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How many edits in the StarTrek Animated series do we need?
Give it up already!
BigFatDave 22:53, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Didn't Earh already have contact with the Jinxian Bandersnatches at the time they met the Kzin, as noted in World of Ptavvs (which takes place well before the first Kzinti meeting). A better phrasing might be "first ongoing contact with space faring aliens". (There were the contacts with the Slavers and the Pak prior to this, but they were not "ongoing") Lizard sf 03:30, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
In "World of Ptavvs" the Bandersnatch were known of, but two-way communication was not established at that time. I suppose it depends on your definition of contact. Noclevername 02:09, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
On pages 22-26 of "The Man-Kzin Wars" ( ISBN 0-671-65411-X), there are several mentions of the "weapon" being used being a drive, not a comm laser. Specifically, page 22: "A twist of a large white knob turned the drive on full... He turned to the rear-view telescope. It was aimed at the solar system, for the drive could be used for messages at this distance. He set it for short range and began to turn the ship."
Also, page 23: "'They're trying to get away,' the Captain said, as the glowing end swung towards them. 'Are you sure they can't?'...'What would happen if the light hit our ship?'"
Page 25: "'...you turned off the drive as soon as you'd burned through the ship.'"
I'm going to change "However, one of the humans used the ship's powerful communications laser as a weapon and destroyed the Kzin ship" to "However, one of the humans used the ship's powerful drive system (which doubled as a communications laser) as a weapon and destroyed the Kzin ship"
If anyone feels this edit in error, please discuss.
Tureyhall
00:58, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
Has there ever been book cover art that correctly depicts a Kzin? Several I've seen have them with standard issue terrestrial cat ears. On ALL of the covers I've seen, they're shown with five fingers! Kzinti have four fingers (or three fingers and one thumb, for the pedantic types among us humans). A cover for 'Cathouse' came the closest with ratlike tails and bat-wing ears, but still five fingers.
Cover art? Not exactly. How about inside the cover art? The late 70's paperback editions of Ringworld and other Niven stories had illustrations of niven characters. perhaps one can be found? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.179.30.13 ( talk) 20:50, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Another related item is their skeletal structure. There's a black and white drawing of a Kzin skelton with the correct number of fingers and jointed ear bones. I don't recall if it has the legs right. IIRC Niven described them as having ribs all the way down to their pelvis, but that drawing shows a sort of basket weave arrangement of bones. An interesting concept but it's not Kzinti.
Any relation to the cat-like aliens in Wing Commander? Drutt 13:10, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Would anyone else support splitting the MKW stuff into its own article? Kuralyov 02:05, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
A chapter gives a description of the Kzinti's niche in the food chain and of the evolutionary stresses that placed them there. RahadyanS 13:01, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
In one of the Man-Kzin Wars short stories, where the Kzin make first contact with the Jotok, it is mentioned that the civilized Kzin have aircraft (the Kzin that the Jotoki contact are more primitive barbarians). This article says that they were at a medieval tech level but I don't think that fits in with their having aircraft. 12.40.5.69 ( talk) 18:31, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Nowhere in the article is it mentioned that: Niven wrote the "Slaver Weapon" first in the 60s, then it was used in the 70s by ST:TAS. When Larry Cole invented SFB in the 70s, he needed a new enemy for the Klingons. The Klingon D-7 blueprints that existed at that time showed all phasers capable of firing AFT and Cole decided to make his Kzinti analogous to the Japanese navy of WWII, heavy on carriers and fighters. The SFB license to use the "Kzinti" concept ends there. Thus the misspellings, introduction of the Lyrans, and name change to Mirak in SFB computer games. Official Star Trek productions are also not licensed to use Kzinti thus Tzenkethi in DS9. Niven mentioned in an article writen in the late 90s (yes I wish I had it to quote for you) how he had to sue to defend his intellectual property, namely the Ringworld environment. Perhaps someone has the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.179.30.13 ( talk) 21:04, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Should there be any mention of the apparent similarities between Kzinti and Togorians,like in a trivia subheading or some such? Sochwa ( talk) 18:48, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
There might be some point to a mention of Kzin, which are quite a bit more notable, under Togorians - but you really should have some rationale or notable source to do that. Maybe there's an article on catpeople? There's not really a reason to list Togorians here, since there is no notable relation, since catpeople are quite a widespread notion, and because the StarWars universe is simply chock full of not very well developed animal/people.Kjaer ( talk) 04:12, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
Is there an identifiable, citable link between the heroic Kzinti and their lop-sided gender roles and Larry Niven's reactionary personal politics? He's not Heinlein, but there's some heavy hinting going on in the Kzinti ideals and social structure. Centrepull ( talk) 06:52, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
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How many edits in the StarTrek Animated series do we need?
