Cats in Space and Other Places Author:Bill Fawcett (Editor) A collection of science fiction tales, sixteen stories and one poem, by cat-loving science fiction writers, exploring the many reasons why humans should voluntarily accord first place in space to their feline brethren. Divided into two sections: 'Cats' and 'Alien Cats'. Some cats in the first category include the Lady May, ... more »Gummitch, and Kim. Alien cats include Coerl, C'Mell, and the spacegoing Chanur. But sometimes these two categories blur together.
Contents:
The Game of Rat and Dragon [The Instrumentality of Mankind] (1955) / shortstory by Cordwainer Smith
Mouse (1949) / shortstory by Fredric Brown
Ship of Shadows (1969) / novella by Fritz Leiber
Schrödinger's Cat (1974) / shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin
Tales of a Starship's Cat (1992) • poem by Judith R. Conly
Who's There? (1958) / shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
Bullhead (1991) / novelette by David Drake
Ordeal in Space [Future History] (1948) / shortstory by Robert A. Heinlein
Space-Time for Springers [Gummitch the Cat] (1958) / shortstory by Fritz Leiber
The Tail (1992) / shortfiction by M. J. Engh
Well Worth the Money (1992)/ shortfiction by Jody Lynn Nye
Chanur's Homecoming (Chapter 12) (1992) / shortfiction by C. J. Cherryh
Duty Calls [The Ship Who . . .] (1988) / novelette by Anne McCaffrey
Black Destroyer [Space Beagle] (1939) / novelette by A. E. van Vogt
The Pride (1992) / shortfiction by P. J. Beese and Todd Cameron Hamilton
The Ballad of Lost C'Mell [The Instrumentality of Mankind] (1962) / novelette by Cordwainer Smith
The Man Who Would Be Kzin [Man-Kzin Wars] (1991) / novella by Greg Bear and S. M. Stirling