Blowing Things Up. I bought it because it includes "Excerpts from Two Lives" a dreamy interlude from my favorite authors, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, but there are others worth reading as well. I particularly liked Brendan DuBois' "A Tale of the Great Trek War Aboard the Starship Persistence," which gives us a ship so big that the crew divides into factions to fight over scarce resources, and Dave Bara's "Icebreaker," a classic David-and-Goliath battle with a satisfying conclusion.
I admit, I was more than a little disappointed in this. While many of the stories were good, it wasn't what I wanted or expected. This is not a book of stories about big ships blowing things up. Yes, there were a couple of stories of ship to ship combat, the vast majority of them were not. Heck a couple of them were actually about submarines on alien worlds. I feel like I was a victim of a bait and switch and shame on the publisher for that.
Not a bad story in the book. I'm a fan of using anthologies to find new writers new to me , and this gem provided several. Overdrive and my library don't seam to have any of Williamson's novels, just more shorts in various collections. Kind of disappointing. Robert Buettner is another writer under represented by my library system. A good read. Enjoyed all of the stories. A solid choice, if you are a fan of military scifi. I found the selection of stories to be of unusually high quality and really enjoyed many of them.
I think my favorites were "A Helping Hand" and "Homecoming" although there was not really any story I didn't like. Enjoyed some, skipped through others.
Excellent stories all! Great writing! Very enjoyable! Surprisingly there's a lot of great stories in here They all run very hard sci-fi. Picked this one to see new authors. The ones I like don't have their books at the local library and I have not room to keep buying books. Even the used book store does not have them. Give it a go if you're a fan of military sci-fi. My favorites were the Williamson and DuBois entries. Another Solution Mark L Van Name : Both we and the enemy build a giant spaceship in Earth orbit at the same time, and the governments want a face-off.
The AIs rebel in this case, however. The Magnolia Incident Kupari, Mike : An alien ship comes to one of our colonies looking for asylum; their pursuers show up, then humans heroically take out the invaders and themselves.
A Helping Hand Jody Lynn Nye : A submarine is on hand to help extract friendly aliens trying to save the local marine life. Hate in the Darkness Michael Z Williamson : One starship uses its independent drive to launch a surprise attack then flees for its life.
Icebreaker Dave Bara : A nuclear icebreaker submarine on Europa gets claim jumped by a Chinese behemoth. Try Not to Kill Us All Joelle Presby : As the crew tries to grab space junk worth millions, the aliens sent to clean up that junk are hunting them.
Skipjack Susan R Matthews : A captured crew are carrying a trap intended for the ship who captures them. Homecoming Buettner, Robert : A kid among a swarm of refugees helps to stop a hijacking. Not Made for Us Ruocchio, Christopher : A mercenary team frozen in the past awakens to board an alien ship. Jun 13, Steven Minniear rated it really liked it. Very entertaining. Shannon Hammel rated it really liked it Sep 03, Jp rated it liked it May 08, Thomas Lockett rated it really liked it Sep 15, Tory Shade rated it it was amazing Mar 24, K Saju rated it really liked it Apr 18, Michael Hall rated it liked it Aug 08, Tim Graham rated it liked it Jan 12, Brian rated it really liked it Jul 30, Robert Engle rated it it was ok Apr 03, Kevin Baker rated it liked it Mar 18, Readers also enjoyed.
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Remember me not recommended for public devices. I forgot my password Password Reset. Sign up for a new account. Helena St. Lucia St. For what the intimidation factor alone doesn't achieve, a massive barrage from super-weapons probably will. In "Superweapon", a fight for possession of an ancient alien warship will determine the fate of two vast interstellar powers. In "Hate in the Darkness", a team of libertarian Freeholders must think outside the box to do battle with the might of the United Nations and its powerful navy.
And in "A Helping Hand", Jody Lynn Nye posits an interstellar submarine on a rescue mission behind enemy lines - with the fate of an entire species hanging in the balance. Big, bold, and edge-of-your-seat space opera and military science fiction from David Drake, Michael Z. Williamson, Mark L. Matthews, Mike Kupari, J. Add to Cart failed. Please try again later. Add to Wish List failed.
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