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A hero without peer or scruples, Sam Gunn has a nose for trouble, money, and women--though not necessarily in that order. A man with the ego (and stature) of a Napoleon, the business acumen of a P. T. Barnum, and the raging hormones of a teenage boy, Sam is the finest astronaut NASA ever trained... and dumped.

More than money and women, Sam Gunn loves justice. Whether he's suing the Pope, helping twin sisters entangled in the virtual sex trade, or on trial for his life on charges of interplanetary genocide, you can be sure of one thing: this is one space jockey who'll meet every challenge with a smile on his lips, an ace up his sleeve... and a weapon in his pocket.

This Omnibus presents all of the tales of Sam Gunn to date, including three never before collected in book form. Here is the entire chronicle of Sam Gunn, trailblazer and scoundrel, as he scams his way from one end of the Solar System to the other, giving bold new meaning to the term venture capitalist.

Table of Contents:

• Author's Preface - essay
• Selene City - shortfiction
• The Sea of Clouds - shortfiction
• The Supervisor's Tale - shortfiction
• The Hospital and the Bar - shortfiction
• The Long Fall - (1991) - shortstory
• The Pelican Bar - shortfiction
• The Audition - shortfiction
• Diamond Sam - (1988) - novelette
• Decisions, Decisions - shortfiction
• Statement of Clark Griffith IV - (1998) - shortfiction
• Tourist Sam - (1998) - novella
• The Show Must Go On! - novelette
• Space Station Alpha - shortfiction
• Isolation Area - (1984) - novelette
• Lagrange Habitat Jefferson - shortfiction
• Vacuum Cleaner - (1991) - novelette
• Selene City [2] - shortfiction
• Armstrong Spaceport - shortfiction
• Nursery Sam - [Sam Gunn] - (1996) - novelette
• Selene City [3] - shortfiction
• Statement of Juanita Carlotta Maria Rivera y Queveda - shortfiction
• Sam's War - (1994) - novella
• Habitat New Chicago - shortfiction
• Grandfather Sam - shortstory
• Solar News Offices, Selene City - shortfiction
• Bridge Ship Golden Gate - shortfiction
• Two Years Before the Mast - novella
• Bridge Ship Golden Gate [2] - shortfiction
• Asteroid Ceres - shortfiction
• Space University - shortfiction
• A Can of Worms - (1989) - novelette
• Titan - shortfiction
• Einstein - (1990) - shortstory
• Surprise, Surprise - shortfiction
• Reviews - shortfiction
• Torch Ship Hermes - shortfiction
• Acts of God - (1995) - novella
• Torch Ship Hermes [2] - shortfiction
• Steven Achernar Wright - shortfiction
• The Prudent Jurist - (1997) - novella
• Pierre D'Argent - shortfiction
• Piker's Peek - (2005) - novelette
• Zoilo Hashimoto - shortfiction
• The Mark of Zorro - (1998) - novelette
• The Maitre d' - shortfiction
• The Flying Dutchman - (2003) - novelette
• Disappearing Act - shortfiction
• Takes Two to Tangle - (2006) - novelette
• Solar News Headquarters, Selene - shortfiction
• Orchestra(ted) Sam - novella

Sam Gunn--visionary, scoundrel, lover, liar, and the twenty-first century's biggest capitalist pig--vows to go where no one has gone before and bring back a profit.

Sam Gunn has a nose for trouble, money and women--though not necessarily in that order. He's a hero without peer... or scruples; a man with the ego and stature of a Napoleon, the business acumen of a P.T. Barnum, and the raging hormones of a newly pubescent teenage boy. He's Sam Gunn, the finest astronaut NASA ever trained... and dumped.

But more than money, more than women, Sam Gunn loves justice! (Though he does dearly love women and money.) Whether he's suing the Pope, coming to the aid of voluptuous twin sisters in the "virtual sex" trade, or on trial for his life on charges of interplanetary genocide, you can be sure of one thing: this pint-sized space jockey will meet every challenge with a smile on his lips, an ace up his sleeve... and a blaster in his pocket!

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Aboard Torch Ship Hermes - shortfiction
• Statement of the Rt. Hon. Jill McD. Meyers - shortfiction
• Acts of God - (1995) - novella
• Statement of Juanita Carlotta Maria Rivera y Molina - shortfiction
• Sam's War - (1994) - novella
• Statement of Lawrence V. Karsh - shortfiction
• Nursery Sam - (1996) - novelette
• Statement of Clark Griffith IV - shortfiction
• Tourist Sam - (1998) - novella
• Statement of Steven Achernar Wright - shortfiction
• Sam and the Prudent Jurist - (1997) - novella
• Afterword: Aboard Torch Ship Hermes - shortfiction