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Sunday, March 17, 2019

Man-Kzin Wars XV by Larry Niven


This is a collection of short stories about the interrelationship of the Kzin, a race of feline carnivores, and man.  Larry Niven was the editor of the project that included man name brand authors. The Kzin were the premier predator in their environment until they ran across man.   War followed and the Kzin were contained by man much to their racially collective chagrin.   Peace ensued but a very uneasy peace.  These stories chronicle some of the incidents that continue to mar the enforced peace.

One of the stories told of Trask, a renegade Kzin warrior who refused to accept the patriarch’s down grading of the Kzin females’ intelligence.  Trask ends up providing the basis for a legend.

Another shows the difficulty of Man-Kzin interaction on a mission to discover a new intelligent species with the hope of gaining a competitive edge in the uneasy peace.

I am not overly fond of short story collections but this was an entertaining read. 

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