Tarot of the Cat People - Book

[BrightEye]

The Tarot of the Cat People by Karen Kuykendall is one of my all-time favourite decks and the only one that has a permanent place on my work desk. I have always been intrigued by the frame story of the Outer Region, but the LWB only has minimal detail on that story. I know there is a companion book. Does anyone have it, who can tell me more about it? Most of the previews online show the pages with card meanings, but the LWB covers those quite well. I’m more interested in the story material. How substantial is it in the book?

[gregory]

The two Andre Norton books > https://www.amazon.com/Mark-Cat-Year-Andre-Norton/dp/1680680196  are great fun and tell you a lot of it. There is the original and a sequel. A full scale story. Buy them - you won't regret it. I enjoyed them more than the Traveler's Report one Kuykendall write....

[laforza76]

@gregory Amazing! I didn't know these books existed! I'll definitely give them a read. As for the Traveler's Report by Kuykendall, I also didn't know that it existed until the 2010s-- and I got the deck when it was first released in the '90s! It was an absolute pleasure to read all those years later. There's quite a bit there to flesh out the story, especially if all you've known is the LWB that comes with the deck. See this link for some good reviews.

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 03:02 AM by laforza76

[BrightEye]

On 10/28/2025 at 9:51 PM, gregory said:

The two Andre Norton books > https://www.amazon.com/Mark-Cat-Year-Andre-Norton/dp/1680680196  are great fun and tell you a lot of it. There is the original and a sequel. A full scale story. Buy them - you won't regret it. I enjoyed them more than the Traveler's Report one Kuykendall write....

These are wonderful, gregory! Thank you very much.

[BrightEye]

On 10/29/2025 at 3:00 AM, laforza76 said:

It was an absolute pleasure to read all those years later. There's quite a bit there to flesh out the story, especially if all you've known is the LWB that comes with the deck. See this link for some good reviews.

 

 

Thank you, laforza76. Now I definitely want to read the Traveler’s Report. If I can find an affordable copy, that is. — Such a groovy deck!

[Tanga]

On 10/28/2025 at 9:51 PM, gregory said:

The two Andre Norton books > https://www.amazon.com/Mark-Cat-Year-Andre-Norton/dp/1680680196  are great fun and tell you a lot of it. There is the original and a sequel. A full scale story. Buy them - you won't regret it. I enjoyed them more than the Traveler's Report one Kuykendall write....

ENABLED!

 

Thanks @gregory.

This deck is an all-time favourite for me too @BrightEye

And a staple of my Tarot spell craft.

[BrightEye]

3 hours ago, Tanga said:

ENABLED!

 

Thanks @gregory.

This deck is an all-time favourite for me too @BrightEye

And a staple of my Tarot spell craft.

@TangaDo you have the book, the Traveller’s Report?

[Tanga]

3 hours ago, BrightEye said:

@TangaDo you have the book, the Traveller’s Report?

 

 

It's been an Aeon since I read it... So I guess I'll be reading it again soon 🙂.

 

So... is this tiny little book now OOP and ridiculously expensive then??