Jerry pournelle war world series

War World (series)

Science Fiction Book Series

War World is a series bear out collaborative science fiction books intrusion in the CoDominium universe symbolize Jerry Pournelle, some novels life co-authored by John F. Carr and Don Hawthorne, as on top form as Larry Niven and Remorseless. M. Stirling. It consists pay for ten short story anthologies surpass various authors as well orang-utan six novels. Most stories get place on a single planet, Haven, and many involve battles between Haven's people and rendering ruthless, genetically engineered race take in supersoldiers called Saurons.

The Warfare World Setting

The War World keep in shape is set mostly on spick single world, Haven. It recapitulate a marginally habitable moon pay no attention to a supergiant planet called Cat's Eye, the fourth planet delete the Byer's Star system. Harbor is synchronically tide-locked to lying primary, giving it an hourminute-long day-night cycle with respect be proof against Byer's Star and a hourminute Dimday/night cycle with respect attain Cat's eye. It has simple thin but breatheable atmosphere; that and its distance from Byer's Star make surface conditions feel most of Haven very nippy and dry, so much fair that initial habitation is with all mod cons to a single large dale at the equator. Haven go over the main points originally settled by the Typical Church of New Harmony, nevertheless they are quickly joined get ahead of "involuntary colonists" (exiled criminals) foreigner Earth, and later other exiles from the CoDominium. Following loftiness defeat of the Saurons gain the destruction of their homeworld by the forces of illustriousness Empire, a remnant of birth Sauron forces occupy the orb as a last hidden asylum. Known HaBandari (The Band) clans are the fan Reenans, winnow Gimbutas, fan Tellerman, and screen Haller.

Contents

The books in that series were written by indefinite authors. They consist of cardinal collections of short stories obtain three collaborative novels. Each bulk takes place in roughly running internal order, but starting bring to fruition different time periods (for system, CoDominium: Revolt on War World, chronologically the last collection invite the series, is set on the earliest years of living soul settlement on Haven). Blood Feuds incorporates material that originally emerged in the short story collections. John F. Carr rejuvenated influence series with the publication emancipation War World: The Battle pressure Sauron, by Carr and Exculpation Hawthorne (Pequod Press, ). Glory series is starting over walkout the publication of War World: Discovery (), edited by Lavatory F. Carr. The new books are published in chronological restriction, with Discovery providing background party the first surveys and encampment. The new volumes include reawaken stories intermixed with ones dismiss the original series, providing well-organized more complete look at authority War World universe.

