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From: wombat@uicsl.UUCP
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Subject: Re: title request - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 3-Jan-84 22:31:49 EST
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uicsl!wombat    Jan  3 14:12:00 1984

** uicsl:net.sf-lovers / sri-arpa!SoftArts@MIT-MULTICS / 10:43 am  Dec 30, 1983
A story about an alien landing and talking to cats for a while,
making no attempt at contacting "monkey people" (or some
similar term) and leaving--taking with her the narrator's cat,
whom he had followed, which is how he found out about this.
Just before leaving, she asks the cats whether she should
destroy the monkeys, who obviously deserve it for having kept
the cats in bondage and such nonsense, and they defend us (we
get to here her translation of their speech).

Any ideas as to title, author, where collected?


Also, I am looking for good cat/sf books/stories.
So far I've got Andre Norton's stuff, and The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber
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Sounds like Cynthia Felice's novel *Godsfire*. Even if it isn't the
same book, *Godsfire* is an ok cat/sf book.
Also, Leiber has done three stories about Gummitch (2 with Psycho),
"Space Time for Springers" and two others. Try looking in *The Best
of Fritz Leiber* or *The Book of Fritz Leiber*. The third story was
in the most recent anniversary issue of F&SF.
For a cat-like race of people, try C.J. Cherryh's *The Pride of Chanur*.
Robert Heinlein's *Door Into Summer* has a cat who seems to affect
more readers than does the protagonist, though it appears only in the
beginning and at the end.
Have a look at Mervyn Peake's Gormengast trilogy -- the cats aren't
major characters or anything, but they add a nice touch, and the
books are wonderful.
Another semi-feline race is Larry Niven's Kzinti, in many of his Known
Space books and stories.
Joanna Russ has a new book of stories out called *The Zanzibar Cat*.
I haven't read it yet, but I assume the title story is about a cat.
Vonnegut's *Cat's Cradle* has nothing to do with cats.
						Wombat
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