Horton, Rich (ed) - War & Space / Хортон, Рич (ред) - Война и космос [2012, EPUB, ENG]

Who's Afraid of Wolf 359? short story by Ken MacLeod Surf novelette by Suzanne Palmer Another Life novelette by Charles Oberndorf Between Two Dragons short story by Yoon Ha Lee Scales short story by Alastair Reynolds Golubash, or Wine-Blood-War-Elegy short story by Catherynne M. Valente Leave novelette by Robert Reed Mehra and Jiun short story by Sandra McDonald Her Husband's Hands short story by Adam-Troy Castro Remembrance novelette by Beth Bernobich Palace Resolution novelette by Tom Purdom The Observer short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch The Long Chase / Долгая погоня short story by Geoffrey A. Landis Art of War short story by Nancy Kress Have You Any Wool short story by Alan DeNiro Carthago Delenda Est short story by Genevieve Valentine Rats of the System / Крысы short story by Paul J. McAuley The Political Officer novella by Charles Coleman Finlay Amid the Words of War short story by Cat Rambo A Soldier of the City / Городской солдат short story by David Moles

The enemy must die. Nico stands and waits in the long line, sweating under the electric-yellow dome of the municipal force field. They must die. Near the recruiting station, one of the captives has been wheeled out in a cage. The reptile is splayed in a harness, stretched like a frog on the dissection table. A steady stream of soldiers-in-waiting leaves the line, jabbing an electro-prod through the bars of the cage to a chorus of jeers. It’s about the size of a man, and surprisingly androform except for its crested lizard head, its stubby tail and the brilliant green shimmer of its scales. Already they’re flaking off, black and charred, where the prod touches. The reptile was squealing to start with, but it’s slumped and unresponsive now. . . .