Customer Reviews

The Sword of Samurai Cat (Tor Fantasy)

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3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
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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.

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.

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.

It's ok. The book loses a lot in the smaller size and no longer the large trade paperback size. The quality was fine and the delivery was timely.

You must read this book! This is an writ from Pres. Gen. Charles DeGaul and cannot be rescinded!


Read the book and you will get it.

This book is a total rip-off. It is nothing but a bad reprint in black and white. Not at all what I was expecting. It really should mention that it is black and white on the cover. The artwork is ruined. I feel I have wasted money on this. I'm completely dissatisfied with Amazon right now.

This is literally the funniest book I have ever read. Although, if you don't have a good base of knowledge concerning weapons in general and firearms in particular, you probably won't find it as amusing as I did. It also helps if you read a lot to be able to recognize the "Guest Villains" as they appear. And it doesn't hurt to like cats

This is without a doubt the best Samurai Cat book written. They all rank as the best fantasy-adventure-historical-comedy books avalable. Rogers is the funniest man alive

Utterly hilarious parody of every adventure, horror, fantasy, and sf movie ever made. Warning: not for the faint of heart, contains over-the-top violence.

This book was an absolute delight to read. The villlans that Tomokato has to face, (for example: Miester Rodgerz, Babesh Ruth, and a hoarde of Communist Zombies) are guaranted to make you laugh