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...that extends far beyond the ranks of science fiction enthusiasts.
The four stories combine a strong narrative, necessary exposition and sympathetic, credible characters. It is an achievement of itself to expand and enhance the created world of an established science fiction writer, Larry Niven. From Niven's imagination sprang the kzin, eight-foot felinoids who combine technological expertise and extra-sensory perception with the raw savage courage of the tigers they so resemble. Niven has permitted other writers to contribute further episodes in the death struggles and occasional collaboration between humans and kzin, ranging across the universe some 400 years in the future. Hal Colebatch has certainly met Niven's standards of quality control.
Colebatch's four stories relate to an imaginary planet known as Wunderland, part, of the Alpha Centauri star system, closest to our own at a distance of four light years (the science component of the...
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