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Summary: An nice reissue
Review: It's unclear why this book has a different ISBN from that of the same name which was issued in 2002. But anyway... Both books are a rebundling of 3 short stories that were from the Man-Kzin series pioneered by Larry Niven. The stories originally came out around 1990-92.Of these, perhaps my favourite is the Children's novella, by Pournelle and Stirling. From the entire 10 volume Man-Kzin series, this seems the most ingenious and intricate of the plots. Has a nice combination of battle scenes and social jostling and computer hacking. Given that 2 authors wrote this, it is amusing to speculate as to who wrote which passages. The battle scenes could equally well have been done by either; they are both known as military-SF authors. The hacking may have been done by Pournelle; as per his real life experience writing computer columns.
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Summary: Great... except for the cover
Review: This book contains two novels originally published (in two parts each) in the "Man-Kzin Wars" series, which by now has run into 9 books. I consider these two among the best of the series' offerings, describing psychology and family life of kzinti in great detail. The reason I am giving this book 4 stars instead of 5 is the cover. It is obvious that the artist never read the book - the two aliens are not kzinti, they are oversized humans in tiger masks! Kzinti anatomy and proportions are quite different from those of humans, and sufficiently described in the book.
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Summary: Great... except for the cover
Review: This book contains two novels originally published (in two parts each) in the "Man-Kzin Wars" series, which by now has run into 9 books. I consider these two among the best of the series' offerings, describing psychology and family life of kzinti in great detail. The reason I am giving this book 4 stars instead of 5 is the cover. It is obvious that the artist never read the book - the two aliens are not kzinti, they are oversized humans in tiger masks! Kzinti anatomy and proportions are quite different from those of humans, and sufficiently described in the book.
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Summary: A Agree with the previous Reviewer
Review: This is an exciting and imaginative story - the inventiveness and sense of wonder which good SF should have, with touches of irony and humor. Exciting and realistic battles. The Kzinti are not all bad - paving the way, perhaps, for the human-kzin interfaces of Man-Kzin IX and X. The idea of the "Zoo" planet is full of possibilities. But the thing on the cover is not a Kzintosh! The artist should be drafted as a wiper on a Kzin battle-cruiser with a zzrou in his back until he learns better. The female Kzinrett is OK, I guess. Nice legs, anyway.
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