Guardsmen of Tomorrow [Paperback]

Various (Author), Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), Larry Segriff (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 7, 2000

What unique challenges will tomorrow's soldiers face in distant star systems?

How will Earth deal with hostile aliens on home soil?

How will humanity fight-and survive-its future wars?

These are just a few of the questions explored in these brand-new, stories by the hottest names in science fiction. From diplomatic duels and strategic standoffs, to all-out, full-scale war, Guardsmen of Tomorrow offers suspense-filled, action-packed tales of battles fought and conflicts avoided, of weapons that can destroy entire worlds, and of men and women dedicated to keeping the peace in a vast and often hostile universe.

Includes stories by:

Paul Levinson
Willam H. Keith, Jr.
Robin Wayne Bailey
Robert J. Sawyer
Andre Norton
Michael A. Stackpole
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Dean Wesley Smith
Jane Lindskold
and others

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: DAW (November 7, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0886779189
• ISBN-13: 978-0886779184
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,490,641 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

My novel The Silk Code won the 2000 Locus Award for Best First Novel. I've since published Borrowed Tides (2001),The Consciousness Plague (2002), and The Pixel Eye (2003). The Plot To Save Socrates published in 2006 - Entertainment Weekly called it "challenging fun". My science fiction and mystery short stories have been nominated for Nebula, Hugo, Edgar, and Sturgeon Awards. Nine nonfiction books, including The Soft Edge (1997), Digital McLuhan (1999), Realspace (2003), Cellphone (2004), and New New Media (2009) have been the subject of major articles in the New York Times, Wired, the Christian Science Monitor, and have been translated into Chinese, Japanese, and eight other languages. I appear from time to time on "The O'Reilly Factor," "The CBS Evening News," "Nightline," "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer," and other TV and radio programs - I like talking just as much as writing. I'm also a songwriter, and have been in several bands over the years - one had two records out on Atlantic Records in 1960s. My 1972 album Twice Upon a Rhyme (on HappySad Records) was re-issued on CD by Beatball/Big Pink Records in 2009, and on re-pressed vinyl by Whiplash/Sound of Salvation Records in 2010. I was listed in The Chronicle of Higher Education's "Top 10 Academic Twitterers" in 2009. And last but not least: I'm Professor of Communication & Media Studies at Fordham University in New York City.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A terrific anthology, December 14, 2000

By 

picardfan007 (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guardsmen of Tomorrow (Paperback)

For those of you who are tired of the Star Trek series where the characters cannot change; this one is for you. This series of short stories takes you beyond the rigid parameters of series science fiction books. In this anothology we see those who are less than perfect; prevent near catastrophoes; and they are not the best and the brightest in fleet. The heroes in this book are ordinary people driven to accoplish extrodinary things under fire.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent military SF, July 13, 2001

By 

G. Swift "97jedi" (Southwestern Missouri) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guardsmen of Tomorrow (Paperback)

The stories in this anthology are all by top writers currently in the field. Taking place in the future, for the most part anyway, these stories generally deal with Humans in conflict with alien races. The stories are unrelated to one another, each being a separate universe unto itself. The gamut of science fiction is pretty much handled, as there are uses of such things as: FTL travel, enhanced mental abilities, cybernetically enhanced humans, time-travel paradox-type situations. . . None of these stories are found lacking in appeal, with the characters not totally flat as happens in many SF stories. If you like science fiction with a military twist, I believe you will enjoy this collection.