The Adventures of the Stainless Steel Rat

Author	Spider Robinson
ISBN	0812572289

Human or otherwise, regardless of race, creed or dimension of origin, if you're looking for a good time in a place where the beer is always flowing, and the stories always out of this world, step up to the bar at Callahan's. There'll be tales--Oh, are there tales! Like the one about a loud-mouthed time traveler...

Author	Alan Dean Foster
ISBN	0727845640

Before Man and insectlike Thranx had become allies, when the reptilian AAnn were just occasional raiders of Thranx colony worlds, one young Thranx agricultural expert lived a life of quiet desperation.

A dreamer in a world of sensible, stable beings, Ryo buried himself in his work -- reclaiming...

Author	Gordon R. Dickson
ISBN	0812503988

aka The Genetic General
Throughout the Fourteen Worlds of humanity, no race is as feared and respected as the Dorsai. The ultimate warriors, they are known for their deadly rages, unbreakable honor, and fierce independence. No man rules the Dorsai, but their mastery of the art of war has made them...

Author	Larry Niven
ISBN	0345336941

Come to Larry Niven's Universe and meet all the natives: Thrints, Bandersnatchi, Puppeteers -- and a host of other wonderfully created characters.
Visit Lookitthat, Down, and Jinx -- indeed, an entire galaxy of planets found only in these stories that trace man's expansion and colonization...

Author	Fred Saberhagen
ISBN	0441054951

Long ago, in a distant part of the galaxy, two alien races met--and fought a war of mutual extinction. The sole legacy of that war was the weapon that ended it: the death machines, the BERSERKERS. Guided by self-aware computers more intelligent than any human, these world-sized battlecraft carved a...

Author	David Drake
ISBN	0441316026

When a planetary government faces threats from guerillas, insurgents or terrorists, the men they hire are Hammer's Slammers - known throughout the galaxy for their cold, ruthless ferocity, their ability to defeat overwhelming forces, and their willingness to go up against impossible odds.

Contents:
Introduction...

Author	Keith Laumer
ISBN	0425075591

Bolo. Originally developed as far back as the 1980's by the Bolo Division of General Motors, these great artillery machines took on awareness in later designs and gradually began to replace man in that most human of endeavors: War.
But let Bolo speak for itself. In the action-packed Annals of the...

Author	Robert A. Heinlein
ISBN	0441653049

Here in one monumental volume are all 21 of the stories, novellas and novels making up Heinlein's famous Future History—the rich, imaginative architecture of Man's destiny that many consider his greatest and most prophetic work.

Contents:
* Introduction - Damon Knight
* Life-Line
*...

Author	Robert Lynn Asprin
ISBN	0441007910

More Phulishness from the warped minds of Robert Asprin and Peter Heck. The usual cast of characters are given the task of finding an invisible "enemy" on the Zenobian home world. As usual, Gen. Blitzkrieg is out to destroy our intrepid hero while Col. Battleaxe is trying to defend him and his company...

Author	Isaac Asimov
ISBN	0345310918

A collection of early Asimov short stories, showcasing the development of the author's oeuvre. The title comes from Asimov's breakthrough short story.

CONTENTS:
Nightfall - Astounding, Sept 1941
Green Patches - Galaxy, Nov 1950
Hostess - Galaxy, May 1951
Breeds There...

Author

Terry Pratchett

I FINALLY FINISHED THAT ONE... after nearly a year!

(I will not buy books like that again, i actually do prefer single books instead of compilations like these)

If i were able to give more than 5 stars, i actually would! I love Terry Pratchett's Discworld to pieces and I very much appreciate...

Author	David Langford
ISBN	1592241255

_The Leaky Establishment_ is an atomic farce whose author David Langford once worked in the gentle radioactive glow of Britain's nuclear weapons industry, and hilariously satirizes its ghastly bureaucracy from the inside. Black comedy overtakes the unfortunate defence-scientist hero Roy Tappen...

Author

Mike Ashley

Mike Ashley is back with an all-new edition of one of the bestselling Mammoth Books ever, from the funniest writers in the field, including Neil Gaiman, Tom Holt, and Terry Jones. The thirty- five off-the-wall comic fantasies featured in Ashley's new collection are a mix of specially written stories...

Author

Jerry Pournelle

Garrett (who I kept reading as “Beckett” from Innocence because I read all these books too close together) starts me off in the book I wanted to read—on the streets of a future Earth full of gangs and darkness. I can’t help it. I’m drawn to that sort of thing. But early on, Garrett gets in a gang...