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A clever (?) way to design a centaur

April 3, 2017 4 Comments

Here’s a post about centaur anatomy and diet, by Judith Tarr as you might expect, at tor.com.

I don’t want to give away Tarr’s answer to the question of how a human mouth could possibly manage to eat enough to power a big horse body.

Just click through and read the post yourself.

4 Comments → A clever (?) way to design a centaur

Kim Aippersbach April 3, 2017 at 9:11 pm

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

You know, it’s been so long since I read Judith Tarr that I’ve forgotten whether I like her or not. This post has just decided me to find a book of hers and dive in.
Rachel Neumeier April 3, 2017 at 10:43 pm

Try that space opera of hers (Forgotten Suns). Then you can tell me whether I must move it to the top of my TBR pile immediately…
Pete Mack April 4, 2017 at 5:50 pm

Off topic: for those with interest in Victoriana:
http://www.racked.com/2017/3/17/14914840/green-dye-history-death

Match and radium girls were not alone. Dying– and dyeing–for fashion!
mona April 6, 2017 at 5:05 pm

“To this day, green dye has a bad reputation among seamstresses.” T_T

Thanks, Pete! I like green, but it’s so rarely available in clothing. That was enlightening, if also horrifying.