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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)

[edit] Initial Contact with Humans

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)

[edit] Cover Art

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.

The cover of Man-Kzin Wars XI hardback comes pretty close with its depiction of Vaemar, and it has four fingers. Not sure about the ears, though, and I'm pretty sure the tail is more lion like than rat like. I'll have to check. Interesting, though. I'll go through my books. Phædrus 23:12, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Here's a picture of the MKW XI cover: http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/t1/t5677.jpg

The hands are right, and I think the tail is pretty close, but it's hard to tell with the ears - they're folded back. However, I think this is the closest representation there is, so I say go with this one. Phædrus 23:18, 28 September 2006 (UTC)