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." . . grimly funny . . . irony and heroics. . . ."
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By Sonterro
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book was vaguely interesting. It is actually three seperate stories. None of the stories are connected other than through a common theme of a long term war between the Humans of Earth and the Kzin civilization.
The idea is a good one. The Kzin are a catlike race that has become the rulers of all they survey. The premise is that they are raised from birth to fight. Very aggressive. They always think it is better to kill the unknown rather than try to understand it.
However, the execution of the idea didn't work out so well. The first story was pretty good. Short, but good. It should have been a book by itself. It would have been a great starting point for a series. I even read the second book in the series just in case....
The second and third stories were not very good. I read about 30 pages in the second story. It felt like work to read it. I kept trying to come up with excuses to not read it. Finally, I gave up and skipped to the third story. Same thing.... A couple of pages in it and I closed the book and put it in the trade in pile.
Anyway. Use your own judgement. Read a few pages of the second story. It is a majority of the book anyway.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Watch out monkey boys! This is the first book of a still growing series. Short stories, many of them linked by events or characters, showing the Man-Kzin Wars, how they started and who won them. A lot of the stories also deal with the Kzin alone, as many of the later stories DO show how the Kzin became a space-traveling race of warriors. Many of the shorts have been collected into full novels. Get the whole series. Some stories you can't help but read again and again, yet a few I can't re-read because I feel pity or even pain at some of the endings. Remember, the stories are about war and some of the author's hold nothing back, with very realistic plots and battle scenes.
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I have to warn readers of this novel! You will become addicted! Prepare yourself to buy all books in the Man Kzin war series!
Humankind is still in the infancy of type 2 civilization and is still lumbering around in Reaction Mass Relativistic Starships, not having discovered how to manipulate gravity yet. At least we have learned to control our own predatory inclination toward war. Or so we thought.
In the middle of nowhere, humans encounter a technological race. Assumptions about star faring civilizations nearly cost us our hides, literally. The Kzin are not only aggressive, they are carnivorous. Man learns war all over.
Larry Niven uses the concept of parallel evolution to create a world in which the Great Cats, not primates, evolve into intelligence. The Kzin bring back the ancient battle between primitive man and the saber tooth. and the excitement of the hunt.. Only this time the cat has Gravity Polarizer starships! This novel is only the beginning of the fun! read on!
Niven does not use a progressive time line in his novels. These are individual, albeit connected stories of the Man Kzin Wars. The characters might or might not know or associate with one another, and the series encompasses long periods of time.
But once you read the first book, and get hooked on the rest, You will never look at kitty the same way again!
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Excellent read
I enjoyed reading this book, the publisher did a poor job of manufacturing the book, the cover came off and the book came apart prior to finishing the book. Read more
Published on May 21 2000 by Les Baldwin
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Enjoyable.
The Kzinti are a sentient race of spacefarers of similar intelligence
to man, with a similarly evolved technology, who are evolved from
carnivorous hunting cats, rather... Read more
to man, with a similarly evolved technology, who are evolved from
carnivorous hunting cats, rather... Read more
Published on April 20 2000 by James Yanni
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Like I say about most Niven stuff: Utterly cool.
In the future, an antidepressant-pacified and docile humanity, (sound familiar? Look around), goes into massive culture shock when the first aliens they meet don't even attempt... Read more
Published on July 23 1999
2.0 out of 5 stars
Larry Niven writes a good yarn but sees women as plastic toy
Larry Niven does an interesting job of creating a world of inventive beings--intelligent life forms evolved from cats rather than apes. Read more
Published on Sep 23 1997
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Man Kzin Wars are the best description of The Kzinti race!
After reading a story about the kzin in another book i was compelled to read the Man Kzin Wars to learn more about The Kzinti. I've now read the first six of the seven. Read more
Published on July 8 1997
4.0 out of 5 stars
This is an excellent book for killing a few hours
This is not the world's most serious or enlightening science-fiction, but it IS fun.
All three stories in this book are fun romps through the future and are well... Read more
Published on Dec 7 1996
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