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Seeking to find a new life for themselves, Cole and comrades remake the Teddy R. as a pirate ship and set sail for the lawless Inner Frontier. There, powerful warlords, cut-throat pirates, and struggling colonies compete for survival in a game where you rarely get a second chance to learn the rules. But military discipline is poor preparation for a life of pillaging and plundering.

Bandit, murderer, known to all, seen by none...has he killed a thousand men? Has he saved a dozen worlds? His legend is as large as the Rim itself, his trail as elusive as a wisp of starlight in the empty realms of space. The reward for him is the largest in history.

The date is 1966 of the Galactic Era, almost three thousand years from now, and the Republic, created by the human race - but not yet dominated by it - finds itself in an all-out war. They stand against the Teroni Federation, an alliance of races that resent Man's growing military and economic power. The main battles are taking place in the Spiral Arm and toward the Core. But far out on the Rim, the Theodore Roosevelt is one of three ships charged with protecting the Phoenix Cluster.

In Rip-Off!, 13 of today’s best and most honored writers of speculative fiction face a challenge even they would be hard-pressed to conceive: Pick your favorite opening line from a classic piece of fiction (or even non-fiction) - then use it as the first sentence of an entirely original short story.

The date is 1970 of the Galactic Era, almost 3,000 from now, and the Republic, created by the human race but not yet dominated by it, finds itself in an all-out war against the Teroni Federation, an alliance of races that resent Man's growing military and economic power. The rebel starship, the Theodore Roosevelt, under the command of Wilson Cole, is preparing to lead Cole's ragtag armada into the Republic, even though he is outnumbered thousands to one.

The date is 1968 of the Galactic Era, almost three thousand years from now. The Republic, dominated by the human race, is in the midst of an all-out war with the Teroni Federation.

Almost a year has passed since the events of Starship: Mercenary. Captain Wilson Cole now commands a fleet of almost 50 ships, and he has become the single greatest military force on the Inner Frontier.

The life of a mercenary is not always predictable. Circumstance now pits Captain Wilson Cole and the Teddy R. against the former Pirate Queen, Valkyrie. Soon the fragile trust that has grown between these two legends is put to the test as they find themselves on opposite sides of a job.

Combining short fiction with speculative history, this entertaining book invites listeners to look at what didn't happen to gain a richer understanding of what did. What if Napoleon had become emperor of the United States? Could one faulty screw have altered America's atomic-bomb policy? If Lincoln had been assassinated during the Gettysburg Address, would the Confederate States have remained a separate country?

The Unidentified Funny Objects series serves an annual dose of funny, zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. All-new fiction from the genre's top voices! Our sixth volume features a Mad Amos story by Alan Dean Foster, a Harry the Book tale by Mike Resnick, and an Alexander Outland short by Gini Koch.

It's Valentine's Day and private detective John Justin Mallory is planning on closing up the office early and taking his partner, Col. Winnifred Carruthers, out to dinner, since he's sure no one else will do so. But before he can turn off the lights and lock the door, a panic-stricken Buffalo Bill Brody visits them. It seems that the Eastminster pet show is being held the next day, and his dragon, Fluffy, the heavy favorite, has been kidnapped.

Thousands of years after mankind has become extinct, a party of alien archeologists try to learn the mysteries of mankind as they excavate in a gorge on Earth. This Hugo and Nebula Award winning novella by Mike Resnick is a gripping exploration of human origins and motivations.

This brilliant science fiction novel constructs a blueprint of mankind’s history - social, political, economic, scientific, and religious - for the next 18,000 years. Through a series of adventures, it illustrates clear, focused ideas about our birthright and our destiny. Since this 1982 debut, Mike Resnick has emerged as one of the most honored science fiction authors of his time, picking up 40-odd Hugo and Nebula nominations and awards. He has set 25 novels and a novella in the future that was outlined in this book.

It's Halloween, and John Justin Mallory's partner, Winnifred Carruthers, has been so busy preparing for the biggest holiday of the year (in his Manhattan, anyway) that she seems short of energy and pale. Mallory is worried that she's been working too hard. Then he notices the two puncture marks on her neck....

