Man-Kzin Wars 25th Anniversary Edition Author:Larry Niven (Editor), Poul Anderson, Dean Ing Anthology of stories created and edited by Larry Niven. Special commemoration 25th anniversary edition of the original volume that started it all. The first book in the Man-Kzin series. Includes an all-new introduction by Larry Niven and art by Stephen Hickman for this re-issue of the first volume in a series that now numbers f... more »ifteen volumes. Two aggressive species, each believing in its own supremacy. After initial contact, centuries of war stretched between them. These three tales of those wars mark the progress of one of the mightiest conflicts in the history of known space.
The Kzin were the mightiest warriors in the galaxy, which they were wasting no time in conquering, one star system at a time. Then those feline lords of creation ran into those ridiculous weed-eating pacifistic apes who called themselves humans. The kzin, formerly invincible conquerors of all they encountered, had a hard time dealing with their ignominious defeat by the leaf-eating humans. And the catlike Kzin found they had their collective tail caught in a meat grinder. When the mighty Kzin moved in to take over the monkey-infested worlds, they got clobbered. The humans, with their underhanded monkey cunning, turned communications equipment and space drives into weapons that cut the dauntless Kzin heroes into ribbons. And then those underhanded humans gained a faster-than-light drive, and no amount of screaming and leaping could keep the Kzin from losing their first war in centuries of successful conquest. But you can't keep a good warcat down, and the Kzin have by no means given up. New weapons, new strategies, and new leaders: Here they come again and those monkey-boys from Earth had better watch their backs. Once again, it's howling time in Known Space.
Contents:
Introduction (The Man-Kzin Wars) (1988) • essay by Larry Niven
The Warriors [Known Space] (1966) / short story by Larry Niven
Iron [Man-Kzin Wars] (1986) / novella by Poul Anderson
Cathouse [Man-Kzin Wars] (1988) / novella by Dean Ing