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One of the longest-running and most successful shared-world anthology series continues to explore different aspects of the wars and other relations of humanity and the felinoid, ferocious, surprisingly complex kzin. Niven's contribution brings Beowulf Schaefer into contact with a kzin trying to work around the law to earn his name. Paul Chafe's involves an ARM officer and his kzin partner in a mystery aboard an orbital depot, in which a shipping container and other things are hidden in plain sight. Hal Colebatch offers arguably the strongest entry this time with the story of a half-crippled kzin sergeant making a last stand against the human "liberation" of Wunderland while trying to preserve his honor by preserving the life of a collaborationist officer. Another distinguished contribution comes from the late Poul Anderson: a deep-space adventure in which two lovers rescue a kzin possessing more courage than sense, as is not uncommon with the breed. Roland Green
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." . . grimly funny . . . irony and heroics. . . ."
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By BobIV
Format:Hardcover
In the growing collection of Man-Kzin War stories, this book doesn't reveal any new insights, revelations, or twists. It does contain some decent writing, though. A good weekend read; perhaps a paperback edition would be more appropriate.
By Kevin Dunn
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This has one of the great Poul Anderson's last stories in it, which wopuld alone be a sufficient reason to buy it, plus one by Niven himself. The others are by tried-and-tested favourite Man-Kzin authors Paul Chafe and Hal Colebatch. Between them they add up to a fine portrait of the complex human-Kzin interaction after the Kzinti have to try to come to terms with the fact that they can lose wars.
In Anderson's Pele, they must acknowledge human superiority in space-craft. But can they? Like most of Anderson's stories, has a strong science as well as human element.
In Hal Colebatch's "His Sergeant's Honour", the collection's strongest story, a battered old Kzin sergeant holds the last Kzin fort on Wunderland, a planet long occupied by the Kzinti but now re-conquered by humans, charged with guarding, among others, a human collaborator and a Royal kitten - Vaemar-Riit, last son of the great Chuut-Riit, who is destined to play a big part in "Music-Box" in Man-Kzin 10, "The Wunder War," and, I hope, in adventures to come. He is too good a charater to waste.
In the meantime, old Raargh-Sergeant must choose between death and dishonour. Or Has it become dishonourable to choose death in this strange new time of Monkey victories?
Windows of the Soul, also set in post-occupation Alpha Centauri, is a rather dark detective story in the Raymond Chandler Tradition. Best not say too much for fear of revealing the plot.
Larry Niven's "Fly-by-Night" is a follow-on from Hal Colebatch's "Telepath's Dance" in Man-Kzin VIII - what happened ot the dewscendents of the first rogue telepath when he turned against the Patriarchy and threw in his lot with Selina Guthlac and the humans of the "Angel's Pencil"?
All these stories are taut, pacy and well-written. The Kzinti, or somne of them. show they are more than just dumb killing-machines and are capable of thoughtfulness.
By Susan Norton
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I have reviewed this book previously but am having a second bite because I am annoyed by the conduct of the previous reviewer. He claims, apparently trying to dam the dialogue, there is a phrase: "As you known, Raargh Sergeant, we Wunderkzin ..." No such phrase occurs in the book. A human says to a Kzin born on Wunderland "We sometimes call you Wunderkzin ..." I suggest that if the reviewer wishes to pick holes in the style of a particular story he quote the actual words he complains of and not something he has invented. I believe this is related to a thing called ethics, you know, like honesty and truthfulness.
And all thes stories in the book are teriffic! Scream and Leap!
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Worth a look for two good stories.
(...)This addition to the long-running Man-Kzin sharecrop series is
worth your attention for two stories: Niven's Own "Fly-by-Night", which
is pretty good, but had an... Read more
worth your attention for two stories: Niven's Own "Fly-by-Night", which
is pretty good, but had an... Read more
Published on Jan 19 2004 by Peter D. Tillman
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not one of the better books in this series
I've thoroughly enjoyed the other books in this series, so it was all the more disappointing that the stories in this volume weren't more entertaining. Read more
Published on Aug 9 2003 by Gary Riley
5.0 out of 5 stars
Maintains and improves a great tradition
All the Man-Kzin stories are teriffic and this does not disappoint. Taut action, real charcters and original ideas in all of them. Read more
Published on July 4 2003 by Susan Norton
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of Poul Anderson's last stories
Contrary to what an earlier reviewer said, the Poul Anderson story, "Pele" is not OLD. The first and third volumes in the M-K Wars series both had Anderson stories, but this is not... Read more
Published on Sep 17 2002 by SlanFan
1.0 out of 5 stars
Repeated book material & out of place reviews
Man Kzin Wars IX has four stories. The lead story by Poul Anderson is OLD, a repeat from another in the series. Read more
Published on Feb 14 2002 by David N. Smith
1.0 out of 5 stars
Repeated book material & out of place reviews
Man Kzin Wars IX has four stories. The lead story by Poul Anderson is OLD, a repeat from another in the series. Read more
Published on Feb 14 2002 by David N. Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book.
I've read every book in the Man-Kzin wars and they just keep getting better with each book. I finished this last book within a couple of days and loved the detail and longer... Read more
Published on Jan 30 2002
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