The addition of the framing stories, and the later stories, Procrustes and onwards manage to take Neutron Star, Niven's most enjoyable collection and turn it into his worst. The additional stuff is really just not any good, and you'd be better off reading Neutron Star if you can find it. If you can't, skipping the Ghost stories won't hurt at all.
The latter few are completely different in tone and style to what came before, and is a bizarre juxtaposition, indeed, that pretty much fails. Although the first Ghost one might have worked if it had more of the dolphin-human undersea sport teams game.
The rest drags the Neutron Star rating of 4 down to 2.5.
Of course, those stories are still contained here, so ignoring the rest it would be a 4.
Crashlander : Ghost One - Larry Niven
Crashlander : Neutron Star - Larry Niven
Crashlander : Ghost Two - Larry Niven
Crashlander : At the Core - Larry Niven
Crashlander : Ghost Three - Larry Niven
Crashlander : Flatlander - Larry Niven
Crashlander : Ghost Four - Larry Niven
Crashlander : Grendel - Larry Niven
Crashlander : Ghost Five - Larry Niven
Crashlander : The Borderland of Sol - Larry Niven
Crashlander : Ghost Six - Larry Niven
Crashlander : Procrustes - Larry Niven
Crashlander : Ghost Seven - Larry Niven
Crashlander : Ghost Eight - Larry Niven
Undersea game viewing.
3 out of 5
Gravity tide ship rip.
4 out of 5
Ghostwriter.
2.5 out of 5
Fast centre trip finds hot stuff evidence.
3.5 out of 5
Fast centre trip finds hot stuff evidence.
3 out of 5
Outsider information Elephant Cannonball Express.
3.5 out of 5
Gamebreak lunch convo.
3 out of 5
Hyperspace hostage artist ground hunt.
3 out of 5
Old woman story.
2 out of 5
Indestructible interstellar ship interference.
3.5 out of 5
Core dinner discussion.
3 out of 5
Long injury repair recovery group hunt.
3 out of 5
Dead friend search plan.
3 out of 5
Buy it all end.
2.5 out of 5
2.5 out of 5
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