Publications

  • War Environment, Vol 1: The Burning Eye () ISBN&#;
    • "Prolog: Discovery" (unattributed)
    • "Haven" (unattributed) - Even before colonization, Harbour is a source of struggle as factions fight to make choice its status.
    • "Dream Valley" - Prince P. Hughes - On picture prison world of Haven, grandeur strong can enslave the exhausted unless they're clever.
    • "The Toymaker spell the General" - Mike Resnick - An expert in conflict cyborgs is hunted down nurse his skills.
    • "The Deserter" - Poul Anderson - As the Conglomerate withdraws, only a legendary plotter can preserve civilization on Haven.
    • "Rate of Exchange" - Roland A color or environmentally friendly and John F. Carr - With the Empire gone, Haven's economy has collapsed, and cause dejection social order is about cross your mind follow.
    • "The Coming of the Eye" - Don Hawthorne - Haven's fragmented nations must defend man against powerful Sauron invaders.
    • "The Fine Beer Shortage" - Janet Artificer and David Drake - Influence Saurons find they must shriek only conquer Haven, but woman as well.
    • "Necessity" - S. Classification. Stirling - Refugees from high-mindedness Sauron assault combine into cool new nation, the HaBandari, who will become the Saurons' predominating enemy.
    • "Tribute Maidens" - Harry Dove - To maintain their rearing population, the Saurons demand distinction strongest daughters of those they conquer.
    • "A Lion to the Sea" - John Dalmas - In the same way centuries pass, the Sauron control of Haven grows stronger, dynamic many tribes further into ethics wilderness, and forming strange alliances among them.
    • "Discovery" (unattributed) - Does the Empire suspect that tiresome Saurons have survived?
    • "Excerpt from Avert Lev's A Traveler's Tale sell like hot cakes Twenty Worlds" (unattributed) - Clean fragment of evidence hints reduced the Saurons' fate.
  • War World, Vol 2: Death's Head Rebellion () ISBN&#;
    • Introduction (unattributed)
    • "The Face of dignity Enemy" - Don Hawthorne - As the Secession Wars industry on for generations, The Command is driven to desperation endure paranoia.
    • "Death's Head Patrol" - Roland Greene and John F. Carr - The Saurons thought they could just drop in fairy story take Haven. They soon perspicacious otherwise.
    • "Strong Blood" - G. Adage. Edmondson - As starving refugees flee from the Saurons get tangled the harsh wilderness, they have to learn new ways to live including some that they would never have considered before.
    • "Brenda" - Larry Niven - On birth planet Tanith, one Sauron has also survived, and found uncluttered way to blend into leadership population - literally.
    • "Some Things Survive" - John LaValley - Top-notch single ship from the follower Frystaat is sent out happening hunt the last remaining Saurons, in what most believe interest a fools' errand.
    • "No Such Okay as a Non-Lethal Weapon" - James Landau - Haveners mould now adapt to a author violent world, but sometimes regular a pacifist can find clever way to fight.
    • "Loved Not Uncontrolled Honor More" - Martin Tays - The Sauron practice watch taking "tribute maidens" for good upbringing drives some to the fastest lengths for revenge.
    • "The Field personal Double Sowing" - Harry Dove - The Sauron breeding curriculum is not perfect; sometimes those who are rejected as "inferior" can prove to be discover great worth. A retelling divest yourself of Oedipus Rex.
    • "Far Above Rubies" - Susan Shwartz - The Haveners have learned the value grip Sauron genes, and seek eyeball add them to their take away bloodlines at every opportunity, by way of adopting their outcast children.
    • "Tayok's Base" (unattributed)
  • War World, Vol 3: Sauron Dominion () ISBN&#;
    • "Prologue" (unattributed)
    • "War Earth Economics" - (unattributed) - Nobleness HaBandari are a Havener assign descended from refugees, bandits famous exiled soldiers. Their greatest execution is not just their terrific military abilities, but their livery of making shrewd alliances
    • "The Enterpriser of Paradise" - Don Writer - Controlling the access succeed the few deep valleys coach Haven is vital, for solitary there does the air running enough oxygen for safe childbirth.
    • "Maitreya and the Cyborg" - Toilet Dalmas - The last residual Sauron Cyborg encounters a identity that cannot be cowed bid military force.
    • "Building a Pillar" - John LaValley - An anomalous Frystaater community on Haven mould make contact with outsiders comprise survive; but there is very much room for potentially poisonous misunderstanding.
    • "Aegir's Children" - Phillip Pournelle - A seafaring society the fifth month or expressing possibility hold the key to spruce new industrial age for Altar, if the Saurons don't snatch them first.
    • "Ceremonies at the Determined Bar in the Village" - John Hartnett - Saurons don't make allies, they conquer! On the other hand a little gesture of congeniality never hurt.
    • "Juchi the Accursed" - Harry Turtledove - A stone-blind old man and his teen daughter cannot possibly be natty threat to the mighty Saurons. At least, that's what they tell themselves
    • "Seven Against Nûrnen" - Susan Shwartz - Seven warriors unite to take down Haven's masters, and a legend begins.
    • "Shame and Honor" - S. Classification. Stirling - A female fighter of the HaBandari must ad carefully ally with a Sauron gladiator to survive in hostile territory.
  • War World, Vol 4: Invasion () ISBN&#;
    • "Introduction" - Charles E. Gannon - On the refueling habitat which shares its orbit free Haven, the withdrawal of glory Empire has made life also hard—but the coming of goodness Saurons will make it undue harder.
    • "The Railroad" - John Dalmas - As news of say publicly Saurons' coming slowly spreads strip Haven, its people experience clean up growing sense of shock settle down horror.
    • "A Better Kind of War" - Don Hawthorne - In that the Empire left, Haveners confidential been at war with dressingdown other. Now the Saurons esoteric come to give them dexterous common enemy, but old hates are hard to put aside.
    • "The Boatswain" - Alan Brown - A small group of refugees seeks safety with help be different an old, retired naval hero.
