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EYE OF CAT, A NOVEL BY ROGER ZELAZNY (BOOK REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION)

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 Hello! Today I'm back with another vintage reading recommendation. Eye of Cat is a science fiction novel written by Roger Zelazny and published in 1982. I read this novel online, courtesy of a library whose name I forgot but I'm sure you won't have issues finding a library that has a digital copy of Eye of Cat . This novel was on my reading list for a while, together with a few works of this author that I haven't managed to read yet. Like many of Zelazny's work, this novel is closely tied with mythology.  Its protagonist is a man who has somewhat lost his connection to his culture, mythology and tradition, though. Moreover, the protagonist shall struggle to regain his identity throughout the story.  Set in future, Eye of Cat is centered on a Navayo protagonist Billy Singer.  Larger than life protagonists are what Zelazny writes best and Billy is certainly such a character.  A novels also needs a plot. Therefore, the galaxy's most celebrated and skilled hunter,