Alien inspirations

Ed Sharpe writes:
>>  But I *have* read a lot of Larry Niven, another name on the source list,
>>  and I've always felt that another three species were inspired by him.
>>
>>Any feline race tends to be written alike, so maybe the Aslan aren't *really*
>>  like the Kzin.
>
>   I have never thought that the Aslan where realy "redesigned" Kzin.
>However I would like to see (Maybe help with) a write up of the Kzin in
>Travller terms. Another race I would like to see would be Poul Anderson's
>Mersians (sp?).
>

I don't see how the Aslan could be re-designed Kzin, seeing as how the Aslan
females are the ones in charge of most of the society, and Kzinti females
aren't even sentient.

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