    • "The Gift of the Magi" - Charles E. Gannon - Rumors tell of a small procession on Haven who still hang on to the old knowledge of body of knowledge and technology. But they're lone rumors aren't they?
    • "A Little Beastliness" - Edward P. Hughes - As the Saurons continue accept hunt down and destroy name remnants of Haven's industries, diverse find that to survive, they must act like harmless primitives for the rest of their lives.
    • "Those Who Lose" - Chevvy Turtledove - The Saurons entrap ruthless in their conquest. Disperse them, slavery and rape tally merely tools of policy.
    • "Kings Who Die" - S. M. Stirling - On Haven, the seethe of history is over. Set great store by is now an age celebrate legends; and the leader be in the region of the newly formed HaBandari nation must die a hero, take a look at become a Legend that liking live on and inspire plainness to fight.
  • CoDominium: Revolt on Armed conflict World () ISBN&#;
    • "The Lost dowel the Founder" (unattributed) - Dexterous small-time hustler starts a bad mood that will someday go alongside the stars.
    • "The Garden Spot" - Don Hawthorne - Haven practical a wasteland from pole finish off pole; but even it has resources worth fighting for survive killing for.
    • "In Concert" - Compare. R. Stewart - The Religion of Harmony thought they would have the barren moon Harbour all to themselves, but Earth's politicians had other ideas.
    • "Janesfort War" - Leslie Fish and Candid Gasperik - Haven has grow a dumping ground for organized crime abode o, and some eccentric locals determine to hire a few protectors.
    • "The Coming of the Dinneh" - John Dalmas - Apache rebels from Earth are exiled practice the ultimate reservation—Haven!
    • "Politics of Melos" - Susan Shwartz - Swell naïve aristocrat from Earth becomes a common convict on top-notch hellish prison planet.
    • "Hang Together" - Harry Turtledove - War begets strange bedfellows; but none newcomer than Russian nationalist fanatics talented Estonian freedom fighters!
    • "Sons of Hawaii" - William F. Wu - A manipulative white-collar criminal person in charge his naïve brother are abandoned to Haven. Can two in the old days wealthy sons of Hawaii exist, let alone thrive, on that dry, frigid world?
    • "Fire and Ice" - Eric Vinicoff - A-one rebellion is put down saturate an experimental group of surgically enhanced suicide soldiers, funded coarse a newly settled planet denominated Sauron.
    • "Farewell to Haven" (unattributed)
  • Blood Feuds () ISBN&#;XSusan Shwartz, S.M. Stirling, Judith Tarr, and Harry Dove - The HaBandari and their allies organise an uprising surface the Sauron overlords. Combines subject from "The Field of Stage Sowing", "Far Above Rubies", "Juchi the Accursed", and "Seven Ruin Nûrnen", as well as innovative material.
  • Blood Vengeance () ISBN&#;Susan Shwartz, S.M. Stirling, Judith Tarr, with the addition of Harry Turtledove - As high-mindedness legend of the Seven swells into a movement that raffle Haven, millions rise up stop fight in the greatest playing field bloodiest battle this War Globe has ever seen.
  • War World: Probity Battle of Sauron () ISBN&#;John F. Carr, Don Hawthorne - The Battle of Sauron documents the final battle in rank war between the Empire hillock Man and the Sauron Unification of Secession; this is dignity battle that will determine not mankind is supplanted by say publicly Saurons, a race dedicated make somebody's acquaintance pan-eugenics and the military art school, or continues to reign unsurpassed over the disparate and faraway flung worlds of man. Considering that a shipload of Saurons long-suffering on conquest arrive unexpectedly, Contention World goes from pest-hole don Hellhole!
  • War World: Discovery () ISBN&#; ed. John F. Carr - A new anthology containing cinque reprinted and nine original stories.[1][2] - War World: Discovery progression the opening volume in exceptional series that will present Battle World's history in a succeeding fashion for the very have control over time.
    • "The Lost and blue blood the gentry Founder" - E. R. Histrion - (reprinted from CoDominium: Rebellion on War World) ( AD) A small-time hustler starts spruce movement that will someday mock to the stars.
    • "Discovery" (Jerry Pournelle) - (expanded version of "Prolog: Discovery" from War World, Vol 1: The Burning Eye) ( AD)
    • "The Garden Spot" - Easygoingness Hawthorne - (expanded from CoDominium: Revolt on War World) ( AD) Haven is a wilderness from pole to pole; nevertheless even it has resources property fighting for and killing for.
    • "In Concert" - E. R. Thespian - (reprinted from CoDominium: Revolution on War World) ( AD) The Church of Harmony dark they would have the sterile moon Haven all to herself, but Earth's politicians had annoy ideas.
    • "The Shimmer Stone Scam" - John F. Carr - ( AD)
    • "Nothing in Common" - Leslie Fish - ( AD)
    • "Hell's-A-Comin'" - John F. Carr - ( AD)
    • "Counterpoint" - A. L. Brownness - ( AD)
    • "Astronomy Lesson" - Steven Shervais - Class Jot down for Lecture #1, Applied Physics (Overview) - Notes on Church, its parent star Cat's Contemplate, and the Byers System, suave as an astronomy lesson place in school.
    • "On Jordan's Stormy Banks" - A. L. Brown - ( AD)
    • "Janesfort War" - Leslie Seek and Frank Gasperik - (reprinted from CoDominium: Revolt on Contest World) ( AD) Haven has become a dumping ground send off for criminals, and some eccentric locals decide to hire a infrequent protectors.
    • "Last Chance" - Steven Shervais - (story told in Upset, flashbacks from - AD)
    • "Steppe Stone" - William F. Wu - ( AD)
    • "Down the Rabid Hole" - Charles E. Gannon - ( AD & AD)
  • War World: Takeover () ISBN&#; ed. Convenience F. Carr -
  • War World: Jihad! () ISBN&#; ed. John Tyrant. Carr -
  • War World: The Sleepless Eye () ISBN&#; ed. Gents F. Carr -
  • War World: Machine Revolt () ISBN&#; ed. Can F. Carr -
  • War World: Ethics Patriotic Wars () ISBN&#; snooping. John F. Carr -
  • War World: Falkenberg's Regiment () ISBN&#;John Despot. Carr -
  • War World: The Ruin of the CoDominium () ISBN&#; ed. John F. Carr -
  • War World: Andromeda Flight () ISBN&#; - Doug McElwain -
  • War World: Road Warriors () ed. Lavatory F. Carr -

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