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The subject matter of this anthology is "endangered species", loosely interpreted to incorporate every so often the human race. The contents are 4 first-class reprints and a dozen new tales, together with a brand new novella from Ted Chiang, one of many preferred younger tale writers in SF. this can be a distinctive unique anthology healthy to place at the shelf beside Starlight.

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Two hardbodies leaned over the side and grabbed at the ropes that were already being used. The hardbodies who were already hanging on the ropes were still firing at the point they had selected. Choy’s cats formed a defensive line thirty meters behind the widemounts. Sabor twisted around on his pillows and peered into 52 | BANK RUN the forest. Purvali’s carrier blocked a third of his view. Her widemount eyed him with bored indifference. His mother had warned him. Are you sure you should ask for a woman like that, Sabor?

The 50 | BANK RUN top of one of the cages flipped up and a white bird flapped toward the treetops. Choy paused the bird just above the canopy, where its color would blend with the leaves, and copied its transmissions to Sabor’s display. Three of Colonel Jina’s hardbodies were executing a classic rope descent from the copter. A guard cat was being lowered in its harness. “It looks like he’s opted for a quick-victory, low-personnel budget,” Purvali said. “Two copters. One eight man squad and six cats.

I regret to tell you that I have just fended off an armed attack financed by Possessor Kenzan Khan. I believe we should immediately suspend all dealings with Kenzan Khan. ” TOM PURDOM | 35 He paused the recording and took another swallow of his drink. Purvali had flavored it with banana and coconut—an aroma he had treasured since he had first savored it sometime around his fifth birthday. “Kenzan has become obsessed with his long term feud with Possessor Dobryani. He wants to mount an armed occupation of the land around the mouth of Winari Brook.

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