Talk:Time Cat: The Remarkable Journeys of Jason and Gareth

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:37, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Later that day someone revised the image description slightly.[1]

The Infobox now includes the image of a more recent cover, details unknown to me, no caption. The new image description gives ample fair use rationale. --P64 (talk) 21:05, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Using the Internet Speculative Fiction Database i have identified and captioned the cover image used in the infobox (and completed the infobox for that 2004 edition). --P64 (talk) 02:18, 3 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

TIME CAT destinations[edit]

[2011-12-17: Most of this quotation deleted by P64.]

[edit] Plot summary

This novel starts out with Jason learning that his cat, Gareth, can not only talk, but can also travel to nine different points in history around the world. Jason convinces Gareth to take him along, and their adventures begin in Ancient Egypt in the year 2700 B.C. It goes all the way to America 1775, which happens to be the start of the American Revolutionary War. Once they return home, Gareth says he must never speak again, and that Jason must never speak of their travels to anyone. Older Cover

The pair also travels to Rome and Britain (55 B.C.), Ireland (411 A.D.), Japan (998 A.D.), Italy (1468), Peru (1555), the Isle of Man (1588), Germany (1600), and America (1775). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fox girl 16 (talk • contribs) 02:54, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Last paragraph[edit]

Exhibit imported from the article 2011-12-29. (block quotation)

Another version of the ending in this awesome book is when Gareth is fading away just before they return home, Jason figures out how to fade also him and turns himself into a cat by accident. Afterward, as cats, Jason and Gareth go to many places together.

What does the last paragraph mean, "In the end of Time Cat,(which is not included in the book)..." Which versions of Time Cat is he referring to? Or is this a false comment? Sluggoster (talk) 06:51, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This puzzled me, as well. I felt that it required proper revision, so I've commented the section out in the Edit page. It could be a false comment, as it supplies no references and is slightly opinionated, or it could be a genuine comment from a person who doesn't know how to properly edit a Wikipedia page (as they were simply an IP Address).

Abluescarab (talk) 02:33, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Now I have deleted the HIDDEN comment and imported the offending Last Paragraph to the top of this section. Within that comment User:Abluescarab observed (quote)

(No references, opinionated, a bit hard to understand, awaiting "uncommenting" with revision)

I feel sure that that concluding paragraph was "false" in a way, concerning a version not written by Alexander. It may have been "true" also, about something written as a school exercise, for example; even written or selected by a schoolteacher as a pedagogical example. --P64 (talk) 18:17, 29 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Scholastic interview[edit]

Lloyd Alexander Interview Transcript (1999)[interview date evidently 1999-01-26: "I will be 75 in another four days"]. Interview with Scholastic students. Scholastic Inc.

This long interview will be valuable here. There are multiple exchanges on Prydain, Westmark, Time Cat (his first children's book), and general matters. Some other stories are mentioned once. --P64 (talk) 20:44, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]