Fawcett, Bill (ed) - Cats in Space and Other Places / Фосетт, Билл (ред) - Кошки в космосе и в других местах [1992, EPUB, ENG]

The Game of Rat and Dragon / Игра с крысодраконом short story by Cordwainer Smith Mouse / Кошки-мышки short story by Fredric Brown Ship of Shadows / Корабль призраков novelette by Fritz Leiber Schrödinger's Cat / Волновой кот short story by Ursula K. Le Guin Tales of a Starship's Cat poem by Judith R. Conly Who's There? / Кто там? short story by Arthur C. Clarke Bullhead novelette by David Drake Ordeal in Space / Испытание космосом short story by Robert A. Heinlein Space-Time for Springers / Пространство-время для прыгунов short story by Fritz Leiber The Tail short fiction by M. J. Engh Well Worth the Money short story by Jody Lynn Nye Chanur's Homecoming (Chapter 12) short fiction by C. J. Cherryh Duty Calls / Долг зовет novelette by Anne McCaffrey Black Destroyer / Чёрный разрушитель novelette by A. E. van Vogt The Pride short fiction by P. J. Beese and Todd Cameron Hamilton The Ballad of Lost C'mell / Баллада о потерянной К'мель novelette by Cordwainer Smith The Man Who Would Be Kzin novella by Greg Bear and S. M. Stirling

"Issiot! Ffool! Lushsh!" hissed the cat and bit Spar somewhere. The fourfold sting balanced the gut-wretchedness of his looming hangover, so that Spar's mind floated as free as his body in the blackness of Windrush, in which shone only a couple of running lights dim as churning dream-glow and infinitely distant as the Bridge or the Stern. The vision came of a ship with all sails set creaming through blue, wind-ruffled sea against a blue sky. The last two nouns were not obscene now. He could hear the whistle of the salty wind through shrouds and stays, its drumming against the taut sails, and the creak of the three masts and all the rest of the ship's wood. . . .