I used to have a copy of the original Niven short story in an old copy of Galaxy or If from 1966. It made good sense to change the Puppeteer character (I think it was an early appearance of Nessus) into Spock whan it was adapted for Star Trek.
Niven himself did the screenplay, which might account for the way it turned out. In the early 80s he also did the storyline for one arc of a syndicated Star Trek comic strip that's not available on the net, alas, though there are a fewfragmentsfloatingaround; the plot is here. The story included a species called the Bebebebeque, which later made several appearances in his Draco Tavern stories.
I'd love to see them, especially the Niven arc. There was apparently at least one effort to create such an archive, but the few links to it that remain go nowhere.
I was pretty sure you'd like this -- I had you in mind when I posted it. Glad you liked it; I almost peed myself laughing when I found it on the TrekBBS.
It was created by Trek novelist Dayton Ward (LJ User daytonward). He's quite a funny guy, and a really good writer.
According to the DVD extras, it's b/c the director was color blind and couldn't see the real colors. Mind you, how a color-blind person could get a job as an animation director was something they failed to explain.
Back in 2002, when I was trying to collect all of the magazine appearances of A. Bertram Chandler stories, I ended up some random issues of old pulps that didn't contain Chandler stories which were bundled in eBay lots with magazines I wanted. One lot included the issue of Worlds of If that was the first publication of "the Soft Weapon." It was kind of cool, but I ended up selling it to a Niven collector.
My Chandler collecting was research for this: http://www.toddbehr.com/chandler/chandler.htm. I haven't updated it in 4 years, and it was primitive even for the time it was created. But I'm not a web designer, just a fan...
I actually got this. While it was great to see them animated, I don't honestly think they fit in the Star Trek Universe at all. It was a fun cross over but I'm glad they left it at one cartoon.
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Their dialog sounds like Bears heading off to the buffet: "You'll be meat for our tables!" I got your MEAT right here, kitty kitty...
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I guess that makes me one of the six...
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Maybe I'll host those on my website some day...
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daddytodd at gmail dot com
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Are you going to IBR this year?
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Or perhaps "I can has sthondat extract nao?" *grin*
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It was created by Trek novelist Dayton Ward (LJ User daytonward). He's quite a funny guy, and a really good writer.
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You do know why the Kzin space suits were pink, right?
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Still, why did ANYONE make them lavender with purple accents in the first place??
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And I recall it as the art director, but the color blindness is the key point. ;)
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God, I'm a geek.
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Back in 2002, when I was trying to collect all of the magazine appearances of A. Bertram Chandler stories, I ended up some random issues of old pulps that didn't contain Chandler stories which were bundled in eBay lots with magazines I wanted. One lot included the issue of Worlds of If that was the first publication of "the Soft Weapon." It was kind of cool, but I ended up selling it to a Niven collector.
My Chandler collecting was research for this: http://www.toddbehr.com/chandler/chandler.htm. I haven't updated it in 4 years, and it was primitive even for the time it was created. But I'm not a web designer, just a fan...
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Better, Google both.
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Kz