Total Conflict

by Neal Asher, Dan Abnett, Lauren Beukes

Eighteen stories of strife and mayhem from some of the biggest names in Science Fiction. Tales of humanity pushed to its limits, of striving, ingenuity, brilliance, desperate action, violence, and resolution, . Eighteen tales of Conflict, of Science Fiction at its absolute – Ian Whates2.The Wake – Dan Abnett3.Psi.Copath – Andy Remic4.Unaccounted – Lauren Beukes 5.The New Ships – Gareth L Powell6.The Harvest – Kim Lakin-Smith7.The War Artist – Tony Ballantyne8.Proper Little Soldier – Martin McGrath9.The Maker’s Mark – Michael Cobley10.Brwydr Am Ryddid – Stephen Palmer11.Occupation – Colin Harvey12.Sussed – Keith Brooke13.The Soul of the Machine – Eric Brown14.Extraordinary Rendition – Steve Longworth15.The Legend of Sharrock – Philip Palmer16.The Cuisinart Effect – Neal Asher17.The Ice Submarine – Adam Roberts18.War Without End – Una McCormack19.Welcome Home, Janissary – Tim C Taylor

Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Anthologies

297 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 31, 2015

About the author

I’ve been an engineer, barman, skip lorry driver, coalman, boat window manufacturer, contract grass cutter and builder. Now I write science fiction books, and am slowly getting over the feeling that someone is going to find me out, and can call myself a writer without wincing and ducking my head. As professions go, I prefer this one: I don’t have to clock-in, change my clothes after work, nor scrub sensitive parts of my body with detergent. I think I’ll hang around.

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Reviews

[Blogul · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nothing really bad, nothing really good. Nothing really original either. A month from now, I won't remember any of these.

[Paul Sparks · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good stories and some quite bland, either way worth reading to see what authors I like and enjoy do in short form

[Andrew Brooks · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ugh. A couple decent stories, but most of it is like a comic without the pictures.

[Ralph Blackburn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Total Conflict, Ian Whates,Ed.- This Anthology of Military Science Fiction comes in a cut above the pack with some original stories from a group of solid professional writers. Neal Asher visits his "Cowl" universe in The Cuisinart Effect, a hair-raising romp through a cityscape populated by dinosaurs. Adam Roberts takes us under Antarctica for The Ice Submarine, possibly the seed for his fantastic novel Twenty Trillion Leagues Under The Sea, and an epic journey of discovery. Lot's more talent here: Dan Abnett, Andy Remic, Lauren Beukes, Eric Brown, and several new faces. For the price, it's hard to turn down this bargain.

[Brendanh · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting mix of action-packed short stories. In terms of great prose Unaccounted by Lauren Beukes and The War Artist by Tony Ballantyne definitely steal the show. The rest of the stories range from mediocre to solid.

[David Hersh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thought I'd never see the day...

It's been my experience that most anthologies of newer sci-fi are are usually bunch of crap...doubly so when it comes to KU. This one I'm happy to say has a majority of great stories.

I highly recommend this book!!!

[Chris Gillies · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some good short stories, some not so good.

[Ted Williams · Rating 2 out of 5]

Average military SF

A very mixed bag of combat based short stories, its OK in places b

ut by no means an essential purchase