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  • He was at draft age when the kzinti were the only known extrasolar civilization and a fearful alien threat.

    Crashlander Niven, Larry 1994

  • He was at draft age when the kzinti were the only known extrasolar civilization and a fearful alien threat.

    Neutron Star Niven, Larry 1969

  • He was at draft age when the kzinti were the only known extrasolar civilization and a fearful alien threat.

    Neutron Star Niven, Larry 1968

  • Vulcans are extremely logical, klingons are warlike, kzinti are huge feline warriors, the women of Barsoom are all breathtakingly beautiful, and lensmen are more honorable than boy scouts.

    SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 6615 2009

  • Loved the kzinti, but I specially loved the other alien what was his name?

    So what don't women read? Glenda Larke 2008

  • It showed kzinti script and a picture: some kind of sea life.

    The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996

  • The wooden table was tremendous, the size of a kzinti banquet.

    The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996

  • There were suits for men and kzinti and puppeteers.

    The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996

  • A kzinti ship, probably centuries old and retrofitted with hyperdrive.

    The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996

  • By radar he could see the great bay, south by the map's orientation, and a crust of cities the archaic kzinti had built around its shore.

    The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996

  • Wu and Nessus are to be joined on their adventure by a feline, warlike “kzinti” alien called Speaker-to-Animals (the animals in question being other species), and a young human woman named Teela Brown, whose qualities become evident only later in the story.

    Rereading the best sci-fi writers of all time: Larry Niven Emily Wilson 2025

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