F/SF

2 stories: 1. dealing with Neanderthals on the Zoo planet; 2. we learn about Kzin family life ( )

A good continuation of this series: This was a good followup to this series, an enjoyable afternoon which each of the novellas. Some of the storylines do continue through multiple books, making it worthwhile to read them all in order. We get a bit more fleshing out of Known Space and the kzin in general, and although different authors contribute, the whole thing is generally cohesive. Nothing in here will be a permanent classic (like Ringworld), but they aren't supposed to be. Other sci-fi writers are just taking a light foray into Niven's universe. Bring the series to the beach.

An outgrowth of the Known Space series. Other authors write about Niven's race of cat-warriers, the Kzin.
This book contains two short novels:

- "Briar Patch," by Dean Ing, is a sequel to another Man-Kzin Wars story, about an ethologist marooned on a zoo planet with Kzin. 130 pages

- "Children's Hour," by Jerry Pournelle and S. M. Sterling, is about an attempt to assassinate a Kzin general; it also pays homage to the movie Casablanca. 170 pages. ( )