Re: Kzinti Miniatures

John C said:
>> During my dinner break, I stopped by the local Allied Hobbies, and 
discovered a rather odd pack of figures. The pack was called 
"Seductress" (Ral Partha, 02-808), and had three figures [including] a 
cat-woman with her tail wrapped around her in what could be considered 
a "seductive" fashion--assuming that you are attracted to women with 
tails. <<

Later, Tom chimed in with a short resume of a story plot involving 
intelligent Kzinti females, which he thought came from the "Neutron 
Star" collection. The Beast replied:

> However, wasn't the mentioned 'intelligent' female story in one of 
the Man-Kzin series that included Known Universe tales centering on 
Kzin, written by other authors? *shrug* I gave up on it after Jerry 
Pournelle started being included. <

Yep. The intelligent females story was from M-KW I, the only one of 
that series that I've read. Wasn't bad -- certainly the best story in 
the book.

> Also, while it's been a long time since I read any, I thought the 
bat-wing ear was characteristic of the Kzin. I just wish one of the 
figs would have been made craven to look like a Kzin psycher. ;->= <

Yes, Kzinti have foldable "bat-wing" ears. I guess that Jon T. has 
proven that females with big "ears" (i.e., the Gun Bunnies) can still 
look good, but I really wouldn't expect a Kzin female as described in 
the books and illustrated by such people as Rick Sternbach (sp?) to be 
attractive to humans. The body shape is all wrong -- that 
characteristic Kzin barrel-chest that results from the geodetic rib 
structure, for a start. And since there haven't been any sentient 
females for centuries, there won't be any female telepaths -- so you 
won't get one, craven or otherwise, in a pack called "Seductress" <g>.

Phil, who quite liked Fritz Leiber's cat-woman from "The Wanderer", 
even if I can't remember her name...
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