Kitten by G. Arthur Brown Review

Kitten by G. Arthur Brown
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

My introduction to G. Arthur Brown was the astounding short story Bronson's Shark Tank, which can be attained from Issu.com from the Bizarro edition of Surreal Grotesque, otherwise defunct (for now, anyways). This book has plenty of five-star moments but is overall a 4.4 for me (rounded down, of course). There is a fashionable hat/giant panda sequence in the book, which could stand as a 5-star sketch, and there are other such moments.

Kitten is kind of a two-part story, the first part involves an Earthbound family and the second part involves higher realities, so to speak. And this second part surprisingly earned my attention and it contains my favorite parts. In the process, G. Arthur Brown slathers us over with mutated pop culture references spliced with high art references. All this leads to a satisfying end.

Brown's use of stereotypes is also heartening and hilarious. In Kitten, stereotypes intermix mix with non-stereotypes in a way that warms my heart, I like to see the two getting along. Stereotype discrimination is no fun and I think Brown gets that. One thing is for sure: the titular kitten is no stereotype. All hail the King of Kittens!

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A Few More Words On My Last Post

I just read about Virgo and Capricorn compatibility and it's pretty promising.  Some of my gnawing and nagging doubts have been relieved by this "information."  Hoping hoping hoping.

There's specifically a part where it says that as long as Capricorn initiates projects then Virgo will grow passionate and make them their own, even taking over.  That's everything and exactly what I want.

Allie MacDonald as Muse/Consultant?

I just proposed to MacDonald a modest (but not so much as to be meaningless) male writer-women actor collaboration. I promise that I have no intention of abusing my communication access to Allie MacDonald.  I hope she helps out, as I think it would help her and the rest of her acting sisterhood.  I'm offering her a customized lead character and great input on supporting characters.  Dogs aren't the only creatures that need help, far from it.

Writing for her would probably be better than dog-sitting, especially since there are already roommates.  I still wish to hangout, all the better to capture the flavors, and ultimately push her talents just enough. 

Blessings.