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Man-Kzin Wars II
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Review by: Creation27, San Jose, CA
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Excellent!
If you like Sci-Fi and you like Space, then You've GOT to read Larry Niven's Man Kzin books. He's gotten together with scientists and over 20 writers and created a so-fi world unlike any that's ever been created. <br /> <br />His sci-fi world will continue perpetuating itself long after he's gone because many young writers have bought into his sci-fi version of space as well as MANY older well established ones.

Review by: Sonterro, Lakeland, Florida USA
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Ummmm.... Very Avoidable.....
This one is 1.5 stars....<p>If you have another choice, use it. This book is not really that good. It can be read, but it's really not a lot of fun. I'm kicking myself for even buying it. Especially after I read the first one and didn't like it at all....<p>Larry Niven is a very good author. Jerry Pournelle is also very good. I am not sure what happened in this book.<p>Again, if you have other choices, they are probably better.

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Good and Bad
The first story, a sequel to Cathouse is very good--with plausible action and an interesting theory of why the Neanderthals became extinct. <p>The second story is auful with plot holes non-sensical dialogue and is a fourth-rate rip-off of Casablanca--right down to the pitiful woman who is willing to sleep her way so that her husband and she can get to a better life. Absolutely terrible!<p>Worth it for the first story--don't waste your time with the second.

Review by: James Yanni, Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo. USA
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Enjoyable, as was the first in the series.
This is the second book in a series in which Larry Niven invites other<br />authors to write stories set in his world, stories dealing with the<br />interactions between humanity and the Kzinti, a warrior race evolved<br />from carnivorous hunting cats rather than omnivorous monkeys. This<br />book is a perfectly enjoyable sequel to the first collection, and like<br />the first collection, it is a good but not a great read.<br /><br />

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Cool.
In the second installment of the Man-Kzin Wars, one of the most interesting Kzinti characters is introduced: Chuut Riit. I love it when they get into the personalities of these aliens, cause it's just plain absurd, and you want to read more. Like, at one point, you're introduced, albeit briefly to a Kzinti computer nerd. A KZINTI computer nerd!!! This is just cool. I'm sorry, but in dealing with Man-Kzin Wars books it all comes down to that. Can't say more than that. Cool.