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Download or read book Onward Drake written by Mark L. Van Name and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. David Drake has left an indelible mark on the science fiction and fantasy genres. Now, top authors in the science fiction and fantasy field pay tribute to the man and his work in this all-new collection of stories and essays. Best-selling author David Drake has been creating topnotch military science fiction, space opera, and fantasy novels and stories for decades. In this all-original collection that appears as Drake is a Special Guest of the 2015 World Fantasy Convention, a stellar line-up of writers pays tribute to Drake 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 AffectÓ a king is no match for a pair of storytellers Gene Wolfe takes us to a strange and wondrous future in _IncubatorÓ Larry Correia examines what its like to face Hammers Slammers from _The Losing SideÓ S.M. Stirling offers an insiders view of _Working with Dave, or, Inmates in BellevueÓ Mur Lafferty shows what happens when a fairy visitor receives an unexpected welcome in _The Crate Warrior, the Doppelganger, and the Idea WomanÓ The book also features two new pieces from Drake himself: _The Great Wizard, Cabbage,Ó a comic historical fantasy, and _Save What You Can,Ó the first new Hammers Slammers story in nearly a decade! With more stories from editor Mark L. Van Name, Cecelia Holland, T.C. McCarthy, Barry N. Malzberg, Sarah Hoyt, Tony Daniel, John Lambshead, Hank Davis, Eric S. Brown, and Sarah Van Name, as well as appreciations from Baen Publisher Toni Weisskopf and Tor founder and Publisher Tom Doherty, Onward, Drake! is a collection that fans of Drakes fiction¾and anyone who enjoys a good story¾will not want to miss! At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). Praise for the work of David Drake: _[P]rose as cold and hard s the metal alloy of a tankãrivals Crane and RemarqueãÓ _Chicago Sun-Times _Drake couldnt write a bad action scene at gunpoint.Ó _Booklist _[R]ousing old-fashioned space opera.Ó _Publishers Weekly _The fun is in the telling, and Mr. Drake has a strong voice. I want more!Ó _Philadelphia Weekly Press _[S]pace opera is alive and well. This series is getting better as the author goes alongãcharacter development combined with first-rate action and memorable world designs.Ó _SFReader.com

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