Thor's Hammer

In this, Thor's Hammer, Vol I of THE FUTURE AT WAR series, some of the most brilliant science fiction and military writers of this decade take a close look at the future of our planet in the light of History's only sure thing: The Future of War. "Unfortunately, war sings its own siren-songs, with an appeal which, given the right conditions, can be almost universal...", Reginald Bretnor, From his Introduction. Contains short stories, articles, and a poem dealing with future warfare on earth and in near space.Contents: * Introduction, Thor's Hammer (The Future at War, Vol 1) (1979) • essay by Reginald Bretnor * The Long Watch [Future History] (1949) / short story by Robert A. Heinlein * Defending the Third Industrial Revolution (1979) • essay by G. Harry Stine • interior artwork by David Egge * Old Woman by the Road (1978) / short story by Gregory Benford * Encased in the Amber of Eternity • poem by Robert Frazier * Moon Rocks (1973) / short story by Tom Purdom * Lasers, Grasers, and Marxists (1976) • essay by Jerry Pournelle * Fixed Price War [Merle Walters • 1] (1978) / short story by Charles Sheffield * Marius [Psychotechnic League] (1957) / short story by Poul Anderson * Weapons in Future Warfare (1979) • essay by Roger A. Beaumont, and R. Snowden Ficks * Scenario for the Fall of Night (1979) / short story by Roger A. Beaumont * The Spell of War [Lord Darcy] (1978) / novelette by Randall Garrett * Military Vehicles: Into the Third Millennium (1979) • essay by Dean Ing • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian * The Man in the Gray Weapons Suit (1979) / short story by Paul J. Nahin * Just an Old-Fashioned War Story (1977) / short story by Michael G. Coney * The Private War of Private Jacob (1974) / short story by Joe Haldeman * One Foot in the Grave: Medicine in Future Warfare (1979) • essay by Alan E. Nourse * Shark (1973) / short story by Edward Bryant * Training (1979) / short story by David Langford * Final Muster (1961) / novelette by Rick Rubin .