tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post4597342450364408524..comments2024-03-29T09:09:24.834+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Feline AliensKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-74917149528660185212017-05-21T17:54:05.219+01:002017-05-21T17:54:05.219+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Yes, but the descriptions I've se...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Yes, but the descriptions I've seen of Cynthians still reminded the characters in the Technic stories of cats, not squirrels.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-65739374225136598102017-05-21T17:40:56.071+01:002017-05-21T17:40:56.071+01:00Sean,
I think of the Cynthians as intelligent squi...Sean,<br />I think of the Cynthians as intelligent squirrels.<br />Paul.paulshackley2017@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704115766930975286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-66522722527920337082017-05-21T16:14:34.676+01:002017-05-21T16:14:34.676+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Besides the examples listed by you an...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Besides the examples listed by you and David, I would include as well Poul Anderson's Chee Lan, from the human discovered planet Cynthia. Chee and other Cynthians are described as reminding humans of cats.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-14315605833046116882017-05-21T12:37:50.333+01:002017-05-21T12:37:50.333+01:00Paul:
Andre Norton's Salariki (home planet Sar...Paul:<br />Andre Norton's Salariki (home planet Sargol), appearing in *Plague Ship*, *Eye of the Monster*, *Android at Arms*, and as background cameos in one or two other stories, were very catlike — in particular, *Plague Ship* showed them responding to Terran catnip as enthusiastically as Terran cats did. <br /><br />David Weber's *Honor Harrington* series has a species humans refer to as treecats. They're empathic and form bonds with specific humans (including the series' title character), so intensely that the human's death usually leads to the treecat going into a fatal decline.<br /><br />Marion Zimmer Bradley included cat-men in several different stories. *Hunters of the Red Moon* (a "The Most Dangerous Game" scenario) is the only one I've read where any cat-man was a significant character rather than a more-or-less faceless enemy.David Birrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973889429164886381noreply@blogger.com