Man-Kzin Wars V [Mass Market Paperback]

Larry Niven (Author)

Book Description

Series: Man-Kzin Wars | Publication Date: 1992

After losing three significant battles to the humans, the Kzin begin to wonder if their combative diplomatic style is working and decide to reevaluate their strategy.

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About the Author

Larry Niven (left) is the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of such classics as Ringworld, The Integral Trees, and Destiny's Road. He has also collaborated with both Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes on The Legacy of Heorot, Beowulf's Children, and the bestselling Dream Park series. He lives in Chatsworth, California.

Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle were the joint winners of the 2005 Robert A. Heinlein Award.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Baen; First Edition edition (1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671721372
• ISBN-13: 978-0671721374
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #830,541 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Second best of the series so far., February 14, 2002

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James Yanni (Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Man-Kzin Wars V (Mass Market Paperback)

Like volume IV, (and unlike I-III) this book contains only two stories, rather than three. Unlike volume IV, the stories are a bit more even in length, 202 and 129 pages respectively. The first story, by Jerry Pournelle and S.M. Stirling, is a continuation of their story in volume III of the series, and is quite good, more interesting than I've found any of their previous stories set in the Wunderland system. The second story, by Thomas T. Thomas, is a little bit of a comedown from the quality of the first story, but only a little bit; it's much better than the second story in volume IV of the series.

For those of you unfamiliar with the series, I wouldn't really advise starting with this book, although it wouldn't be as disastrous a mistake as starting with book five of SOME series. All you REALLY need to know going in is that Kzinti are a sentient, spacefaring race evolved from carnivorous hunting cats, seven feet tall and 500 pounds of mighty warrior who consider it marginally dishonorable to plan an attack against so trivial an opponent as an omnivorous monkey, and whose general "strategy" amounts to "first you scream and then you leap". For this reason, and this reason alone, humanity always wins in the long run. The short run, however, can get quite unpleasant for the unwary monkeyboys.

The entire series is excellent, and highly recommended.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a good one..., July 30, 2002

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Guy Minervini (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Man-Kzin Wars V (Mass Market Paperback)

I just read the first story, "In the Hall of the Mountain King". It's an excellent homage to the old Humphrey Bogart movie,"Treasure of the Sierra Madre". It has enough Known Space detail that I didn't realize it until Jonah and two Kzin were in the mountains with an old man and some mules, panning for gold. I especially liked how the authors avoided Goldhat and his now infamous "Badges...We don't need no stinking badges" line - instead replacing him with Ed "Ti Kwan Leep/Boot to the Head" Gruedermann (by the Fanatics as heard on Doctor Demento).
5 Stars just for this story.

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cool., July 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Man-Kzin Wars V (Mass Market Paperback)

A lot of the later Man-Kzin Wars stories take place on or in the vicinity of Wunderland, which I just find utterly cool considering the ways the authors use this locale. I WANNA FIGHT IN A MAN-KZIN WAR!!!