Welcome to the Kzin image gallery.
Click on the separate images to view the larger images.
These two images were illustrated by Larry Elmore and are displayed
here with his permission. Larry is a fantasy artist, probably most
famous for his Dragonlance Illustrations. Visit Larry's own website
at www.larryelmore.com
Left: "Kzin Seductress" - this illustration depicts
"Kit", "Boots" and "Scarface" from
Dean Ing's "Cathouse" MKW I
Right: "Daddy's Home" - Chuut Ritt returns to
his kittens just before they attack him in Pournelle & Stirling's
"The Children's Hour" MKW II
Larry is also the cover artist of the new Baen release : The Houses
of the Kzinti.
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| Kzin Illustrations by Bonnie Dazell
which first appeared in Barlowe's Guide to Extra-Terrestrials published
in 1975. A larger view of the full body pictures is available if you
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The Star of Kzin Home: 61 Ursa Majoris
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Another illustration. This image bears a striking resemblance
to "Hani", off the cover of "The Pride of Chanur"
by C.J. Cherryh, painted by the artist Michael Whealan
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The Kzin as they appeared
in "The Slaver Weapon"
which was an episode of Animated Star Trek Appearing in the '70s.
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Above all scanned book covers of the different
Man Kzin Wars books, as published by Baen SF. As far as known
all artwork is done by Steve Hickman.
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Man Kzin Wars UK Edition (equivalent to Volume 1 of the US editions)
the other 8 have never been released in the UK but are available as imports.
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Courtesy of Florian, German edition of Cathouse?
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Courtesy of Florian, German edition of The Trojan Cat (MKW VI)
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Courtesy of Florian, (MKW III)
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Courtesy of Florian, "Cat and Mouse"
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Courtesy of Florian, German edition of The Briar Patch
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Courtesy of Florian, German edition of Cathouse
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Courtesy of Florian, German edition of A Darker Geometry
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Courtesy of Florian, MKW IV. The cover art is right off The Pride Of Chanur!
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A great image
from MKW I, by Orbit books (UK). The artist is not mentioned. The
image shows a geat view of Sun defier behind the massive iron-asteroid,
that is on its dead run toward the Kzinti base.
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A great image, taken from the back
of the Man-Kzin wars III book by Baen. Made by Steve Hickman
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This is a scan from the back of
the Man-Kzin wars V book, by Baen. Made by Steve Hickman.
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taken from the back
of MKW VI.
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From the front of MKW VII, by Baen SF. Made by Steve Hickman
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From the Guide to Larry Niven's Ringworld, by Kevin Stein
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Cover of an Issue of Different Worlds Magazine
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Kzinret from the cover of "The Best of". Another Steve Hickman illustration
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What you don't know though, is that
if you really zoom into this map you find Kzin listed in the next galactic
sector over from Regulus.
However, Kzin's position on this map
contradicts Niven's cannon in that Kzin is about 61 light years from
earth.
This map was scanned from a copy of
"The Art of Star Trek", and tidied up digitally by Captain
Bolton.
Apparently, this map also featured
in an episode of Deep Space Nine as well.
Female Kzinti and Jotoki by Fritzin'SnowGrygon of the Niven Yahoo Group.
© Colleen Wright, 2002
The artist wrote: I still haven't named
the Jotok but the femme is named Raisa. She lacks breasts as the
results of a male kzinti scientific experiment.
Drawing the Jotok was tough- all of Niven's descriptions
of them differ. One says it's like an octopus, another says it's
a thing with elbos sticking up in the air... I tried drawing elbos
on an octopus but eh... that's what you get.
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Paul
Lloyd writes... "I did this, using Truespace (for the mesh)
and PaintShopPro (for the textures).
"It's supposed to be the "Angel's Pencil"
from the short story "The Warriors" by Larry Niven MKW
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"The silvery image of the enemy ship
almost filled the viewer. It showed as a broad, wide ring encircling
a cylindrical axis, like a mechanical pencil floating inside a platinum
bracelet. A finned craft projected from the pointed end of the axial
section. Angular letters ran down the axis..."
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Again from Paul Lloyd.
"Here is my illustration of a scene from
the short story "The Warriors". It shows the "Angel's
Pencil" lining up its reaction drive to fire on the Kzinti
ship.
I've used some artistic licence (I know the two
ships don't come this close in the story). Or, maybe, it shows the
"Angel's Pencil" manouvering close to the Kzinti ship
after the story has ended.
It was done using "Truespace" and "PaintShopPro".
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Model of the Angel's Pencil - actual size
Size: 14 1/2", 1/600 scale (based on conjectural length of
725 feet).
The Angel's Pencil was the first Kzin starship
that humans encountered and you can read about it in "The Warriors"
by Larry Niven MKW I
Model created by Alanoodle.
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use.
No commercial use is intended. No violation of any copyright is intended.
All images are referenced to their original creator.
