[rec.arts.sf.written] Re: Adolescent Power Fantasy
John Robinson
(review + spoilers)
From: cha...@antipope.org (Charlie Stross)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Stoned koala bears drooled eucalyptus spittle in awe
as <r.ph...@worldnet.att.net> declared:
>Now if only someone would skewer the fantasy of "If I had a darling fuzzy
>telepathic cat."
Give 'em opposable thumbs and the power of speech and that's it for
homo sap., except for those of us chained to the conveyor belts in the
tuna canneries.
Plus, can you imagine what the conversations would be like?
"Hi there! I'm a cat, me. You got any tuna? I'm a cat, pay attention
to me, I'm important! Where are you going? Oh, you're going in there.
I'm going in there too, what's in here? Oh, I'm in here. Me, I'm a
cat, me! Pay attention, now. What am I doing here? There's no fish
here. I'm going there. I'm a cat ..."
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