A volume of visions of future wars, fought with weapons out of nightmare, by today's top writers of military science fiction, as well as some writers who are not usually associated with military SF, such as best-selling writer Gregory Benford, and award-winning author Kristine Katherine Rusch. Also present are Michael Z. Williamson, author of the strong selling novels "Freehold" and "The Weapon", award-winning author of "Bolo Strike", William H. Keith, and more. Through the centuries, weapons have changed radically, but the soldier has remained much the same. But in the future, soldiers, too, may undergo radical changes. As editor Joe Haldeman puts it, 'Weapons are an extension of the soldier, and also an extension of the culture or species that produced the soldier. And they are sometimes more dangerous to the soldier than the enemy...'
Author(s): Editors: Joe Haldeman, Martin H. Greenberg
Edition: Reprint
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 320
Cover......Page 1
Title/Copyright......Page 2
Table of Contents......Page 3
INTRODUCTION
Joe Haldeman......Page 4
CRATERS
Kristine Kathryn Rusch......Page 8
DAVID IN THE LION’S DEN
Geoffrey A. Landis......Page 25
ROCKET BOY
Paul J. McAuley......Page 32
JADE ANGEL
Dena Bain Taylor......Page 46
BROKEN BITS
Mark L. Van Name......Page 59
THE FIRST CUP OF COFFEE WAR
James H. Cobb......Page 72
THE SOLDIER WITHIN
Michael A. Burstein......Page 88
SPEC-OPS
L. E. Modesitt, Jr.......Page 101
THE WEAPON
William H. Keith......Page 119
THE LOOKING GLASS WAR
Brendan DuBois......Page 134
THE HUMANS CALL IT DUTY
Michael Z. Williamson......Page 147
CASUALTY
Brian Stableford......Page 158
