The Year's Best Military SF and Space Opera (1) (BAEN)

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The Years Best of Military SF and Space Opera Stories. Book One of a new Series featuring the best stories of the year from the top magazine and online venues with a military and adventure science fiction theme. PLUS: Interactive Reader Voting for Best Story in Collection! Award presented at DragonCon in Summer 2015. With an introduction by best-selling military science fiction author David Drake and selected by editor David Afsharirad from the top short story markets in the field here are the most thrilling pulse-pounding and thought-provoking stories of the past year. Stories of future military men and women space opera on a grand scale and edge-of-your-seat adventure tales in the pulp tradition from giants of the genre to brilliant up-and-comers. Plus you be the judge! INTERACTIVE READER VOTING. One story from this collection will be chosen via proctored on-line voting as Years Best Military SF and Space Opera with the award to be presented at DragonCon in September 2015. For more information go to Baen.com. About The Years Best Military SF and Space Opera: "This intriguing anthology explores the human races violent potential but also bends toward exploration and the triumph of the human spirit with brave tales that take the reader on a fascinating thought-provoking enjoyable journey . . . "Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A nice eclectic mix of magazineshardcopy and digitaland original anthologies. Afsharirad seems to have cast his nets admirably wide. . . . The variety of styles and topics and themes and the high level of craft in this assemblage prove that this subgenre is flourishing. . . . The collection should be welcome by raw recruits and veterans alike."Locus Contributors: Brad R. Torgersen Michael Z. Williamson Charlie Jane Anders Linda Nagata Seth Dickinson William Ledbetter Eric Leif Davin David D. Levine Stephen Gaskell Michael Barretta Derek Kunsken Holly Black Robert R. Chase Matthew Johnson