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jokoloyo's review
4.0
Most SF short story anthology I bought because there was sale or maybe I glanced at the content list and interested with 2-3 of the stories. But I bought this SF short story anthology because I really want to buy it.
The most popular story is undoubtedly "Second Variety", the first story on the anthology. Good timing for the anthology using this novelette on publication at year 1999, nowadays we can get "Second Variety" for free in the internet.
My personal favorite is "A Dry, Quiet War" by Tony Daniel. I read it first from a library book, and the story stuck in my memory years after I read it. The idea of making military class into super-power individuals could be expanded into a full length novel, but the author could make it compactly into a novelette. (I read a few of other reviews, and found this short story is praised by them too. It is indeed a good story).
The most popular story is undoubtedly "Second Variety", the first story on the anthology. Good timing for the anthology using this novelette on publication at year 1999, nowadays we can get "Second Variety" for free in the internet.
My personal favorite is "A Dry, Quiet War" by Tony Daniel. I read it first from a library book, and the story stuck in my memory years after I read it. The idea of making military class into super-power individuals could be expanded into a full length novel, but the author could make it compactly into a novelette. (I read a few of other reviews, and found this short story is praised by them too. It is indeed a good story).
mburnamfink's review
4.0
This is an exceptional collection of military science-fiction, well balanced between action, philosophical meditations on the costs of going to war and coming home, and speculations about developments in weapons and strategy. Philip K Dick's "Second Variety" leads off the collection, in my opinion one of the best and creepiest stories about robotic warfare ever written, but the rest of the book doesn't slack off much. I particularly enjoyed Tony Daniel's "A Dry Quiet War", but all of the stories in this collection are worth your attention.
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