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GUARDSMEN OF TOMORROW [030-011-4.3]

By: Martin H. Greenberg and Larry Segriff editors

Category: fiction science fiction

Synopsis:

THEY PATROL THE SPACE WAYS

FOR HUMANKIND What will we encounter when we escape Earth's boundaries
to reach other worlds, other solar systems, perhaps even other
galaxies? How will we defend ourselves from unknown perils, hostile
aliens, and dangerous environments?

Who will we forge alliances with, and who will they be against? These
are some of the questions tackled in thirteen original tales that will
remind readers of science fiction's golden age even as they take us
into the farthest future.... "Procession to Var"--The Guardian had been
left by the Great Ones to protect all they had left behind, but were
the strangers who'd come the enemy or some part of the Great Ones
themselves?

"That Doggone Vnorpt"--How do you bounce an alien out of your bar, when
he could eat you by accident, wasn't harmed by blaster fire and
couldn't take even the most obvious hint?

"The Silver Flame"--What were you supposed to do when the small
artifact you were supposed to convey turned out to be both alive and
dangerous?

"A Time to Dream"--They thought him a doddering old fool dreaming away
the last years of his life. But time and space were funny things, and
when the call to battle came from the Earth Protection League he knew
he would not fail to meet the challenge....


GUARDSMEN OF TOMORROW

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