Zach Collins (Siege) wrote:
> On 7/15/05, Nightmask <starfox_at_kiva.net> wrote:
> >
> > Well as covered in Cathouse, set during the Man-Kzin war period (and
> > published in two parts in the collected short story novels set
> during those
> > periods), the female kzinti were originally as sentient as the
> males, but
> > the males, feeling threatened by that, selectively bred their
> females back
> > into non-sentience.
>
> And as covered in other stories, the females saw what was happening
> and selectively bred the males less intelligent and themselves
> smarter, and kept their mouths shut about it until they could take
> control of their society. What better way to keep a guy under control
> than create a genetic code-word which forces him to think of nothing
> but sex?
>
> --
> Zach Collins (Siege)
Which stories were those? I only ask because I thought I was pretty
familiar with Niven's work and don't remember that part.
Of course, Kzin have got nothing on Puppeteers when it comes to weird
mating habits, judging by the few hints we get.
--Glover
Received on Sun Jul 17 2005 - 22:42:13 CDT