Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780976249863
ISBN: 0976249863
Label: Eraserhead Press
Manufacturer: Eraserhead Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 112
Publication Date: February 21, 2006
Publisher: Eraserhead Press
Sales Rank: 865355
Studio: Eraserhead Press

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
It is a story that has been passed down generation after generation. The story of conjoined twin goddesses floating peacefully in the middle of the sea. Many of those that have seen them, usually on calm starlit nights, swear that they are the sirens of mythology, luring sailors in to their doom. Others claim that the twins are not live women, but an ancient stone structure carved to resemble two females sitting back to back. A fewbelieve they mark the gateway tothe lost city of Atlantis, or a gateway to the spirit realm. But on all accounts there is one consistency: if you listen closely, at just the right distance, you will hear them echoing on the ghostly wind . . . dozens and dozens of meowing cats.

Sea of the Patchwork Cats is a sad dreamlike tale set in the quiet ashes of the human race. A must-read for Mellick enthusiasts who also adore The Twilight Zone.




Rating: - Good fun read
This book is a dark fantasy fairy tale starring a drunk a**h*le who discovers that he's the last person on earth left alive...or maybe not.

I really like Mellick's writing style. It is easy to get into and fun to read. This book is highly imaginative and seems to just flow from the page. The world created in this book is surreal and beautiful. I think there should be a sequel to the Sea of the Patchwork Cats.

I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a fun, ... Read More

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Rating: - Strange, dreamlike...
I don't understand the negative reviews.

I'm a teacher.. and if one of my students wrote this, I'd quickly tell them to start submitting it to publishers. No doubt about that. So just ignore those reviews for the readers probably just weren't in the state of mind to really enjoy it.

I won't go into the whole plot but what I will say is that it is indeed like a dream. The back of the book compares it to the twilight zone and that's true though I think this has more aspects ... Read More

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Rating: - Loved it!
I really enjoyed this book, it's the kind that you can read in one sitting and is truly captivating. The imagery in this book is amazing....just the concept (as introduced on the first page) of everyone in the world committing suicide at the same time except for one drunk man who was passed out at the time, sets it up for a fascinating ride. Even though the book is short, the character really grows (actually he starts out an old man and becomes young again). This is truly a unique take on what would ... Read More

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Rating: - not spectacular
I wanted to like this book. No, I wanted to love this book. I really did. But I didn't. It's written in three acts and, as the author writes in his author's note at the end of the book, they were each the result of separate dreams. And it certainly feels that way. The story has no sense of coherence at all. I know, I know, it's supposed to be "bizarro" but what makes a new and strange world so fun and exciting is the author's ability to create an environment that makes no sense to you but implies some ... Read More

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Rating: - I'm not sure what this is . . .
. . . but it is interesting.

Story: It's Tuesday at 11:34 A.M., and retiree Conrad is at a bar, rapidly moving toward drunken oblivion, which is his normal state these days. At 11:34 A.M., everyone in the world suddenly commits suicide, by the most expedient means available.

Well, almost everyone. Conrad, whose name is actually mentioned but once in this 106-page novella, is too blitzed to comply with that same compelling urge that everyone feels. There are probably other survivors, ... Read More

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