Overview
BATTLEZONE: ETERNITY
Once, military actions were entirely two dimensional, confined to the surface of land and sea, but then submarines and aircraft added a third dimension, vastly extended by spaceflight. Now, consider that if time travel is possible, the fourth dimension of time opens up new possibilities for combat, necessitating new defenses, new strategies and tactics. A battle that was once decisively won might be refought, or a narrow victory might be subtly tilted to the other side. Never mind the history books, theyāre only works in progress. There might be even more than four dimensions involved, if parallel universes and alternate realities exist and can be accessed. Imagine a universe where Rome never fell and its troops want to do something about our universe, where it did fall. Or another where more recent wars turned out very differently. Battle is a recurrent motif in the Earth of this universe, and would alternate realities be different or all too similar, with the tune the same, but different lyrics. Supplying the lyrics for spacetime combat in these pages is an all-star general staff including Robert Silverberg, Poul Anderson, Fritz Leiber, John C. Wright, H. Beam Piper and more. Itās zero hour, in whatever time stream, so grab your time-appropriate weapon, be it sword or ray blaster, buckle on your general issue timeporter belt, and follow the Time Troopers into action across strange aeons!
AboutĀ Time Troopers:
"The editorsā mastery of the military SF and time travel subgenres is evident in their thoughtful selections. Fans of literate speculative fiction will hope for more from these experts."āPublishers Weekly
Praise for previous anthologies edited by Hank Davis:
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Cosmic Corsairs:
āWho doesnāt like space pirates? (Well, their victims I guess, but thatās beside the point.) . . . Hank Davis has a fine sense for choosing a wide mix of stories, and this book is no exception. No story is like another, yet they manage to form a whole greater than the parts. From sapient ships to piratical sibling rivalry, pirate detectives to ingenious captives seeking freedom, from alien biology to orbital mechanics, the stories share some of the same elementsāpragmatic thinking, moral complexity, loyalty, and betrayal. Definitely a fun one.āāAnalog
In Space No One Can Hear You Scream:
ā[T]he 13 tales in this collection blend sf with horror to demonstrate the resiliency of both genresĀ . . . offers strong tales by the genreās best storytellers.ā āLibrary Journal
ā[F]irst-rate science fiction, demonstrating how short stories can still entertain.ā āThe Galveston County Daily News
A Cosmic Christmas 2 You:
āThis creative and sprightly Christmas science fiction anthology spins in some surprising directions. . . . A satisfying read for cold winter evenings . . . a great stocking stuffer for SF fans.ā āPublishers Weekly
As Time Goes By:
āAs Time Goes ByĀ . . . does an excellent job of exploring not only romance through time travelārelationships enabled or imperiled by voyaging through timeābut the intrinsic romance of time travel itself. . . . The range of styles and approaches is as wide as the authors' sensibilities and periods might suggest . . . full of entertaining and poignant stories . . . ā āAlvaro Zinos-Amaro,Ā IntergalacticMedicineShow.com
AboutĀ Star Destroyers,Ā coedited by Christopher Ruocchio:
ā. . . spectacular space battles and alien contacts . . . Ā themes of military ethics, the uses of artificial intelligence, and the limits of the capacity of the human mind. . . . it is the human interactions and decisions that ultimately drive the stories. . . . will appeal to fans of military and hard science fiction and any readers fascinated by the possibilities of space travel.āāBooklist
ā. . . stories of giant spaceships at war, at peace, and in the often-gray areas between. . . . a worthy addition to a long tradition of ship-based fiction, and its authors portray captains, arcane astrogators, and civilian child passengers with equal depth. Itās recommended for fans of military SF and space adventure.āāPublishers WeeklyĀ
ā. . . youād probably expect some tight, action-filled space opera stories of giant space battles . . . and thereās some of that. But there are also espionage stories, rescue missions, political conflicts, alternate histories, even a few humorous tales. . . . each author took the premise in a different direction . . . if I had to identify one common feature to all the stories, it would be that theyāre all fun. . . . Like it says, big ships blowing things up. Whatās not to like?āāAnalog
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