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Old 07-21-2017, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by blackshire
That *is* quite an artifact! Did he get its name from the alien pet called a flat cat (a pie slice-shaped furry creature that buzzed when happy, rather like a cat purring [perhaps the inspiration for the tribbles in "Star Trek?"]) in E. E. "Doc" Smith's science fiction stories? Being a science fiction writer himself, Stine very likely read Smith's stories.


I thought Heinlein used those first in "The Rolling Stones".......

I guess I should have read all the posts first......
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