War and Space: Selected Short Stories of Lester Del Rey

by Lester del Rey, Steven H Silver (Editor)

War and Space collects apocalyptic science fiction and space operas written by Grand Master Lester del Rey. Including the novella "Nerves," "My Name is Legion," and "For I Am a Jealous People," as well as 26 other stories, War and Space offers a quarter million words of fiction. The collection is introduced by Frederik Pohl, who was best man at del Rey's last wedding. John Picacio created the cover art. Edited by Steven H Silver.

Table of Contents
Introduction (Frederik Pohl)
And It Comes Out Here
And There Was Light
The Band Played On
Battleground
Boiling Point
Dark Mission
The Deadliest Female
Done Without Eagles
Earthbound
For I Am a Jealous People!
Habit
Helping Hand
Kindness
The Luck of Ignatz
Mine Host, Mine Adversary
Moon-Blind
My Name Is Legion
Nerves
No Place Like Home
Omega and the Wolf
The One Eyed Man
Operation Distress
Return Engagement
Shadows of Empire
The Stars Look Down
The Still Waters
Uneasy Lies the Head
Wind Between the Worlds

Genres: Science Fiction

572 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Lester del Rey was an American science fiction author and editor. Del Rey is especially famous for his juvenile novels such as those which are part of the Winston Science Fiction series, and for Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science fiction branch of Ballantine Books edited by Lester del Rey and his fourth wife Judy-Lynn del Rey.

Also published as:
Philip St. John
Eric van Lihn
Erik van Lhin
Kenneth Wright
Edson McCann (with Frederik Pohl)