The 14th Science Fiction MEGAPACK® collects 28 science fiction stories, 1 novel, and interviews with Larry Niven and Joe W. Haldeman. Included are: A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER INTERVIEW WITH LARRY NIVEN INTERVIEW WITH JOE W. HALDEMAN THE AUTUMN VISITORS, by Frank Belknap Long ADVANCE AGENT, by Christopher Anvil INNOCENT AT LARGE, by Poul and Karen Anderson A COLD NIGHT FOR CRYING, by Milton Lesser ESCAPE VELOCITY, by Charles L. Fontenay FIRST STAGE: MOON, by Dick Hetschel GAMES, by Katherine MacLean INFINITY'S CHILD, by Charles V. DeVet JUNGLE IN THE SKY, by Milton Lesser LITTLE BOY, by Harry Neal MIRACLE BY PRICE, by Irving E. Cox, Jr. NO GREAT MAGIC, by Fritz Leiber PEACE, by Norman Arkawy and Stanley Henig QUICKIE, by Milton Lesser SPATIAL DELIVERY, by Randall Garrett STAR PERFORMER, by Robert J. Shea STUDENT BODY, by F. L. Wallace IT TAKES A THIEF, by Walter Miller, Jr. DANGEROUS...

Copyright © Joe Haldeman 1997 Version 1.0 1998 Hugo Award Winner 1999 Nebula Award Winner This novel is for two editors: John W. Campbell, who rejected a story because he thought it was absurd to write about American women who fight and die in combat, and Ben Bova, who didn't. Caveat lector: This book is not a continuation of my 1975 novel The Forever War. From the author's point of view it is a kind of sequel, though, examining some of that novel's problems from an angle that didn't exist twenty years ago.

Joe Haldeman has been one of the world's most universally admired and beloved science fiction writers for more than four decades. He has earned the respect of both lifelong science fiction fans and mainstream literary writers, both for the originality of his concepts and for the unsurpassed clarity of his prose, and his characters are among the most memorable in all of science fiction.This first career retrospective of Haldeman's finest work ranges from early tales such as 'Hero'--which instantly earned his reputation and provided the basis for his classic novel The Forever War--to mid-career masterpieces like 'Seasons' and 'The Hemingway Hoax,' his major tribute to a favorite literary godfather, to very recent stories such as 'Sleeping Dogs' and 'Complete Sentence.' Haldeman has provided original story introductions for this new landmark collection.What emerges from The Best of Joe Haldeman is a stunning portrait of a writer who may be more complex and varied than even his most devoted fans suspect. He can build a touching far-future romance from a Shakespeare sonnet ('For White Hill'), depict with ruthless intensity the horrors of war ('Graves'), and ask classic science fictional 'what if' questions worthy of Robert A. Heinlein, to whom Haldeman has often been compared as a worthy successor.