Man-Kzin Wars IX [Hardcover]

Larry Niven (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2, 2002 | Series: Man-Kzin Wars (Book 9)

"Colorful characters and pulse-pounding narrative drive. Niven is a true master!"

--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

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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. . . ." --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Baen; 1St Edition edition (January 2, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671318381
• ISBN-13: 978-0671318383
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #756,759 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

LARRY NIVEN is the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the Ringworld series, along with many other science fiction masterpieces. He lives in Chatsworth, California. JERRY POURNELLE is an essayist, journalist, and science fiction author. He has advanced degrees in psychology, statistics, engineering, and political science. Together Niven and Pournelle are the authors of many New York Times bestsellers including Inferno, The Mote in God's Eye, Footfall, and Lucifer's Hammer.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Poul Anderson's last stories, September 17, 2002

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SlanFan (NC, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Man-Kzin Wars IX (Hardcover)

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 one of those. The story previously appeared in an sf magazine (ANALOG, I think) about a year ago, but it is one of the last stories that Anderson wrote before his untimely death. Having corrected that misinformation, I'll say that no book with grand masters Anderson and Niven on board should be missed. And newer writers Chafe and Colebatch are no slouches either.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book., January 30, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Man-Kzin Wars IX (Hardcover)

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 refferences to the kzin side of the story. I've noticed with each book there has been less war and more cooperation between humans and the kzin but that is because most of the kzin are being killed off with each war and the remaining ones are learning to think before they leap.:) I recommend this book to everyone.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Maintains and improves a great tradition, July 4, 2003

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Susan Norton (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Man-Kzin Wars IX (Hardcover)

All the Man-Kzin stories are teriffic and this does not disappoint. Taut action, real charcters and original ideas in all of them. Sad that the story Pele was one of the last by rhe late, great Poul Anderson. I would like to see more illustrations of the very exciting and often weird scense described - for example the confrontation between the old Kzin warrior Raargh and the human woman resistance fighter Jocelyn in the ruined sergeant's mess in His Sergeant's Honour and the desperate ploy of the kzin cub Vaemar to defuse the situation. More please, and soon!