, aliens from outer space, and the legendary works of Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen Spielberg. Illustrated.

Product Details

• Paperback: 307 pages
• Publisher: Tor Books; 1st edition (March 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312851561
• ISBN-13: 978-0312851569
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,325,392 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, Terrible Print Job, February 13, 2004

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Polycarp (Concord, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Sword of Samurai Cat (Paperback)

It was nice to see the book reprinted and I hope the rest of the series follows. The book itself is very clever and witty, deserving 4.5 stars. Unfortunately, the publisher has numerous typographical errors and several odd marks in the text that look like software errors. For example, there are many instances where the characters "@I" precede a word in brackets, which leads me to believe the publisher was trying to create italics but failed. In other areas, a small square replaces a letter, indicating a missing font. I can't believe the publisher would allow the bookout the door in this condition.
Unfortunately, it is either buy this version or spend a lot buying an OOP version. If I have to, I'll keep buying these over OOP, but I hope any future volumes are proofread first.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The saddest story I ever read, April 27, 2000

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Dave (Moscow, Russia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sword of Samurai Cat (Tor Fantasy) (Paperback)

I cried unconsolably for days after reading this book. The pathos, the sheer bleakness hit me like a ton of bricks...oh, I'm sorry, wrong book. I liked this book, cats are inherently funny, so when you combine cats with that other great element of comedy, Samurai, you have total comic genius. I laughed, I cried, I'd read it again.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Story 5 stars, print quality 1 star, January 8, 2007

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M. Patterson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Sword of Samurai Cat (Paperback)

I love Samurai Cat. Mark E. Rogers continues his tongue-in-cheek look at modern literature with this installment of the life of Miowara Tomokato and his psychotic nephew Shiro. I was so excited when I found this book that I bought it immediately. Unfortunately, when I got the book I was greeted with the WORST typographical errors I have ever seen. This is not the fault of Mark E. Rogers or the original publishers of this book. It was obvious to me that the current publishers purchased the rights to this book, slapped it on a scanner and printed it without even checking if everything worked right. Simply put, they have ruined a excellent book with their shoddy production techniques.