The Arzunians want:
"'...to hunt between the stars!'" (p. 413)
- like Merseians or kzinti.
They lure Donovan:
"Come with us, come with us, lead the humans into our ambush and be the lord of stars..." (p. 414)
- like the hidden natives of the planet Roland in "The Queen of Air and Darkness."
"...they whittle down their last few remnants with fighting among themselves..." (p. 415)
- as the Exaltationists intend to do in the Time Patrol series.
Also, they are the only aliens in the entire Technic History that exactly resemble Terrestrial human beings. That alone is enough to set this story apart.
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Kaor, Paul!
And some might argue the Arzunians resemble humans that much because they too are of human origin. Perhaps many aeons ago there was an earlier star faring civilization and some humans from Earth settled the planet which became Arzunia? Just a whimsical fancy!
Sean
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