Warriors
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (952 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B004F9OV7U |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 736 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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GARDNER DOZOIS is an acclaimed science fiction and fantasy editor and novelist who has won fifteen Hugo Awards for his editorial work.. MARTIN is the author of the New York Times bestselling Song of Ice and Fire series that begins with A Game of Thrones. Called “the American Tolkien” by Times
Stirling and David Weber hew closer to standard military-sf than many others; both are complete masters of it, of course, who have ever so slightly pushed its limits. Happily, it’s entirely successful. Lawrence Block forsakes Matthew Scudder to present a very odd young lady of easy virtue. Likewise, Carrie Vaughan’s character herein isn’t really a werewolf but a member of the WWII WASP. --Roland Green . There really is something for everybody in it. From Booklist The title of this massive anthology implies a binding military-sf theme, but actually the book is an essay in providing lots of different genres between one set of covers. Steven Saylor goes back before Gordianus the Finder’s era to the fall of Carthage, regarded from the Carthaginian perspective. And both editors contribute,
"NavAir and the Struggle for Okinawa!" according to Mike O'Connor. The battle for Okinawa was the last great campaign of World War II, a bitterly-fought, duel-to-the death struggle that pitted hundreds of thousands of American soldiers, sailors and marines against Japanese forces determined to save the Empire. As Americans soon found out, the most fearsome element of the Japanese forces defending Okinawa were swarms of kamikazes determined to "body crash" the American ships. Focusing on the U. S. Navy's involvement in the fight for Okinawa, author Robert Gandt interweaves the experiences of the Corsair pilots of VBF-10, assigned . "Excellent Account of the Okinawa Campaign" according to Bill Pilon. The Twilight Warriors by Robert Gant is an excellent book on the Okinawa Campaign. Gant covers the air, naval and ground aspects of the campaign, although I must say that the ground campaign gets kind of short shrift compared to the naval and air. Essentially this is the story of the Kamikaze attacks and the American response to them.Gant frames the book around the experiences of the pilots of the USS Intrepid's fighter groups. We get fairly detailed information about the training and experiences of these guys and it forms a pretty good "hook" to provide context f. The USS Intrepid, a fighter squadron and the battle for Okinawa and filler. Okay first off I need to say this, why the hell are there reviews for some Anthology about Game of Thrones all over this book? AMAZON!?!?!? Surely, all those honest reviewers talking about a completely different book with what I am sure is a different cover than this one about fighter pilots and the last battle of WW2 in the Pacific.Okay that rant done. This book is about the battle for Okinawa. The author uses as a framing device the fighter pilots of VF-10 and VBF-10 on the USS Intrepid CV-11 to talk about this last battle. As well as talk about the fight the Al
R. Since Homer first sang the wrath of Achilles and the ancient Sumerians set down their tales of Gilgamesh, warriors, soldiers, and fighters have fascinated us; they are a part of every culture, every literary tradition, every genre. Some decided to try something different. Lansdale, David Morrell, Naomi Novik, James Rollins, Steven Saylor, Robert Silverberg, S.M. Our contributors make up an all-star lineup of award-winning and bestselling writers, representing a dozen different publishers and as many genres. Stirling, Carrie Vaughn,