It's New Year's Eve and the elf perched on John Justin Mallory's desk wants his missing unicorn back. And that's the easy part. Mallory's wife has run off with his partner, his detective business is in ruins, and the mob's out to get him. With so many wonderful things happening, Mallory decides that a case involving a trip from reality might not be so bad. After all, what more can he lose?

Manhattan, Nowy York. Winnifreda Carruthers, partnerka detektywa Johna Justina Mallory’ego, tak się przejęła przygotowaniami do Halloween, najważniejszego (w każdym razie na TYM Manhattanie) święta, że jest blada i słania się na nogach. Mallory obawia się, że pracowała zbyt ciężko, ale potem zauważa dwie ranki na jej szyi... W noc, gdy świętują duchy i gobliny, Mallory podążyć musi tropem wampira-zabójcy.

Manhattan, Nowy York. W sylwestrowy wieczór w biurze prywatnego detektywa, Johna Justina Mallory’ego zjawia się tajemniczy elf, który twierdzi, że skradziono mu jednorożca. Elf twierdzi, że musi odnaleźć mitycznego rumaka przed upływem nocy, gdyż zostanie on ukarany przez swój Cech. Początkowo Mallory myśli, że zielone stworzenie jest tylko wytworem jego wyobraźni i spożytego wcześniej alkoholu. Jednak, gdy przywidziany, jak myśli detektyw, Elf uporczywie nie chce zniknąć z jego biura, postanawia się zająć tą sprawą.

Trwa wojna pomiędzy Republiką, a Federacją Teroni. Wilson Cole, dowódca zbuntowanego okrętu wojennego "Teodor Roosevelt" przygotowuje się do obalenia skorumpowanego rządu Republiki. I nie jest ważne, że przeciwnik ma druzgocącą przewagę. Sztuka polega na tym, by osiągnąć sukces bez konfrontacji z liczącą ponad trzy miliony okrętów, flotą przeciwnika. Jednak taktyka "uderz i uciekaj" to za mało, by zrzucić z piedestału polityków i rozgromić największą potęgę militarną w historii galaktyki.

Trwa wojna pomiędzy Republiką, a Federacją Teroni. Okręty Republiki najeżdżają przygraniczne tereny, przemocą rekrutując ludzi, rabując i zbierając podatki. Rząd nadal ściga Wilsona Cole’a, który dowodzi najpotężniejszą siłą militarną na Wewnętrznej Granicy. Wciąż jednak skutecznie unika konfrontacji. Jedno niefortunne wydarzenie wszystko zmienia. Cole musi wypowiedzieć wojnę Flocie. To z góry przegrana sprawa... ale właśnie w takich kapitan Wilson Cole i jego "Teddy R." są najlepsi.

Trwa wojna pomiędzy Republiką, a Federacją Teroni. Kapitan Wilson Cole na pokładzie "Teodora Roosevelta" obiera kurs na słynącą z bezprawia Wewnętrzną Granicę. Ale zawodowi żołnierze nie potrafią odnaleźć się w rolach piratów, a kodeks honorowy kapitana zawęża pole pirackiego manewru. Cole szuka lepszego sposobu na życie: zmienia załogę "Teddy'ego R." w jednostkę najemników, zawiera sojusz z Platynowym Księciem i zakłada bazę na Singapurze - unikalnej stacji kosmicznej.

Kapitan Wilson Cole ma na swoim koncie miliony ocalonych istnień i dziesiątki trafnych decyzji, które jednak ośmieszyły dowództwo Floty. Staje się kozłem ofiarnym i obiektem medialnej nagonki. Wraz z wierną załogą, jako buntownik ucieka na pokładzie "Teodora Roosevelta" poza granice Republiki. Tam, dokąd trafią, toczy się bezpardonowa gra o przetrwanie. Wybiera bezprawie, ale z jego kodeksem honorowym niełatwo być piratem.