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Old 28th April 2012, 10:14 AM   #4 (permalink)
Ian Whates
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Re: The Mammoth Book of SF Wars

Glad you like the look of it, Patrick.

Three originals, from Catherine Asaro, Simon R Green, and Mike Resnick with Brad Torgerson. The Asaro piece is a longish one, at over 12,000 words, and is a new episode in her Skolian saga, featuring Sauscony (Soz) Valdoria.

Ian and I scoured all sorts of anthologies as well as our own book collections to identify what we deemed the very best war-related stories, whether old or new; so the reprints cover both classic and contemporary SF. The oldest is Fredric Brown's "Arena" (1944) and the most recent, Tony Ballantyne's "The War Artist" (2011).

Full TOC is:

1. Ian Watson and Ian Whates – Introduction
2. Mike Resnick & Brad Torgersen – PEACEKEEPER
3. Simon R. Green – FROM OUT OF THE SUN, ENDLESSLY SINGING
4. Algis Budrys – ALL FOR LOVE
5. Tony Ballantyne – THE WAR ARTIST
6. Allen Steele – WAR MEMORIAL
7. Elizabeth Moon – POLITICS
8. Fredric Brown – ARENA
9. Laura Resnick – PEACEKEEPING MISSION
10. Fred Saberhagen – THE PEACEMAKER
11. Andy Remic – JUNKED
12. William Tenn – THE LIBERATION OF EARTH
13. John Lambshead – STORMING HELL
14. Walter Jon Williams – SOLIDARITY
15. Michael Z. Williamson – THE PRICE
16. Gene Wolfe – THE HORARS OF WAR
17. David Weber – TRAITOR
18. Cordwainer Smith – THE GAME OF RAT AND DRAGON
19. David Drake – CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE
20. Neal Asher – THE RHINE’S WORLD INCIDENT
21. Paul McAuley – WINNING PEACE
22. Joe Haldeman -- TIME PIECE
23. Dan Abnett -- THE WAKE
24. Catherine Asaro – THE PYRE OF NEW DAY

Good question, Moonbat!
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