Man Kzin Wars VIII

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Summary: Best yet!
Review: Man-Kzin Wars VII was great, but this is the best so far! Fast moving action, good science. "Telepath's Dance", the longest story, is a classic retelling of "Beauty and the Beast", the Ripley-Alien situation but far stronger. Hints of a rebellion by Telepaths and a remnant of intelligent Kzinretts. Elderly Kzin Admiral almost understands the human secret but just misses the point about them. Good characterisation, laser-battles in space, hints of a developing Man-Kzin empathy. Who could ask for more? All the authors are good and all credit to Larry Niven's masterly control of the series.

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Summary: Fun,great escape, need more, more, more
Review: short stories, standard Niven format, fast read very enjoyabl

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Summary: one of the oddest books from Niven to date
Review: The craftmanship NIven's readers are used to will notice a certain swolleness after reading this eighth installament of the NM Wars saga> Always in search of concrete stories, Niven will satisfy his loyal followers but I couldn't help feeling some of the old creativity missing.

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Summary: Another Great Niven Book
Review: The latest book in the Man-Kzin War series Choosing Names: Man-Kzin 8 is a great book. This book is a collection of short stories, showing th difficult, and intriging life of a Kzinti Telepath. The book also involves humans trying to escape from the Kzin and how they deal with the Telepaths. I found this novel to be exciting, full of neat info on the early days of the first Man-Kzin war and the life of Kzin Telepaths. I also found that I couldn't put the book down, I had to keep reading it to see what happened to the characters next.

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Summary: The most evenly excellent MKW book to date.
Review: The Man-Kzin Wars series of books is always a mixed bag. There are varied perspectives, varied narrators, and multiple authors. Unfortunately, often times quality is as varied as the plotlines. This is not so for _Choosing Names_, the first evenly wellwritten MKW title. Don't get me wrong, there was always enough excellence in any one book to make it worthwhile. But MKW8 is unusual in the series - it has a series maturity that, for once, has ensured a quality project. The characters are believable, the action is interesting, and the plotlines are enjoyable. The stories were all about telepaths, though (to be honest) they managed to never repeat the same plotline. Thoroughly enjoyable. It may well end up my favorite MKW collection!