Biology in Science Fiction: Free Fiction » Cats http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:22:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Thompson’s Cat by Robert Moore Williams http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/thompsons-cat-by-robert-moore-williams/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/thompsons-cat-by-robert-moore-williams/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:15:44 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=1639 Title: Thompson’s Cat

Author: Robert Moore Williams

Length: short story

First Publication: Planet Stories, 1952

What the Story is About: A cat can be handy aboard a space ship. The story blurb:

The weird, invisible insect depopulated an entire planet. Now it was felling Thompson’s crew as his ship hurtled toward the sun … certain death for all, including the disease carrier. Forgotten in the panic was Buster, Thompson’s wise cat.

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Author: Maureen McHugh

Length: short story

First Publication: Science Fiction Age, 1996

What the Story is About: “Can a sing-song girl with cat ears find happiness with a sailor from the stars?”

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Author: Kent Brewster

Length: short story

First Publication: Tomorrow SF, 1995

Awards: Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 1996.

What the Story is About: A clerk checking unwanted animals into the pound finds that they speak to him.

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Author: Paul Melko

Length: short story

First Publication: Aberrations, 1996

What the Story is About: Plonk the cat is very much loved by its owner.

Note: story in PDF format only.

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Author: Ralph Williams

Length: short story

First Publication: Astounding Science Fiction (Analog), 1959

Awards: Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 1960.

What the Story is About: “The Warden needed to have a certain very obnoxious pest eliminated … and he knew just the pest-eradicator he needed….”

Listen to the audio version at Librivox.

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Author: Mike Resnick

Length: short story

First Publication: Nature, 2007

What the Story is About: Building a better moustrap is harder than it looks.

Note: Published as a single page story as part of the “Futures” series in the scientific journal Nature.

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Author: Charles Stross

Length: novelette

First Publication: Asimov’s Science Fiction, 2001

Awards: Hugo Nomination for Best Novelette 2002, Nebula Nomination for Best Novelette 2002.

What the Story is About: Networked uploaded lobsters form an artificial intelligence that Manfred Macx works to liberate. This is the first chapter of the novel Accelerando.

Note: a couple of scenes may be disturbing to cat lovers.

Related Biology in Science Fiction blog post: Lobsters

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Author: Vonda N. McIntyre

Length: Short Story

First Publication: Nature 2008

What the Story is About: Designing the perfect cat.

Note: Published as one of the “Futures” single page science fiction stories in the scientific journal Nature.

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