A Man Becomes A Kzin

"The Man Who Would Be Kzin."

OK. A man does become a kzin, in a way. Read the story to the end to see how. Neuronic interactions generate consciousness, memories and sense of identity, we think. It follows that individual consciousness, memories and identity end when the neurons cease to function unless before then they have been transferred to another set of interacting neurons.

A kzinti voice, speaking as Halloran, asks the Colonel to tell Halloran's father that he, Halloran, "'...died a Hero...'" (p. 310) "Hero," capitalized, is the kzinti's self-description. But what happens next? Another sequel?

It is time to return to the Time Patrol.