Conflict: a basic human instinct, helping humankind evolve even while threatening the very existence of the species ...an instinct that will be as much a part of the future as it is now and always has been. For all the glories of war-the defeat of evil, the promise of freedom, justice, protection of the innocent, the righting of wrongs, technological innovation, heroism - there are also the horrors: individual grief, mass destruction, the elimination of entire cultures and great achievements, injustice, villainy, the annihilation of the innocent, and pain beyond bearing. "War and Space" offers the ultimate speculation on the future of warfare-stories of insectoid anguish, genetically-engineered diplomats who cannot fail, aliens plundering humanity, a weaponized black hole-scenarios of triumph and defeat, great heroism and vile depravity ...and more.
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Be Aware- not original stories
17. Juni 2012
Von G SooHoo
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I wanted potential buyers to be aware that of the 20 stories in the book only one is original. This is not clearly stated anywhere that I could see. The stories have been published before in various SF anthologies or magazines. That is not to say that the contributions are not good, but if you read a lot of the publications in the field you will recognize a number of them. Here is a specific breakdown:
Engineering Infinity 1 story
Federations 2 stories
The New Space Opera 2 stories
Asimov's SF 2 stories
Magazine of F&SF 3 stories
Clarkesworld 2 stories
Lightspeed 2 stories
Constellations, Sex in the system, Twenty Epics, Microcosms, and Frontlines all have 1 story.
Engineering Infinity 1 story
Federations 2 stories
The New Space Opera 2 stories
Asimov's SF 2 stories
Magazine of F&SF 3 stories
Clarkesworld 2 stories
Lightspeed 2 stories
Constellations, Sex in the system, Twenty Epics, Microcosms, and Frontlines all have 1 story.
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lacking descriptions of battles
31. Mai 2012
Von W Boudville
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Remember the long and somewhat controversial series edited by Jerry Pournelle in the 80s, Day of the Tyrant (There Will Be War)? At first this War and Space seemed like an updated take on the subject of future war. But for those of you with a prediliction for military SF, the book could be a disappointment. In terms of describing combat scenes it is very minimal to put it mildly. None of the short stories lives up to anything like a gripping episode of conflict in space or even on land. Think of the many stories in Larry Niven's long running Man-Kzin Wars, for example. Or what you may have read in David Weber's Honor Harrington novels, which are perhaps the benchmark for descriptions of space naval battles. Though I grant that those are full length novels. But from their popularity, they would function as the de facto benchmark for many SF fans.
It is surprising given that the editors had leeway to search over all the SF short stories in recent years, that they could not come up with better. Instead the collection is more of a cluster of psychodramas skirting around future war. Couldn't they have found recent stories by the likes of S M Stirling, David Drake, David Weber, John Ringo, Harry Turtledove or others of similar output? Or does the collection reflect some editorial ideology that caused them to eschew that option?
It is surprising given that the editors had leeway to search over all the SF short stories in recent years, that they could not come up with better. Instead the collection is more of a cluster of psychodramas skirting around future war. Couldn't they have found recent stories by the likes of S M Stirling, David Drake, David Weber, John Ringo, Harry Turtledove or others of similar output? Or does the collection reflect some editorial ideology that caused them to eschew that option?
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Solid and sometimes haunting collection
27. November 2012
Von M. M. Linder Jr.
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The reader looking for straight up "military sci-fi" writing will probably walk away from this book disappointed. However, to do so is to miss the point of the collection entirely, and there are nearly endless options out there for the reader who wants to read Jerry Pournelle or David Drake clones. (I myself enjoy those authors and their colleagues.)
Rather, this collection has been put together to collect mostly unusual or non-standard sci-fi war stories that focus primarily on the "human" (or non-human as the case may be) element rather than out-and-out combat narration. Indeed, very little actual combat appears in these pages. Instead, the editors present you with thoughtful, sometimes profound, and memorable stories dealing with such diverse themes as the emotional effect on a soldier of the ability of both him (and others in his life) to be reincarnated after each "death," how secret recruiting of human soldiers for an alien war (which may not even be a war as we understand it) might work, how advanced interdimensional warfare could become a self-sustaining enterprise, and so forth.
Some stories are more engaging than others, but there is not a clunker in the group and the collection is a welcome respite from standard interstellar war narratives.
Rather, this collection has been put together to collect mostly unusual or non-standard sci-fi war stories that focus primarily on the "human" (or non-human as the case may be) element rather than out-and-out combat narration. Indeed, very little actual combat appears in these pages. Instead, the editors present you with thoughtful, sometimes profound, and memorable stories dealing with such diverse themes as the emotional effect on a soldier of the ability of both him (and others in his life) to be reincarnated after each "death," how secret recruiting of human soldiers for an alien war (which may not even be a war as we understand it) might work, how advanced interdimensional warfare could become a self-sustaining enterprise, and so forth.
Some stories are more engaging than others, but there is not a clunker in the group and the collection is a welcome respite from standard interstellar war narratives.
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