The Outer Limits: Armageddon Dreams

by Kevin J. Anderson, Harlan Ellison

"Soldier" was an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It opened the second season of shows on September 19, 1964. This book offers Ellison's own version of the screenplay for the "Soldier" episode of "The Outer Limits" television program, along with Anderson's short stories inspired by the show, including one based on the world featured in "Soldier".
Contents:
* Introduction: Working Beyond My Limits • essay by Harlan Ellison
* Soldier (1957) / short fiction by Harlan Ellison
* Prisoner of War / novelette by Kevin J. Anderson
* Man Who Was Never Born / short fiction by Kevin J. Anderson
* Human Factor / short fiction by Kevin J. Anderson
* Memories on Ice / short story by Kevin J. Anderson
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Genres: Science Fiction

255 pages, Paperback

Published March 1, 2000

About the author

Yes, I have a lot of books, and if this is your first visit to my amazon author page, it can be a little overwhelming. If you are new to my work, let me recommend a few titles as good places to start. I love my Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. series, humorous horror/mysteries, which begin with DEATH WARMED OVER. My steampunk fantasy adventures, CLOCKWORK ANGELS and CLOCKWORK LIVES, written with Neil Peart, legendary drummer from Rush, are two of my very favorite novels ever. And my magnum opus, the science fiction epic The Saga of Seven Suns, begins with HIDDEN EMPIRE. After you've tried those, I hope you'll check out some of my other series.

I have written spin-off novels for Star Wars, StarCraft, Titan A.E., and The X-Files, and I'm the co-author of the Dune prequels. My original works include the Saga of Seven Suns series and the Nebula Award-nominated Assemblers of Infinity. I have also written several comic books including the Dark Horse Star Wars collection Tales of the Jedi written in collaboration with Tom Veitch, Predator titles (also for Dark Horse), and X-Files titles for Topps.

I serve as a judge in the Writers of the Future contest.

My wife is author Rebecca Moesta. We currently reside near Monument, Colorado.

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fairly obscure volume that seems like an experiment that wasn't entirely successful. Ellison's screenplay and introduction are a lot of fun, and Anderson's stories are fine, but they don't seem to fit together too well. I guess that I enjoyed all of the pieces, but not the format.