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Naked to the Stars / The Alien Way (Tor SF Double, No 31)
Naked to the Stars / The Alien Way - Tor SF Double, No 31 Author:Gordon R. Dickson "Naked to the Stars" — Cal Truent was a soldier, and a good one, right up to the moment he took a hit during action on the third planet from Arcturus. Cal woke up in the hospital, expecting a short vacation and maybe a medal and than back to work. But there was a problem: the doctors found a sixteen-hour hole in Cal's memory. No one... more » knows what it is that Cal has forgotten, but his superiors can't take the chance that it might be something deadly to his fellow soldiers -- and to Earth. Cal is barred from combat duty, "promoted" to a non-combatant Contacts Officer, one of a breed of diplomats he has always despised. But he has sworn to himself to clear his name; somehow Cal means to seek out whatever it is that his mind is resisting, to face it squarely, and to overcome it -- as becomes a soldier.
"The Alien Way"
One man is mentally linked to an alien who is spearheading an invasion of Earth; a group of soldiers fight to win new space for Earth; and a small group of men fight against a machine that controls all life.« less