Space Dogfights Author:Gordon R. Dickson (Editor) Techno-warriors in flight. No limits, no mercy. In World War I, the sky was the limit in a brutal new form of one-on-one combat. In the future, the battlefield is space. The technology is mind-boggling, the aircraft state-of-the-art, the warriors a daring new breed of fighter pilot... But the dogfights are still one-on-one. Still bru... more »tal. Still the ultimate challenge.
Here are explosive stories of space dogfights by today's masters of science fiction.
Contents:
Introduction (Space Dogfights) • essay by Gordon R. Dickson
Night of the Vampyres (1975) / novelette by George R. R. Martin
In the Wind (1975) / novelette by Glen Cook
The Nuptial Flight of Warbirds [Laurent Michaelmas] (1978) / novelette by Algis Budrys
Time of War (1965) / shortstory by Mack Reynolds
Against the Lafayette Escadrille (1972) / shortstory by Gene Wolfe
Hawk Among the Sparrows (1968) / novella by Dean McLaughlin
Custer's Last Jump (1976) / novelette by Steven Utley and Howard Waldrop
A Little Night Flying (1974) / shortstory by Bob Shaw (variant of Dark Icarus)