Schmidt, Bryan Thomas (ed.) - Infinite Stars / Шмидт, Брайан Томас (ред.) - Звезды без конца [2017, EPUB, ENG]

Editor's Note and Acknowledgements by Bryan Thomas Schmidt Space Opera: An Introduction by Robert Silverberg Renegat by Orson Scott Card The Waters of Kanly by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson The Good Shepherd by William C. Dietz The Game of Rat and Dragon / Игра с крысодраконом by Cordwainer Smith The Borders of Infinity / Границы бесконечности by Lois McMaster Bujold All in a Day's Work by Elizabeth Moon Last Day of Training by Dave Bara The Wages of Honor by Catherine Asaro Binti by Nnedi Okorafor Reflex / Рефлекс by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle How to Be a Barbarian in the Late 25th Century by Jean Johnson Stark and the Star Kings / Старк и звёздные короли by Leigh Brackett and Edmond Hamilton Imperium Imposter by Jody Lynn Nye Region Five by Linda Nagata Night Passage by Alastair Reynolds Duel on Syrtis / Дуэль на Марсе by Poul Anderson Twilight World by A. C. Crispin Twenty Excellent Reasons by Bennett R. Coles The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey Taste of Ashes by Charles E. Gannon The Iron Star / Железная звезда by Robert Silverberg Cadet Cruise by David Drake Shore Patrol by Jack Campbell Our Sacred Honor by David Weber

Pinlighting is a hell of a way to earn a living. Underhill was furious as he closed the door behind himself. It didn’t make much sense to wear a uniform and look like a soldier if people didn’t appreciate what you did. He sat down in his chair, laid his head back in the headrest, and pulled the helmet down over his forehead. As he waited for the pin-set to warm up, he remembered the girl in the outer corridor. She had looked at it, then looked at him scornfully. “Meow.” That was all she had said. Yet it had cut him like a knife. What did she think he was—a fool, a loafer, a uniformed nonentity? Didn’t she know that for every half-hour of pinlighting, he got a minimum of two months’ recuperation in the hospital? . . .