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Use this tag when asking question about Roger Zelazny (1937-1995) as an author, not the stories he wrote; for those use the specific work tags instead. He was an American writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for his "The Chronicles of Amber" series.

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Short story about alien creatures fleeing their home planet to terraform another

This sounds very much like "The Keys to December", a short story by Roger Zelazny. The alien race are genetically engineered humans that resemble ocelots. The protagonist, Jarry (so, close to "Jerry") …
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