Future Weapons of War
by Joe Haldeman (Editor), Martin H. Greenberg (Editor)
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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 novelsFreeholdandThe Weapon, award-winning author ofBolo Strike, William H. Keith, and more. Through the centuries, weapons have show more 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. . . .” show lessTags
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A collection about the shape taken by tomorrow's wars, though focused more on the individual weapon or solider as opposed to the larger strategic view.
Like any anthology it has its high points and low points, and one or two clunkers. A couple of the stories stuck with me, but none more than the piece about children being outfitted to become suicide bombers right after they were born -- with the time and place of the explosion coming years down the line.
Overall, it's not a stellar collection -- it falls a little on the lightweight side of things -- but for fans of military SF, it's worth a read.
Like any anthology it has its high points and low points, and one or two clunkers. A couple of the stories stuck with me, but none more than the piece about children being outfitted to become suicide bombers right after they were born -- with the time and place of the explosion coming years down the line.
Overall, it's not a stellar collection -- it falls a little on the lightweight side of things -- but for fans of military SF, it's worth a read.
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Joe Haldeman has uniquely blended a strong interest in astronomy and with his love for writing to publish numerous novels, anthologies and short stories over three decades. He holds a B.S. in astronomy from the University of Maryland (1967), and an M.F.A. in English from the Iowa Writers Workshop (1975). An adjunct professor at Massachusetts show more Institute of Technology, Haldeman has also taught at Michigan State, Larion West Seattle, SUNY Buffalo, Princeton, University of North Dakota, Kent State and the University of North Florida Haldeman's works include War Year (1972), The Forever War (1975), Worlds (1981), Worlds Apart (1983), Tools of the Trade (1987), and The Hemingway Hoax (1990). He has also co-authored and edited numerous works of science fiction. Born in Oklahoma on June 9, 1943, Haldeman grew up in Puerto Rico, New Orleans, Washington D.C., and Alaska. He was drafted into the military in 1967, fighting in the Central Highlands of Vietnam as a combat engineer with the 4th Division (1/22nd Airmobile Battalion), for which he received the Purple Heart, among other medals. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 - June 25, 2011) was an American academic and speculative fiction anthologist. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies. He founded Tekno Books, a packager of more than 2000 published books; he was also a co-founder of the Sci-Fi Channel. Some of his anthologies included: Past Imperfect (2001), Once Upon a Galaxy show more (2002) and Sirius: The Dog Star (2004). (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 2007
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- Fiction and Literature, Science Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
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- PS648 .S3 .F93 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Collections of American literature Prose (General)
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- English
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