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Sci Fi Focus > Encyclopedia > Larry Niven > Kzinti
The Kzinti (singular: Kzin) are one a number of species of aliens that humanity meets in Larry Niven's Known Space background. They are described as being cat-like and are extremely war-like (hence mankind's first encounters with them lead to war).
A number of other authors have written stories set within the Known Space universe, in particular describing various events in the Man-Kzin Wars.
Larry Niven also wrote an epside of *STAR TREK TAS* in which he used the Kzinti.
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By Jerry Pournelle & Dean Ing
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Two complete novels of the top-selling Man-Kzin Wars in one hugh volume: The Children's Hour by Jerry Pournelle and S.M. Stirling: As the war rages on between the mighty felinoid warriors from the planet Kzin and the wimpy leaf-eating monkey-boys from Earth, one Kzin commander has decided to learn from the monkeys and cooperate to conquer. But the humans know how to get the rivals of an enemy to cooperate, too. Cathouse by Dean Ing: In another corner of the galaxy, Carroll Locklear is stranded on a planet with a group of prehistoric Kzinti. To survive, he must find common cause, if not with the males, then with the females of that antiques species... |
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Kzinti are a fictional, very warlike and bloodthirsty race of cat-like aliens in Larry Niven's Known Space series. The kzin were initially introduced in Niven's story "The Warriors" and "The Soft Weapon," (1967), both collected in Neutron Star (1968). A Kzin character, Speaker-to-Animals, subsequently played a major role in Niven's Hugo and Nebula award-winning Ringworld (1970), giving considerably more background of the Kzinti and their interactions with human civilizations. Following this, Niven gave permission to several friends to write stories taking place in the time following were collected in a number of volumes of The Man-Kzin Wars, which eventually reached twelve volumes, the first published June 1988. |
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By Jerry, and S M Stirling and Dean Ing Pournelle
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