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Click for full imageTom Noir’s Art Direction: “This cover is a work of art! A triumph! Baen’s crowning achievement! And to celebrate gentlemen, I give you: collectible miniature figurines!”
Published 1990
(Average: 6.03 out of 10)
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Tom Noir’s Art Direction: “This cover is a work of art! A triumph! Baen’s crowning achievement! And to celebrate gentlemen, I give you: collectible miniature figurines!”
Published 1990
(Average: 6.03 out of 10)Loading...
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March 15th, 2017 at 12:34 pm
Does this mean it’s cat people week at GSS?
AWWWWWWW YEAAAAAAAH!
March 15th, 2017 at 12:59 pm
On the left, a sword and knee-boots; on the right, combat armour and a laser-rifle; in the centre, twerking.
And I have the theme from ‘The New Avengers’ running in my head.
March 15th, 2017 at 1:30 pm
@TW Clearly she is the scout, and for a scout to move silently, she would wear no clinking armor, or even clothing that might make a slight rubbing sound. Right? Right?
March 15th, 2017 at 1:33 pm
@JP I think her appearance might generate a slight rubbing sound regardless.
March 15th, 2017 at 2:09 pm
Cat people got tail armor.
March 15th, 2017 at 2:17 pm
Creepy, but less creepy than yesterday’s cat lady.
March 15th, 2017 at 2:40 pm
Misread the author as ‘Dean, Inc.’ Presumably in the rest of the world, he would be ‘Dean LLC’.
March 15th, 2017 at 2:41 pm
Has anyone read this? Do we know for sure that it’s about a Catholic Louse?
March 15th, 2017 at 3:11 pm
I’m not sure they know what a cathouse is. To busy deaning?
March 15th, 2017 at 3:55 pm
I’m feeling strong NSFW catperson orgy vibes. And they gross me out.
March 15th, 2017 at 4:18 pm
Coquettish kitty has a mane. I salute Baen’s progressive approach to non-traditional gender presentation.
March 15th, 2017 at 5:32 pm
@Tat One needed a bowler and a furl umbrella.
I immediately thought: cowardly lion, tin-man, scarecrow.
March 15th, 2017 at 6:13 pm
Looks like it could be an escort mission.
March 15th, 2017 at 6:25 pm
Just how many cats do you see,if you look at it long enough ?
March 15th, 2017 at 7:04 pm
@MrB: dunno, I’ve become catatonic.
(hits the floor as the pun war commences)
March 15th, 2017 at 8:35 pm
Oh yes, the fur is about to fly.
March 15th, 2017 at 9:05 pm
If we could skip the puns, I would be purrfectly happy.
March 16th, 2017 at 3:17 am
@Tom Noir – the claws come out for this cat fight!
March 16th, 2017 at 3:47 am
Can we put the pun war on paws.
March 16th, 2017 at 4:21 am
Please make it Cat People Week. (And maybe use my submissions? But it would be awesome even if not)
Is the title “oh so shiny”? I bet it is.
Even furries look at this and go “nah, too much.”
Cover implies Kzin pr0n; contents are likely gun pr0n.
I punned on yesterday’s cover.
clicks through
Dear sweet baby Jesus. Those ARE collectible miniatures of this cover. As if it wasn’t terrible enough in 2D.
braaahhhm BAEN! explosion meow!
March 16th, 2017 at 8:03 am
I’m trying VERY HARD to set up a pun involving the phrase “Sad Kittys”, but I’m getting nowhere.
Also, I suspect the loins on that cat lady were purrloined from a picture of a human.
March 16th, 2017 at 1:41 pm
@Tom 1: on the one hand, tomorrow’s cover features crabby ladies rather than cat girls.
On the other hand, every week is Cat People Week at GSS! 😉
March 16th, 2017 at 5:41 pm
“c’mon Donald, try to grab this pussy!”
March 17th, 2017 at 2:53 pm
@GSS ex-noob #20 – Check your email
March 18th, 2017 at 1:33 am
@TW: Erm. Heh. That’s an account that deletes mail a few times a day. So, um…
(I didn’t know I was going to stick around!)
