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The Crash of Empire
| Author: | Jerry Pournelle John F. Carr |
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Baen, 1989 |
| Series: | Imperial Stars: Book 3 |
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1. The Stars At War |
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| Book Type: | Novel |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
Empires do not grow old gracefully. As the edifice of ancient government succumbs to entropy, as civil war reigns, the result is indeed "interesting times," the times of interstellar Huns locked in mortal combat with Imperial storm troopers.
Contents:
- The Crash of Empires - essay by Jerry Pournelle
- Pebble Among the Stars - (1976) - novelette by Gregory Benford (variant of Seascape)
- The Claw and the Clock - [Federation of Humanity] - (1971) - novelette by Christopher Anvil
- The Only Thing We Learn - (1949) - short story by C. M. Kornbluth
- Remembering Vietnam - (1987) - essay by H. J. Kaplan
- Blessed Are the Meek - (1955) - short story by G. C. Edmondson
- Limiting Factor - (1954) - short story by Theodore R. Cogswell
- Triage - (1976) - short story by William Walling
- Hyperdemocracy - [Editorial (Astounding)] - (1958) - essay by John W. Campbell, Jr.
- Chain Reaction - (1957) - novelette by Algis Budrys
- Earthman's Burden - (1954) - short story by Morton Klass
- Blood Bank - (1952) - novella by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
- Here, There Be Witches - [The Philosophical Corps] - (1970) - novelette by Everett B. Cole
- The Buzz of Joy - [Tower to the Sky] - (1989) - short story by Phillip C. Jennings
- Second Contact - (1988) - novella by W. R. Thompson
- The Quest - (1896) - poem by Rudyard Kipling
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