- Hardcover: 123 pages
- Publisher: Walker & Co (August 1981)
- ISBN-10: 0802764177
- ISBN-13: 978-0802764171
- Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 14.4 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 295 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,709,919 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Even Ka'ats don't always live happily ever after, Mar 7 2002
By Michele L. Worley - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Star Ka'Ats and the Winged Warriors (Hardcover)
As recounted in _Star Ka'at_, the Ka'ats discovered Earth thousands of years ago as they explored the galaxy. They befriended humanity, some of whom could 'hear' and understand their mindspeech, and some Ka'ats settled on Earth. After many years and wars in which the humans who could communicate with them were killed, the Ka'ats had to abandon Earth in the face of human persecution, stranding some of their own kind in the process.Upon their cautious, secret re-exploration of Earth in the present, the Ka'ats, alarmed at a human political situation that might lead to nuclear war, began systematically evacuating as many of their people as they could - all the cats whose mindspeech was clear enough to understand the rescue summons. But in the process, two Ka'at scouts - Mer and Tiro - found two human children, Elly Mae and Jim, who had enough innate ability at mindspeech to be capable of full partnership with the Ka'ats, and the scouts adopted the children, insisting that they, too, be rescued. (Both kids were orphaned, one very recently, and without family, so this was OK with them.)
In the other volumes of the series, we've seen some of the trouble that the kids have had adjusting to life on Zimmorah, but, of course, the cats were able to settle down happily with no problems, right?
Wrong. The Elders are alarmed that some cats form a distinct subculture among their people: hunters with a taste for sport in a world where hunting is culturally unthinkable, who refuse to completely abandon the uncivilized ways they needed to survive on Earth. Having had a terrifying reminder, while reconnoitering Earth, of the dangers of factions coming into conflict, the Elders now propose an experiment: that some of the Earth cats should join an expedition to re-establish contact with a long-lost Ka'at colony on another world, where dangerous situations may make their survival skills valuable.
Mer, Elly Mae, Jim, and Tiro accompany the expedition as well, to find a world on which the plant and insect life no longer quite matches their records; the insects are now of gigantic size! (Many of the insects are unimaginatively similar to familiar insects on Earth, making it relatively simple for the explorers to identify dangerous ones and think of ways to cope, at least at first).
The surviving descendants of the Ka'at colony, when found, need help. (They don't want to be evacuated, by the way.) Apparently the Ka'ats weren't the only explorers who thought this world would be a good place to settle...
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Star Ka'Ats and the Winged Warriors, Dec 8 2009
By Gunner - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Star Ka'Ats and the Winged Warriors (Hardcover)
Star Ka'Ats and the Winged Warriors(1981)
This is the fourth and as far as I can find out the final book book in the Star Ka'at series, following Star Ka'at, Star Ka'at World,and Star Ka'Ats and the Plant People
The characters in this book that you met in the first book are:
Humans:
Jim, a recent orphan,
Elly Mae, a young girl who lives with her sickly Granny
Star Ka'ats:
Tiro, the team leader and first scout,
Mer an assistant scout.
In this book you'll read about:
Boots getting into trouble
How some of the Earth cats are having a hard time abiding by the rules on Zimorrah.
The Kaats decide that it might be best if the Earthlings are relocated to another planet. Perhaps go to a planet where other Kaats were previously located.
Since they have a new source of metal (seeStar Ka'Ats and the Plant People) the Kaats can now rebuild their aging star ships and explore new worlds.
You find out about:
The Lost Colony
The attack of the giant beetle
The giant dragonfly.
The giant Yellow jacket
The Iron Claw
The humongous Spider
Trapped in the Spider web
The Deus ex machina
The cave Ka'ats
Since I was unable to find a paperback copy of this book or a fifth in this series, I assume that this series was not favorably received or perhaps something happened to the coauthor, Dorothy H. Madlee, , or perhaps they just ran out of the story. My copy is a discarded, ex-library book.
I still recommend this book and series for Andre Norton fans and bright juveniles.
Gunner December, 2009
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
A weak Norton offering., Oct 1 2007
By R. Ayers "ancient F&SF fan" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Star Ka'Ats and the Winged Warriors (Hardcover)
I LOVE Andre Norton, but this is weak, even when considered as a (very) juvenile book. For Andre Norton, this book (Winged Warriors) is extremely weak as are the other Star Ka'at books.
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