The Spear of Mars (The Future at War, Volume 2) - Softcover

James Tiptree Jr.; Kevin J. O'Donnell Jr.; Alan E. Nourse; Carl Sagan; Anthony Boucher; Poul Anderson; Orson Scott Card; Robert Sheckley; Fred Saberhagen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0441259715 ISBN 13: 9780441259717

Publisher: Ace Books, 1980

Synopsis

The Spear of Mars. As inevitable as the colonization of Space: invasions of earth, the solar system at war -- Wherever humans go, they take their conflicts with them. The socially organized application of force is called war. Right now mankind has begun to spread out into the solar system, taking with him his technologies and his social institutions. The Spear of Mars has been flung. There's no stopping it: It Will Strike. There will be war between the worlds... Includes: The Screwfly Solution, by Raccoona Sheldon (winner, 1977 Nebula Award. Nominated, 1978 Hugo Award); The Sword, by Frank Quattrocchi; Invasions of Earth, by L. J. Stecher, Jr.; UFOs and Stranger Intruders, by Joseph F. Goodavage; Temple Guardian, by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.; Mirror, Mirror, by Alan E. Nourse; Man: A Transitional Animal, by Carl Sagan; Balaam, by Anthony Boucher; Encased in the Amber of Death, by Robert Frazier; Cold Victory, by Poul Anderson; Women Under Fire, by Vicki Ann Heydron; This Faithful Soldier's Life, by James Stevens-Arce; Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card (nominated, 1978 Hugo Award); Fool's Mate, by Robert Sheckley; Wings Out of Shadow, by Fred Saberhagen.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ace Books
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0441259715
• ISBN 13: 9780441259717
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 406
• Editor: Reginald Bretnor