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Originally Posted by gethen
Yes, Larry Niven is one writer who has original ideas. I think the Puppeteers are probably the most original of his aliens that I've come across.
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What about the Bandersnachi?
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Originally Posted by colt
Posted: 31 Mar 2003 01:15 Post subject:
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The Puppeteers were pretty original too, and the Kzinti. At least physically. I am pretty sure there have been other feline-like alien species but the Kzinti have culture, morals (if you believe that), and have a huge backstory. I am about to go and buy the rest of the Man-Kzin Wars books new because no one seems to be taking them to the used book store. -Colt
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The Kzinti had morals and honor--just not something that a lot of "civilizded" folks of today would understand. Thier honor was their life, and without it they might as well of curled up and died. That why the Puppetters instigated the Man-Kzin wars, to get all the hot-headed ones to die gloriously and battle so that the ones left would think just a little before jumping to attack. (To me that made them more dangrous--instead of attack when they got mad, adn to soon, they'd cool of, plan, and really whup you...)