March 18th, 2017 at 5:38 am
@GSSXN – An email account that deletes mail a few times a day? That’s kind of like putting a paper shredder behind your door mail slot.
March 18th, 2017 at 8:14 pm
It’s for things what make you register, then they send you a login/opinion link or whatever, but you don’t want them sending you things ever again or selling your email address for nefarious purposes. The email equivalent of a burner phone. I got it for the farce that was the “Dragon Awards”.
Is it important enough I should send you a functional one? What’s your email here, [email protected] or summat?
March 19th, 2017 at 12:10 am
TW, GSSXN (@26 & 27) – aka a “spam trap” email address….
March 19th, 2017 at 2:12 am
‘Zackly.
March 22nd, 2017 at 9:25 am
Q: What is the purest definition of “Trying Too Hard”?
A: This book cover.
April 19th, 2024 at 2:55 pm
@Tag: Surely it needs a “jaunty hip” tag.
April 19th, 2024 at 4:57 pm
If the “Cats” film had been as big a hit as “Barbie”, this would be in production right now.
April 19th, 2024 at 6:52 pm
“But I don’t _want_ to be anatomically human from the neck down!”
“Sorry, kid. This is Baen. Make that hip a bit jauntier, will you?”
April 19th, 2024 at 8:38 pm
@Tor, Bruce: Exactly! Some of us have been agitating for that tag for YEARS! This is a primo example of it.
It does seem to have gotten the attention of both tomcats, which is good for any hairless apes in the vicinity. Kitty got back?
@Tat: There but for the grace of God…
Why they always gotta make the ears too small? Why is her tail as long as her body? And why is she out there anyway? (other than to attract sad boy readers)
April 19th, 2024 at 8:53 pm
Foliage is the perfect color for a cluster of camoflaged cats, if they’ll ditch the armor.
April 20th, 2024 at 3:10 am
Not surprisingly, I am confused….
“At last! Complete in One Volume! A Novel of the Man-Kzin Wars” implies that this novel was once spread across at least two volumes, possibly more.
Seems odd that they’d not say “The Cathouse Trilogy, Now in One Volume!” instead. I mean, isn’t that the usual way of raking in the dough in the world of mega-dollar SF publishing – spread one novel’s worth of content over three books?
April 20th, 2024 at 4:19 am
Sadly, the miniatures link is now a 404.
April 20th, 2024 at 7:39 pm
Is Green Army Cat’s helmet translucent or something? Twerky Cat’s tail seems to be intruding into its physical space.
April 21st, 2024 at 12:12 am
@Ryan: I don’t think his helmet has a faceplate either; look how his chin whiskers hang out.
Whether it’s translucent showing… I dunno what, or reflective, showing Sir Thingy Not Appearing In This Scene will remain a mystery to all.
But you can’t expect GI Joe Cat to remain logical with Miss Jaunty Hip flaunting her excessive tail at him. Perhaps the power of her twerk enables her tail to pass through solid matter or some force field helmet replacement. Or the artist didn’t do final cleanup.
@Dave: Is “sadly” really the correct word to use there? I’d be more likely to say “thank God”.
April 21st, 2024 at 3:18 pm
While we’re on the subject of tags, is there a feline/Kzin/Baen/icky version of the Sir Mix-a-lot tag?
April 21st, 2024 at 4:38 pm
Kitteh sings the blues …
At last
My love has come along
My lonely days are over
And life is like a song
Oh, yeah, yeah.
April 21st, 2024 at 5:31 pm
@DaveVD (#37), GSSxn ((#39):
You mean this page?
https://www.darkswordminiatures.com/shop/cat-warrior-with-laser-gun/
April 21st, 2024 at 5:33 pm
That articulated tail armor looks very pinchy.
April 21st, 2024 at 11:35 pm
@Hammy: GSS! Good re-finding so we can once again experience the full horror. I guess they had to drop the Kzin name and go for generic cat people.
Why do the photos of the painted ones look so much like photos of a flat 2-D representation? Weird technique.
@Bruce: It really does. Kitties are going to be getting their tails pinched every time they move them. Twerky Cat is flaunting her un-pinched tail at the boys. “Ha ha, look what I can do.”