The Mammoth Book of SF Wars

A stunning collection of 24 military SF short stories from the popular Mammoth series.

War is becoming increasingly 'SF-ised' with remotely controlled attack drones and robot warriors already in development and being tested. Over the past 100 years the technology of war has advanced enormously in destructive power, yet also in sophistication, so that we no longer seem to live under the constant threat of all-out global thermonuclear cataclysm.

What will future wars be like? And what will start them: religion, politics, resources, refugees, or advanced weaponry itself?

Watson and Whates present a gripping anthology of SF stories which explores the gamut of possible future conflicts, including such themes as nuclear war, psychological and cyberwars, enhanced soldiery, mercenaries, terrorism, intelligent robotic war machines, and war with aliens.

All the stories in this collection of remarkable quality and diversity reveals humankind pressed to the limits in every conceivable way.

Contents

xi Introduction (The Mammoth Book of SF Wars) essay by Ian Whates and Ian Watson
1 Peacekeeper shortstory by Brad R. Torgersen and Mike Resnick
20 From Out of the Sun, Endlessly Singing shortstory by Simon R. Green
32 All for Love (1962) shortstory by Algis Budrys
52 The War Artist (2011) shortstory by Tony Ballantyne
65 The War Memorial [Near Space] (1995) shortstory by Allen Steele
71 Politics (1990) novelette by Elizabeth Moon
98 Arena (1944) novelette by Fredric Brown
125 Peacekeeping Mission (2008) shortstory by Laura Resnick
136 The Peacemaker [Berserker] (1964) shortstory by Fred Saberhagen (variant of The Life Hater)
145 Junked: A Combat K Adventure (2009) shortfiction by Andy Remic (variant of Junked)
165 The Liberation of Earth (1953) shortstory by William Tenn
185 A Clean Escape (1985) shortstory by John Kessel
200 Storming Hell (2009) novelette by John Lambshead
238 Solidarity (2005) novella by Walter Jon Williams
296 The Price (2010) novelette by Michael Z. Williamson
322 The Horars of War (1970) shortstory by Gene Wolfe (variant of The HORARS of War)
341 The Traitor [Bolo] (1997) novelette by David Weber
365 The Game of Rat and Dragon [The Instrumentality of Mankind] (1955) shortstory by Cordwainer Smith
382 Caught in the Crossfire [Hammer's Slammers] (1978) shortstory by David Drake
397 The Rhine's World Incident [Polity Universe] (2008) shortstory by Neal Asher
412 Winning Peace [Jackaroo] (2007) novelette by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley ]
439 Time Piece (1970) shortstory by Joe Haldeman
449 The Wake (2011) shortstory by Dan Abnett
463 The Pyre of New Day [Skolian Short Fiction 7] novelette by Catherine Asaro