The Man Kizn Wars by Larry Niven, Poul Anderson, and Dean Ing

I think I have read this book previously, I know that when I was last in the hospital, my dad brought me some books and the fourth (I think) book in this series was among them. He also brought be the Isle of Dr. Moreau while I was in the hospital for some kinda serious surgery.  At any rate, I found this book enjoyable and while the stories on the whole aren't particularly memorable for me, I do tend to remember two of the neat plot points. I remember the last story more because it feeds into some of the later Known Space stories. I like the older sci-fi stories where the entire story seemed like a way to discuss the neat idea (using buckyballs to keep a planet wide goo from eating your ship, for example).

Pages: 289

Juggler of Worlds By Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner

This was okay. I coincidentally received Protector for Christmas while reading this. I thought this spelled out a few too many things, rather than leaving them implied. But it was good to read some of the back story about Nessus and Lewis. Also, this one kind of had a happy ending.

Pages: 349

Lots of books in December

 I got behind in writing down what I'm reading, so here's everything I missed.

Gateway by Fredrick Pohl
Okay, but not that great. I prefer happier books

Pages: 278

Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Fredrick Pohl
Not actually that interesting, not much happens, and leaves off annoyingly.
Pages: 336

Dragonseye by Anne McCaffery
Not much happened in this book. I didn't really care about most of the characters.
Pages: 416

Protector by Larry Niven
This book is enjoyable. I had read it before.
Pages: 224

The Carpet Makers by Andreas Eschbach
This was interesting, but the towards the end things went far too slowly. Lots of plot threads were quickly introduced because they contributed to the ending.
Pages: 304

Misspent Youth by Peter F. Hamilton
Kind of weird, but okay. An awful lot of sex is implied, like if Heinlein had made sex a bigger plot point. Yes, sex can be a bigger plot point than in Heinlein and the book is still sci-fi. I'll give this author another try or two, but I don't particularly recommend this book. Some interesting commentary on politics and family relations though.
Pages: 416

Riverworld and other stories by Philip José Farmer
Riverworld was okay, I wasn't super fond of some of the other stories because they dealt more with religion and crazy people than I was interested in. I would like to read more in his Riverworld series.
Pages: 264

The Golden Apples of the Sun and Other Stories by Ray Bradbury
This wasn't very good. I only kind of like Bradbury, so that isn't surprising. I thought it was silly to include scanned copies of the manuscripts for two of the stories.
Pages: 247