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The Mammoth Book of SF Wars
by
Ian Watson ,
Ian Whates , Catherine Asaro (Goodreads Author), Neal Asher (Goodreads Author), David Drake, Elizabeth Moon, David Weber
Over the past 100 years the technology of war has advanced enormously in destructive power. So what will future wars be like? And what will cause them: religion, politics, resources, refugees, or advanced weaponry itself? Watson and Whates present a collection of gripping SF stories which explores a daunting gamut of possible future conflicts: nuclear tactics and enhanced...more
Paperback, 512 pages
Published
July 31st 2012
by Running Press
(first published May 1st 2012)
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I totally admit, right up front, that I'm only reading this for Catherine Asaro's new Soz story. SF Wars aren't really my thing and normally I wouldn't pick up a book with a title like this.
But I'm a big fan of Catherine's and also of Soz's, so I'm looking forward to see this piece of her backstory filled.
And a nice little story it was too. That's all. Just a little story. I know I always want more when I finish a Skolian story, but I really do this time, because this is just a little teaser. I...more
But I'm a big fan of Catherine's and also of Soz's, so I'm looking forward to see this piece of her backstory filled.
And a nice little story it was too. That's all. Just a little story. I know I always want more when I finish a Skolian story, but I really do this time, because this is just a little teaser. I...more
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I'm not the target audience for this book, so giving it a star rating doesn't seem quite fair. I bought this book strictly for the new Skolia Universe story by Catherine Asaro and ended up reading the whole thing because it was the book on my phone. The Asaro story centers around Sozceny Valdoria, one of the best heroines in all of SF given her mix of strength, integrity and feminity. It is always welcome to see another bit of Soz's"story, and this glimpse did not dissapoint. This story alone wa...more
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A very good anthology of sci-fi war stories, with all the stories being either pretty good to excellent. It doesn't take just recent stories either, but ranges across the 20th and 21st century. There is a a proto-version of Joe Haldeman's "Forever War" in the form of "Time Piece", a fascinating story told from the perspective of two sentient war machines (The Traitor), and a interstellar conflict told as a legend in "From out of the Sun, Endlessly Singing" to name a few. I would highly recommend...more
Like most of the "Mammoth Book of X" this was overall excellent. I'd read some of the stories before, but most were new to me, an a few were specifically written for this book. They ranged in overall plot, but all had something to do with SF and war. If you like military SF, you'll probably like this. Even if you _don't_ like it, as a rule, there's probably a story or two in here that will resonate with you. It's not all "OORAH MILITARY LIFE IS AWESOME".
Wonderful selection of authors!
As several readers have commented, there is a new Soz story by Catherine Asaro. There are 2 other original stories and a good selection of classic and newer SF authors.
It was interesting to me, though, that perhaps because of the editors' choices or perhaps because of my interpretations of the stories, these were not gungho military pieces for the most part but showed the tragedy of war as much as the bravery and triumph.
As several readers have commented, there is a new Soz story by Catherine Asaro. There are 2 other original stories and a good selection of classic and newer SF authors.
It was interesting to me, though, that perhaps because of the editors' choices or perhaps because of my interpretations of the stories, these were not gungho military pieces for the most part but showed the tragedy of war as much as the bravery and triumph.
An excellent collection of Military Sci-Fi by some well know, and other very promising authors.
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