Onward, Drake!

by Mark L Van Name (Editor)

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  Mass Market Paperback
  2016

  $3.29

  TOP AUTHORS PAY TRIBUTE TO A MASTER. David Drake has left an indelible mark on the science fiction and fantasy genres. He is considered the Grand Master of Military Science Fiction. Now, top authors in the field pay tribute to the man and his work in this all-new collection of stories and essays. Contains two new stories by David Drake, including the first new Hammer's Slammers story in a decdade! David Drake has left an indelible mark on the science fiction and fantasy genres. In this all-original collection, a stellar line-up of writers pays tribute to him with stories as broad in range as his own fiction. Each one comes with an illuminating afterword explaining the connection of the story to Drake and his work. In Eric Flint's A Flat Affect, a king is no match for a pair of storytellers. Gene Wolfe takes us to a strange and wondrous future in Incubator. Larry Correia examines what it's like to face Hammer's Slammers from The Losing Side. S.M. Stirling offers an insider's view of Working with Dave, or, Inmates in Bellevue. Mur Lafferty shows what happens when a fairy visitor receives an unexpected welcome in The Crate Warrior, the Doppelganger, and the Idea Woman. The book also features two new pieces from Drake himself: The Great Wizard, Cabbage, a comic historical fantasy, and Save What You Can, the first new Hammer's Slammers story in nearly a decade!