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Oct 28, 2011, 4:04 pm
As much as I love Ratha, I enjoy artistic interpretations of other Named clan cats, such as Bira, Fessran, Thakur, and others, including Meoran. We've seen Ratha attacking him in an earlier entry by Karyl Cunningham, but fan artist Leonca showcases him in a menacing portrait. She mentions in her... Comment - Like
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Oct 14, 2011, 3:20 pm
Halloween is creeping closer. Night begins encroaching further into day, and colors fade to black, white, and gray. Perhaps it is appropriate that our eighth and last artist to be honored has created a ghostly image of the Named leader in such spectral shadings. As a side note, Rhiannon says tha... Comment - Like
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Sep 27, 2011, 3:28 pm
The Ratha series would never have returned to print without the devotion and support of readers and fans. Tori OShea's early fan website, Clan Ground of the Named, woke me up from a discouraged daze to the realization that the series still lived on the net, and in the hearts of readers. She adopte... Comment - Like
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Sep 24, 2011, 4:01 pm
Cheyanne Dawn Welch is artist number five up on the sunning rock, receiving the light and warmth of recognition. I like the way Cheyanne made Ratha's fur "rough and unruly" to capture her defiant spirit. It looks spiked and wild. The Red Tongue also looks saw-edged and spiked, which gives a ... Comment - Like
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Sep 19, 2011, 3:16 pm
Third up on the sunning rock to be bathed in the warmth of praise and honor is Karyl Cunningham, who stunned me with her unusual and energetic entry depicting a scene that rarely if ever shows up in Ratha fan art. Her creativity is unmatched only by her persistence in battling time constraints, un... Comment - Like
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Jul 29, 2010, 6:59 pm
$10.50SKU: 003T
Ratha and Thistle-chaser originally appeared in hardcover in 1990. Now, in 2010, Thistle-chaser is 20 years old and is celebrating her birthday with a wonderful new paperback edition from Imaginator Press. Completely and lovingly copyedited to remove any typos, but not a word of ... Comment - Like
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May 8, 2010, 7:47 pm
$10.50SKU: 006/01
This is the new trade paperback edition of Clan Ground, from Imaginator Press. Re-edited to remove typos, and beautifully re-designed with a new typeface, interior and a stunningly beautiful Lew Lashmit cover. Rediscover one of the favorites in the Named Series.
Price: $10.50
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Oct 6, 2009, 5:41 pm
Research Assistants - Tweak
Hi, I'm Tweak. I was born with this funny tweaked ear, but I can hear out of it just fine. I'm one the kitties who live at the ranch with Clare, and she thinks I'm special because none of the other cats have an ear like this. I'm really small, and really quic... Comment - Like
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Sep 15, 2009, 10:05 pm
$6.75SKU: 001/01
The book that started it all! Ratha's Creature, the First Book of the Named. You can't resist this signed, kitty-doodled (yes!) new copy of the Firebird 2007 paperback.
(Added 12/6/2009) We did run out of Creature, but we found a source. These books are essentially the sam... Comment - Like
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Sep 15, 2009, 4:42 pm
$10.50SKU: 005/01
The newest Book of the Named! Helped by Thakur and Thistle-chaser, Ratha deals with an unexpected attack by the hunting clan while learning the true meaning of courage. New Imaginator Press trade paperback with siggy and kittyface doodle by author.
Price: $10.50
Who would you li... Comment - Like
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Sep 15, 2009, 3:04 pm
$6.75
When Ratha and the Named encounter the dream-stalking, group-minded hunters led by True-of-voice, conflict leads to some hard choices, and Thistle-chaser shows her unusual insight and her gifts. New, with author signature and (of course!) kittyface doodle.
$6.75
author signature:
If yo... Comment - Like
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Sep 15, 2009, 2:50 pm
$6.75
What happens when Ratha's wounded and abandoned daughter (from Ratha's Creature) returns to the clan? Meet stubborn, scrappy Thistle-chaser. New, signed by author. Thistle kittyface doodle!
$6.75
Who would you like the book autographed to?:
If you want it autographed to a person, p... Comment - Like
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Sep 13, 2009, 8:54 pm
$6.75
Ratha's adventures continue as she struggles against Shongshar and a choice of trails for the Named. New, kittyface doodled and signed by author.
$6.75
Who would you like the book autographed to?:
If you want it autographed to a person, please enter the name above. Otherwise, leave b... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
The idea for the Named began not with a story, but with a sketch. I like to work back and forth between images and written words. In my early 20's, in the mid-to late 1970's, I did a drawing to explore how a pointy-eared alien (such as Star Trek's Vulcans) could arise from a feline ancestor. I wa... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Recently the first four books in Ratha series have appeared as Amazon Kindle editions, but at the same time, the Clan Ground paperback edition went out of print. However, we rescued the remaining new paperbacks, so if there is a hole in your Ratha paperback collection, you can fill it.
Technically ... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Updated 4/16/2009 CB
This is an archive page for the Twitter novelette, Ratha's Island. All the #rathafic Twitter posts will be archived here as well as on the Ratha Series Forum.
Ratha's Island will start on Twitter March 14 at 12:00 noon, marked by the hashtag #rathafic. The hashtag will be remov... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
A little doggerel (or cat-eral) about one of my favorite characters from my Ratha series about intelligent prehistoric cats; Thakur, the clan's herding teacher. It addresses a silly problem with his name. Somewhat inspired by Edward Lear:
The Herding Teacher's Name (or I Should Be Working on Some... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
For an author, especially when faced with a deadline, a great source for information about nearly everything is the kids non-fiction section in the library. When I was writing my novel, The Jaguar Princess (Tor Books 1993) about ancient Aztec Mexico, I stumbled upon a fantastic reference. See Insi... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Alien pipe-cleaner critter steals brownies while oblivious author signs Ratha's Courage at Northern California Independent Booksellers Association conference, Oakland, CA, Nov 5, 2008
Picture by JC Simmonds of Beagle Bay
Ratha's Courage has been making various appearances at different events and onl... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
For purposes of fun and silliness, I have given the Named clan cat characters the ability to temporarily teleport from their home in the California Miocene so that they can peek into the human world and remark upon what they see. This, of course is not to be regarded as 'canon', i.e. in the storyli... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
A few days ago, to take a break from the laptop, I picked up Solo's Journey. Intending to sample the first few chapters, I found myself drawn in to the story of Solo, a feral kit who loses his mother and has to find his own way in the feral cat colony. I don't usually read other cat fantasy book... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Today I will be driving from my home in Patterson to Modesto. I will be carrying my absentee ballot, which I have completed, but did not have time to mail. My destination will be the country voter registration office, where I can hand my sealed ballot to an election official. Why am I doing that? ... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Song for the Iran protest:
Freedom now is sailing
On a Sea of Green
Voices from the rooftops
Rising up to a scream
Shriek in the song
Of a swift-flying bird
Voices of freedom
Demand to be heard
The sniper on the rooftop
Cannot hide from the world
The bullet from his rifle
destroye... Comment - Like
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