Beyond any shadow of a doubt, one of
the leading seekers of strange creatures in the world today is Dr. Karl Shuker,
who hails only a couple of miles from where I grew up in central England. But,
Karl is not only a fine cryptozoologist. He’s an excellent author, too. And,
right now, he has a new book out (yep, just in time for Christmas!) that should
be of keen interest to anyone and everyone with an interest in strange
creatures, folklore, magical tales, and Forteana. Its title: Cats
of Magic, Mythology, and Mystery.
Gathered together for the very
first time, and between the covers of one single volume, are countless stories
that will astound and intrigue you. Indeed, be prepared to be thoroughly amazed,
and totally captivated, by a spellbinding array of truly extraordinary,
exceptional cats of every imaginable – and even unimaginable – variety. And it’s
Britain’s CFZ Press – the publishing arm of Jonathan Downes’ Center for Fortean Zoology - that
we have to thank for publishing Karl’s book.
Surveying an eclectic spectrum of feline anomalies existing both within and far beyond the perimeters of cryptozoology, here are homing cats and demon cats, king cheetahs and woolly cheetahs, ligers and leopons, winged cats and horned cats, belligerent nundas and evanescent marozis, the mythology of the tailless Manx cat, the origins of Lewis Carroll’s Cheshire Cat, and latter-day sabre-tooths and feline deities from around the world.
Read on...
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