Citizens
By (Author) John Ringo
Edited by Brian M. Thomsen
Baen Books
Baen Books
5th November 2010
United States
General
Fiction
Anthologies
813.0876208054
304
Width 156mm, Height 235mm, Spine 20mm
333g
Science Fiction by the Best Writers in the FieldWho Also Happen to be Veterans of Their Countries Armed ForcesSelected by a New York Times Best-Selling Veteran-Author and a Hugo-Nominee Editor.
Citizens is a new kind of science fiction anthology. The names appearing between its covers are not only veteran authors, among the very best in the field, they are military veterans as well. New York Times best-selling author John Ringo (a veteran of the 82nd Airborne) and Brian M. Thomsen, a Hugo finalist and one of the most respected editors in the field, have selected a treasure trove of gems written by writers who know first hand what it means to wear their countrys uniform.
Among the top writers appearing in Citizens areRobert A. Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, Elizabeth Moon, Gordon R. Dickson, David Drake, Joe Haldeman, Harry Harrison, Keith Laumer, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, Gene Wolfe and more, nearly all authors of best sellers, and recipients of Hugo and Nebula awards. Citizens will have strong appeal to readers of military science fiction, as well as more general readers.
John Ringois theNew York Timesbest-selling author of the Black Tide Rising series, the Posleen War series, the Through the Looking Glass series, and more, including the Troy Rising series, of which Live Free or Die is the first installment.A veteran of the 82nd Airborne, Ringobrings firsthand knowledge of military operations to his fiction.