Dogged Persistence

by Kevin J. Anderson, Dave Dorman (Illustrator)

This short story collection is from the bestselling author well known for his novels based on Star Wars and The X-Files. The title story is a gritty tale of the ultimate use of nanotechnology—immortality. “Human, Martian—One, Two, Three” is a novella-length story about the terraforming of Mars. In addition to Anderson’s original fiction, this collection features his shared writing, including the first new Dune fiction, the story “A Whisper of Caladan Seas,” cowritten with Brian Herbert. Also included are the horrific tale “Drumbeats,” written with drummer Neal Peart of the band Rush, and “Prisoner of War,” a sequel to Harlan Ellison’s classic Outer Limits teleplay, “Soldier.”

305 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2001

About the author

Yes, I have a lot of books, and if this is your first visit to my amazon author page, it can be a little overwhelming. If you are new to my work, let me recommend a few titles as good places to start. I love my Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. series, humorous horror/mysteries, which begin with DEATH WARMED OVER. My steampunk fantasy adventures, CLOCKWORK ANGELS and CLOCKWORK LIVES, written with Neil Peart, legendary drummer from Rush, are two of my very favorite novels ever. And my magnum opus, the science fiction epic The Saga of Seven Suns, begins with HIDDEN EMPIRE. After you've tried those, I hope you'll check out some of my other series.

I have written spin-off novels for Star Wars, StarCraft, Titan A.E., and The X-Files, and I'm the co-author of the Dune prequels. My original works include the Saga of Seven Suns series and the Nebula Award-nominated Assemblers of Infinity. I have also written several comic books including the Dark Horse Star Wars collection Tales of the Jedi written in collaboration with Tom Veitch, Predator titles (also for Dark Horse), and X-Files titles for Topps.

I serve as a judge in the Writers of the Future contest.

My wife is author Rebecca Moesta. We currently reside near Monument, Colorado.

Reviews

[Sara]

Scintific romance
month after month i miss y
climb rooftips to watch shower of lost dream
to can sleep
at cyper war yr hidden secret
after smile of dark night
yr sourd draw in my heart big tears
ah that wide field of pain
menitor call to judge
and who care
care just to meet y
even in wildy dream
jeulos of ignornce
i like of name who same or close
count star after star
and i live age just count
mybe be meet after lose of years
at night of love
everything count
even the hidden sun

[Anthony Faber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Decent collection of short stories.

[Michael Nalbone · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great Collection of Short Stories. The last one is eerie.