(ReacTor) Five Very Good Cat People in SF and Fantasy

[James Nicoll]

Five Very Good Cat People in SF and Fantasy

One obvious way to improve humans is by combining them with cats.

https://reactormag.com/five-very-good-cat-people-in-sf-and-fantasy/

[Lynn McGuire]

Post by James Nicoll
Five Very Good Cat People in SF and Fantasy
One obvious way to improve humans is by combining them with cats.
https://reactormag.com/five-very-good-cat-people-in-sf-and-fantasy/

Zero for five here, even the Norton.

However, can I add "Psion" by Joan D. Vinge to the list ?
https://www.amazon.com/Psion-Cat-Joan-D-Vinge/dp/076530340X/

And there is the Lisanne Norman series that starts with "Turning Point".

https://www.amazon.com/Turning-Point-Sholan-Alliance-Book-ebook/dp/B0031Y9DA0/

Lynn

[John Savard]

On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 13:33:56 -0500, Lynn McGuire

Post by Lynn McGuire
Zero for five here, even the Norton.

I read the Norstrilia collection, so I did read at least "The Ballad
of Lost C'mell".

I had often wondered if there was a connection between her and P'gell
from The Spirit.

John Savard

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Post by John Savard
On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 13:33:56 -0500, Lynn McGuire

Post by Lynn McGuire
Zero for five here, even the Norton.

I read the Norstrilia collection, so I did read at least "The Ballad
of Lost C'mell".
I had often wondered if there was a connection between her and P'gell
from The Spirit.

The initial letter in the names of the Underpeople indicates their base
species. So C'Mell is a cat person, D'Joan was a dog person, etc.


Brian

[Scott Dorsey]

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Post by John Savard
On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 13:33:56 -0500, Lynn McGuire

Post by Lynn McGuire
Zero for five here, even the Norton.

I read the Norstrilia collection, so I did read at least "The Ballad
of Lost C'mell".
I had often wondered if there was a connection between her and P'gell
from The Spirit.

The initial letter in the names of the Underpeople indicates their base
species. So C'Mell is a cat person, D'Joan was a dog person, etc.

Was P'gell a pony, pangolin, or panda?
--scott

[Ted Nolan <tednolan>]

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Post by John Savard
On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 13:33:56 -0500, Lynn McGuire

Post by Lynn McGuire
Zero for five here, even the Norton.

I read the Norstrilia collection, so I did read at least "The Ballad
of Lost C'mell".
I had often wondered if there was a connection between her and P'gell
from The Spirit.

The initial letter in the names of the Underpeople indicates their base
species. So C'Mell is a cat person, D'Joan was a dog person, etc.

Was P'gell a pony, pangolin, or panda?
--scott

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[Christian Weisgerber]

Post by James Nicoll
One obvious way to improve humans is by combining them with cats.
https://reactormag.com/five-very-good-cat-people-in-sf-and-fantasy/

I read and really liked _Forrests of the Night_. Nohar Rajasthan
returns in _Fearful Symmetries_.

_Perry Rhodan_ has Dao-Lin-H'ay, starting somewhere around #1300,
who eventually joins the ranks of the immortals. I think she is one
of those long-serving characters in PR who have little in the way
of individual traits other than being all-around competent.

Didn't an early Flandry novel also feature a cat-like alien native
that proved quite the match for Flandry? _Ensign Flandry_?

[John Savard]

Post by James Nicoll
Five Very Good Cat People in SF and Fantasy
One obvious way to improve humans is by combining them with cats.
https://reactormag.com/five-very-good-cat-people-in-sf-and-fantasy/

Well, if the result looked like Nastassia Kinski, I could at least
consider that the process might be worth investigating. Although, if I
remember correctly, her character in that movie was a menace to the
people around her. That's hardly an improvement.

John Savard

[David Duffy]

Post by James Nicoll
Five Very Good Cat People in SF and Fantasy
One obvious way to improve humans is by combining them with cats.

Maybe not so good in John Crowley's _Beasts_

[Titus G]

Post by James Nicoll
Five Very Good Cat People in SF and Fantasy
One obvious way to improve humans is by combining them with cats.
https://reactormag.com/five-very-good-cat-people-in-sf-and-fantasy/

A search for "cat person plastic surgery" yields crazy pictures.

[Scott Dorsey]

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Post by James Nicoll
Five Very Good Cat People in SF and Fantasy
One obvious way to improve humans is by combining them with cats.
https://reactormag.com/five-very-good-cat-people-in-sf-and-fantasy/

A search for "cat person plastic surgery" yields crazy pictures.

My complication just had a little complication.
--scott