You give cats a lot of credit in the novel—they can talk, and you reveal that cats or cat-human hybrids are behind every technological leap save the wheel. Are you particularly fond of cats?

23. It is worth asking whether Lao She’s cat people might have inspired Cordwainer Smith’s cat-human hybrids. It has been argued that Cordwainer Smith’s Underpeople are the people of China, for whom ...

We don't know whether there are similarities in the languages or whether they're specific to a cat/human pair," the outlet says. But while we might not understand much of what those meows mean ...

The character, as the name implies, is a sligtly unnerving, slightly cute cat-human hybrid with plenty of muscles. By completing missions throughout the season, you could unlock a shadow or ghost ...

In exchange for removing the compromised staff records, the group is urging the lab to engage in some fairly niche experiments, specifically the creation of cat-human hybrids known as "catgirls." ...

IRL cat-girls refer to the creation of a real cat-human female hybrid, of which memes are frequently posted, but it’s not something the laboratory, or any other, for that matter, focus on.

We also have the smaller muntjac and sika hybrid deer in Wales ... The chattering noise is an alarm call, which probably means a cat, human or bird of prey got too close for comfort." ...