The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century (79 page)

Clumps ahead,
Mnementh warned him.

As the bronze dragon charged, flaming, F’lar tightened his knees on the massive neck. Mother of us all, he was glad that now, of all times conceivable, he, F’lar, rider of bronze Mnementh, was a Dragonman of Pern!

About the Author

H
ARRY
T
URTLEDOVE
was born in Los Angeles in 1949. After flunking out of Caltech, he earned a Ph.D. in Byzantine history from UCLA. He has taught ancient and medieval history at UCLA, Cal State Fullerton, and Cal State L.A., and he has published a translation of a ninth-century Byzantine chronicle, as well as several scholarly articles. His alternate-history works have included many short stories, the Civil War classic
The Guns of the South
, the epic World War I series The Great War, and the Worldwar tetralogy that began with
Worldwar: In the Balance
. He is a winner of the Sidewise Award for Best Alternate History for his novel
How Few Remain
.

M
ARTIN
H. G
REENBERG
is a veteran anthologist and book packager with over 700 books to his credit. He lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with his wife, daughter, and four cats.

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“Hero” by Joe W. Haldeman. Copyright © 1972 by Joe W. Haldeman. First appeared in
Analog
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“Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card. Copyright © 1977 by the Conde Nast Corporation. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Hangman” by David A. Drake. Copyright © 1979 by David Drake for
Hammer’s Slammers
, Ace, 1979. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Last Article” by Harry Turtledove. Copyright © 1986 by Harry Turtledove. Reprinted by permission of the author.

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“Night of the Vampyres” by George R. R. Martin. Copyright © 1975 by Ultimate Publishing Company, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“To the Storming Gulf” by Gregory Benford. Copyright © 1985 by Abbenford Associates. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Wolf Time” by Walter Jon Williams. Copyright © 1987 by Davis Publications. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Scapegoat” by C. J. Cherryh. Copyright © 1985 by C. J. Cherryh in
Alien Stars
, Baen Books. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Dragonrider” by Anne McCaffrey. Copyright © 1967, 1995 by Anne McCaffrey. First appeared in
Analog
, from
Dragonflight
. Reprinted by permission of the agent for the author’s Estate, the Virginia Kidd Agency, Inc.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The best military science fiction of the twentieth century / edited by Harry

Turtledove with Martin Greenberg.—1st ed.

  p. cm.

“A Del Rey book.”

1. Science fiction, American. 2. Imaginary wars and battles—Fiction. 3. Military art and science—Fiction. 4. Space warfare—Fiction. 5. Science fiction, English. 6. War stories, American. 7. War stories, English. I. Turtledove, Harry. II. Greenberg, Martin Harry.

PS648.S3 B494 2001

813'.0876208358—dc21         00-068066

eISBN: 978-0-345-49429-0

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