Give it up already!
BigFatDave 22:53, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Didn't Earh already have contact with the Jinxian Bandersnatches at the time they met the Kzin, as noted in World of Ptavvs (which takes place well before the first Kzinti meeting). A better phrasing might be "first ongoing contact with space faring aliens". (There were the contacts with the Slavers and the Pak prior to this, but they were not "ongoing") Lizard sf 03:30, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
In "World of Ptavvs" the Bandersnatch were known of, but two-way communication was not established at that time. I suppose it depends on your definition of contact. Noclevername 02:09, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
On pages 22-26 of "The Man-Kzin Wars" ( ISBN 0-671-65411-X), there are several mentions of the "weapon" being used being a drive, not a comm laser. Specifically, page 22: "A twist of a large white knob turned the drive on full... He turned to the rear-view telescope. It was aimed at the solar system, for the drive could be used for messages at this distance. He set it for short range and began to turn the ship."
Also, page 23: "'They're trying to get away,' the Captain said, as the glowing end swung towards them. 'Are you sure they can't?'...'What would happen if the light hit our ship?'"
Page 25: "'...you turned off the drive as soon as you'd burned through the ship.'"
I'm going to change "However, one of the humans used the ship's powerful communications laser as a weapon and destroyed the Kzin ship" to "However, one of the humans used the ship's powerful drive system (which doubled as a communications laser) as a weapon and destroyed the Kzin ship"
If anyone feels this edit in error, please discuss.
Tureyhall
00:58, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
Has there ever been book cover art that correctly depicts a Kzin? Several I've seen have them with standard issue terrestrial cat ears. On ALL of the covers I've seen, they're shown with five fingers! Kzinti have four fingers (or three fingers and one thumb, for the pedantic types among us humans). A cover for 'Cathouse' came the closest with ratlike tails and bat-wing ears, but still five fingers.
Cover art? Not exactly. How about inside the cover art? The late 70's paperback editions of Ringworld and other Niven stories had illustrations of niven characters. perhaps one can be found? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.179.30.13 ( talk) 20:50, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Another related item is their skeletal structure. There's a black and white drawing of a Kzin skelton with the correct number of fingers and jointed ear bones. I don't recall if it has the legs right. IIRC Niven described them as having ribs all the way down to their pelvis, but that drawing shows a sort of basket weave arrangement of bones. An interesting concept but it's not Kzinti.
Any relation to the cat-like aliens in Wing Commander? Drutt 13:10, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Would anyone else support splitting the MKW stuff into its own article? Kuralyov 02:05, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
A chapter gives a description of the Kzinti's niche in the food chain and of the evolutionary stresses that placed them there. RahadyanS 13:01, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
In one of the Man-Kzin Wars short stories, where the Kzin make first contact with the Jotok, it is mentioned that the civilized Kzin have aircraft (the Kzin that the Jotoki contact are more primitive barbarians). This article says that they were at a medieval tech level but I don't think that fits in with their having aircraft. 12.40.5.69 ( talk) 18:31, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Nowhere in the article is it mentioned that: Niven wrote the "Slaver Weapon" first in the 60s, then it was used in the 70s by ST:TAS. When Larry Cole invented SFB in the 70s, he needed a new enemy for the Klingons. The Klingon D-7 blueprints that existed at that time showed all phasers capable of firing AFT and Cole decided to make his Kzinti analogous to the Japanese navy of WWII, heavy on carriers and fighters. The SFB license to use the "Kzinti" concept ends there. Thus the misspellings, introduction of the Lyrans, and name change to Mirak in SFB computer games. Official Star Trek productions are also not licensed to use Kzinti thus Tzenkethi in DS9. Niven mentioned in an article writen in the late 90s (yes I wish I had it to quote for you) how he had to sue to defend his intellectual property, namely the Ringworld environment. Perhaps someone has the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.179.30.13 ( talk) 21:04, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Should there be any mention of the apparent similarities between Kzinti and Togorians,like in a trivia subheading or some such? Sochwa ( talk) 18:48, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
There might be some point to a mention of Kzin, which are quite a bit more notable, under Togorians - but you really should have some rationale or notable source to do that. Maybe there's an article on catpeople? There's not really a reason to list Togorians here, since there is no notable relation, since catpeople are quite a widespread notion, and because the StarWars universe is simply chock full of not very well developed animal/people.Kjaer ( talk) 04:12, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
Is there an identifiable, citable link between the heroic Kzinti and their lop-sided gender roles and Larry Niven's reactionary personal politics? He's not Heinlein, but there's some heavy hinting going on in the Kzinti ideals and social structure. Centrepull ( talk) 06:52, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
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