--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, Ian McClure <5thearth_at_c...>
wrote:
> Zach Collins (Siege) wrote:
>
> > On 7/15/05, Nightmask <starfox_at_k...> 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
Aren't the Ringworld Kzinti females sentient, and the females that
are in the Patriarch's harem at least semi-sentient?
Received on Mon Jul 18 2005 - 17:30:54 CDT