266 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Vincent di Fate. This anthology contains: Introduction by Gordon R. Dickson; Hide and Seek by Arthur C. Clarke; The Last Command by Keith Laumer; Men of Good Will by Ben Bova and Myron R. Lewis; The Pair by Joe Hensley; Situation Thirty by Frank M. Robinson; The Butcher's Bill - a Hammer's Slammers novelette by David Drake; Single Combat by Joe Green; The Man Who Came Early - a novelette by Poul Anderson; Patron of the Arts by Fred Saberhagen; Time Piece by Joe W. Haldeman; Richochet of Miza by Gordon R. Dickson; The Scavengers - a novelette by James White; No War or Battle's Sound - a novelette by Harry Harrison; The Horars of War by Gene Wolfe; and Fireproof by Hal Clement.

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Titre

COMBAT SF

�diteur

Ace Books, New York

Date de parution

1981

Langue

anglais

ISBN � 10 chiffres

0441005314

ISBN � 13 chiffres

9780441005314

Reliure

Soft cover

Illustrateur

Vincent Di Fate;

�dition

First Paperback Printing.

�tat de l'article

Very Good

Type de livre

Book

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Abducted by the alien Catteni, Kristin Bjornsen was one of many humans brought to the planet Botany as part of an experiment to see if it could support life. Enslaved and forced to colonize a world not their own, the settlers have accepted Botany as their home—a home worth fighting for…

Kristin’s people have learned that the aliens responsible for their imprisonment are merely mercenaries, subjugated by the parasitic Eosi Race, and that Botany is being farmed remotely by some unknown species—a species that may be sympathetic to the colonists’ struggle for freedom.

The “Farmers” refuse to join the humans in their rebellion against the Catteni, but they agree to use their technological skills to shield Botany and hide it from its enemies—buying Kristin and the settlers time to build up their forces and liberate their world…

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Anne McCaffrey was the multi-award winning bestselling author of more than fifty books, including the Dragonriders of Pern series, the Freedom series, and the Tower and the Hive series.

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