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Destiny's Forge (Man-Kzin Wars Series)

14 reviews
Paul Chafe

Baen, 2006

This Book is Great!
I wouldn't normally spend time writing a review unless a book was either great or awful. "Destiny's Forge" is terrific. When I first read Larry Niven's "Ringworld" I kept thinking, "How does he think this stuff up?" Niven has a gift for telling a story that weaves the consequences of technology or alien contact with imaginative plots and BIG ideas. One of the spin offs of the Known ...

Genesis

1 review
Paul Chafe

Baen, 2007

Wait for sequel
Genesis (Hardcover) by Paul Chafe (Author) Book takes you thru the three stages of a multi-generation starship. The first 2/3 of book covers the politics of getting this project started and construction, funding problems. First phase is building the sky cable and orbital construction platform for a huge ship that has to last a thousand years journey. Second Phase the building of the ...

Mission Critical: Death of the Phoenix - A Novel

1 review
Paul Chafe

Prima Lifestyles, 1996

What a great surprise
One doesn't usually expect a "packaged" book to amount to much. Mission Critical does. I hadn't played the game when I read it, but I enjoyed it so much that I ran out and got it - and even with high hopes I was very pleasantly surprised. The book is not the story of the game as so often happens - not even close - but the plots of book and game intertwine, with touchpoints at the start and ...