Robert Adams' Book of Soldiers Author:Robert Adams (Editor), Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), Pamela Crippen-Adams (Editor) An anthology collection of science fiction stories, featuring warriors and heroes. The best military science fiction isn’t just a bunch of space battles and cigar-chomping armed combat (although those are fun). The most interesting stories also examine what life in the military actually involves, and what combat can do to a per... more »son’s mind. The conflict, the tactics and weapons used for it, and the role of a military service and the individual members of that military organization form the basis for exciting stories of military science fiction.
Contents:
Introduction (Robert Adams' Book of Soldiers) • essay by Robert Adams
Clash by Night [Keeps • 1] (1943) / novella by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lawrence O'Donnell]
Among Thieves (1957) / novelette by Poul Anderson
Despoilers of the Golden Empire (1959) / novelette by Randall Garrett
Down Styphon! [Kalvan] (1965) / novelette by H. Beam Piper
Three Soldiers (1978) / novelette by D. C. Poyer
Dragons' Teeth (1975) / novelette by David Drake
Cold Light [Kane] (1973) / novella by Karl Edward Wagner
A Difficult Undertaking [Videssos] (1986) / novelette by Harry Turtledove
Passage to Dilfar [Dilvish] (1965) / short story by Roger Zelazny
Night on Mispec Moor [State/Leshy Circuit] (1974) / short story by Larry Niven
Warrior [Childe Cycle] (1965) / short story by Gordon R. Dickson