Far Frontiers V

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Author(s):

Jim Baen (Editor) ; Jerry Pournelle (Editor)

First Pub:

1986

Genre(s):

Anthology; Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

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Chapters:

See 9

A Lion to the Sea, John Dalmas

Space Transportation, Charles Sheffield

Dancing with the Straw Man, Gregory Benford

The High Reach, Edward A. Byers

There is a Tide, Keith Laumer

Escape from Planet Earth, G. Harry Stine

The Space Beat: Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop, G. Harry Stine

Ranks of Bronze (excerpt), David Drake

Aftermaths, Lois McMaster Bujold

Internal ID:

2749

Series:

Far Frontiers IV
Far Frontiers VI

Far Frontiers*

#5 of 7

Far Frontiers*

A anthology series of short stories edited by Jerry Pournelle and Jim Baen. This was a continuation of sorts of the anthology series Destinies and which itself later became the series New Destinies.

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1) Far Frontiers
2) Far Frontiers II
3) Far Frontiers III
4) Far Frontiers IV
5) Far Frontiers V
6) Far Frontiers VI
7) Far Frontiers VII

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Dedication:

No dedication.

First Sentence:

Because practiced soldiers fight more completely than half-trained levies, militarized cultures tend to overrun those that regard the military arts as at best an odious necessity.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

But the great - they embrace it.

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Added: 01-Feb-2020

Last Updated: 02-Oct-2024

01-May-1986

Baen Enterprises

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-May-1986

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$2.95

Pages*:

284

Cover Link(s):

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amazon.com

Internal ID:

2122

Publisher:

Baen Enterprises

ISBN:

0-671-65572-8

ISBN-13:

978-0-671-65572-3

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Michael Banks - Associate Editor
David Egge - Cover Artist
Elizabeth Mitchell - Senior Editor

EDITED BY
JERRY POURNELLE AND JIM BAEN
FAR
FRONTIERS

Welcome to Volume V of the world's only paperback magazine of science fiction and fact, the premier forum for exciting new fiction and penetrating speculative fact. In this volume:
A new Retief novella
by KEITH LAUMER
- Plus -
DAVID DRAKE
JOHN DALMAS
EDWARD A. BYERS
MORE

And articles including an examination of the Strategic Defense Initiative by science/author Gregory Benford, a look at skyhooks and beanstalks by Charles Sheffield, and a report on the future of private space launches by aorospace expert G. Harry Stine.

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First printing, May 1986
Spine has mispelled title leaving off the "s".

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