Alien Blood: Psion / Catspaw

Cat #1-2

by Joan D. Vinge

Alien Psion, Catspaw

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Own, Cyberpunk, Fantasy

633 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Joan D. Vinge (born Joan Carol Dennison) is an American science fiction author. She is known for such works as her Hugo Award-winning novel The Snow Queen and its sequels, her series about the telepath named Cat, and her Heaven's Chronicles books.

Reviews

[Beth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome stories. I loved this book AGAIN and AGAIN!

[George Hobbs · Rating 5 out of 5]

This has been on my bookshelf for decades. I pull it down every couple of years for a re-read.
An amazing world setting - futuristic and detailed.
Politics, space travel, different worlds, a race of psions, and a half-breed named Cat that gets sucked into all. An underdog to hero storyline unlike any other I have read.

[Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's been many years since I read this book. I remember enjoying it emensely. The main reson I finally wrote this review is something I read reminded me of this series and normaly I can never remember the name. With this here I have the name and author to recommend to others.

[Sir Blue · Rating 5 out of 5]

A young man in space joins a psychic team of heros. He battles an enemy then learns he has alien DNA to boost his powers. There in these Victorian houses. Then he takes acid and is at a rave. He battles the bad guy who is conservative and wins.
He saves earth from alien invaders.

[Roger · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a 5 star story, but went down to 4, because she could not finish it without excess blood & sex.

[Legolas · Rating 2 out of 5]

1st book was poorly written - 2nd was too unnecessarily explicit. I do not recommend.

[Pam · Rating 5 out of 5]

A well written look at what happens when humanity finds an alien race we are physically compatible with and intermingles. With many social issues and adventure, this story has wonderful pacing and great character development.

[Kolan]

An omnibus collection of Cat's Paw and Psion.

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked the fact that the main character was telepathic and had a drug abuse problem.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my all-time favorites. Read and reread until it fell apart and I had to buy a new one.

[Edward Rosenfeld · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this many years ago....liked it and the other books in the series alot....