 In "Fish Head", a 1954 children's book by Jean Fritz, the eponymous cat unwittingly becomes a ship's cat.In science fiction, the role of the ship's cat has been transferred to spaceships.Notable examples include Cordwainer Smith's 1955 short story "The Game of Rat and Dragon" and Andre Norton's 1968 novel "The Zero Stone" featuring a telepathic mutant feline named Eet.