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

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 5 14:29:24 2024
    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/
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  • From Christian Weisgerber@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Wed Jun 5 19:21:07 2024
    On 2024-06-05, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

    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_?

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    Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de

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  • From John Savard@21:1/5 to Nicoll on Wed Jun 5 14:28:45 2024
    On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 14:29:24 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
    Nicoll) wrote:

    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

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  • From John Savard@21:1/5 to lynnmcguire5@gmail.com on Wed Jun 5 14:30:50 2024
    On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 13:33:56 -0500, Lynn McGuire
    <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    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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  • From David Duffy@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Wed Jun 5 23:20:41 2024
    James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
    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_

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  • From Titus G@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Thu Jun 6 16:08:01 2024
    On 6/06/24 02:29, James Nicoll wrote:
    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.

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to noone@nowhere.com on Fri Jun 7 00:10:05 2024
    In article <v3rcn1$1bgcf$1@dont-email.me>, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote: >On 6/06/24 02:29, James Nicoll wrote:
    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
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Default User@21:1/5 to John Savard on Mon Jul 8 02:58:22 2024
    John Savard wrote:

    On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 13:33:56 -0500, Lynn McGuire
    <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    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

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to Default User on Tue Jul 9 00:12:09 2024
    Default User <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com> wrote:
    John Savard wrote:

    On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 13:33:56 -0500, Lynn McGuire
    <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    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
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to Scott Dorsey on Tue Jul 9 00:25:21 2024
    In article <v6hv8p$jd7$1@panix2.panix.com>,
    Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
    Default User <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com> wrote:
    John Savard wrote:

    On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 13:33:56 -0500, Lynn McGuire
    <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    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

    Pit Viper!

    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R70HLeHVdgM/VoRGZok_sJI/AAAAAAAATBw/7W11KV_7FHc/s1600/P%2527Gell%2B-%2B1947%2B-%2B1.jpg
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    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

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