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The Future at War Series #3
Orion's Sword
In this, Orion's Sword, Vol 3 of THE FUTURE AT WAR series, brilliant science fiction and military writers take a close look at the future of our planet in the light of History's only sure thing: The Future of War. As inevitable as the colonization of Space: invasions of earth, the solar system at war, wherever humans go, they take their conflicts with them. The socially organized application of force is called war. In this third volume of Reginald Bretnor's unique trilogy of fact and fiction about man's oldest occupation, War, the horizons are spread wide: war in deep space, no hold barred.
Contents:
* Introduction (Orion's Sword: The Future at War Vol. 3) (1980) • essay by Reginald Bretnor
* In a Good Cause—? (1951) / novelette by Isaac Asimov
* Chips on Distant Shoulders (1980) • essay by Hal Clement
* Time Piece (1970) / short story by Joe Haldeman
* Inhuman Error [Berserker] (1974) / short story by Fred Saberhagen
* Couldn't We All Just Be Dear, Dear Friends? (1980) • essay by Keith Laumer
* An Alien Sort of War (1980) • essay by Katherine MacLean
* Early Bird (1973) / short story by Theodore R. Cogswell and Theodore L. Thomas
* Inside Straight (1955) • novelette by Poul Anderson
* World of the Wars (1980) • essay by Jon Freeman
* Superiority (1951) / short story by Arthur C. Clarke
* Steel Brother (1952) / novelette by Gordon R. Dickson (variant of The Steel Brother)
* Outguessing the Unknown: Psychological Aspects of Future War (1980) • essay by Alan E. Nourse
* City of Yesterday (1967) / short story by Terry Carr
* When I Was Red Rover (1957) / short story by Dean Ing (variant of Red Rover)
* The Wizard Warriors: Computers and Robots in Warfare (1980) • essay by G. Harry Stine
* Field Test [Bolo] (1976) / short story by Keith Laumer
* Encased in the Amber of Fate (1980) • poem by Robert Frazier
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Contents:
* Introduction (Orion's Sword: The Future at War Vol. 3) (1980) • essay by Reginald Bretnor
* In a Good Cause—? (1951) / novelette by Isaac Asimov
* Chips on Distant Shoulders (1980) • essay by Hal Clement
* Time Piece (1970) / short story by Joe Haldeman
* Inhuman Error [Berserker] (1974) / short story by Fred Saberhagen
* Couldn't We All Just Be Dear, Dear Friends? (1980) • essay by Keith Laumer
* An Alien Sort of War (1980) • essay by Katherine MacLean
* Early Bird (1973) / short story by Theodore R. Cogswell and Theodore L. Thomas
* Inside Straight (1955) • novelette by Poul Anderson
* World of the Wars (1980) • essay by Jon Freeman
* Superiority (1951) / short story by Arthur C. Clarke
* Steel Brother (1952) / novelette by Gordon R. Dickson (variant of The Steel Brother)
* Outguessing the Unknown: Psychological Aspects of Future War (1980) • essay by Alan E. Nourse
* City of Yesterday (1967) / short story by Terry Carr
* When I Was Red Rover (1957) / short story by Dean Ing (variant of Red Rover)
* The Wizard Warriors: Computers and Robots in Warfare (1980) • essay by G. Harry Stine
* Field Test [Bolo] (1976) / short story by Keith Laumer
* Encased in the Amber of Fate (1980) • poem by Robert Frazier
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324 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 1, 1980
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July 31, 2009
The third in the Future at War series, which may be the last volume. Very good stories throughout. I highly recommend it.
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