Davis, Hank (ed.) - Future Wars ... and Other Punchlines / Дэвис, Хэнк (ред.) - Войны будущего ... и другие приколы [2015, EPUB, ENG]

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Martian Front essay by Hank Davis The Abominable Earthman by Frederik Pohl Honorable Opponent / Достойный противник by Clifford D. Simak Sentry / Дозорный by Fredric Brown And Then There Was Peace by Gordon R. Dickson Fool's Mate / Мат by Robert Sheckley Airborne All the Way! by David Drake Mr. Jester / Господин Шут by Fred Saberhagen Custer's Last Jump by Steven Utley and Howard Waldrop Project Hush / Проект «Тсс» by William Tenn The Day They Got Boston by Herbert Gold The Gentle Earth by Christopher Anvil Who Goes Boing? by Sarah A. Hoyt Historical Note by Murray Leinster Into Each Life Some Periwinkles Must Fall by Hank Davis Success Story by Earl Goodale The Specter General by Theodore R. Cogswell

Crewgoblin Dumber Than #3 stared with his usual look of puzzlement as labor goblins unrolled Balloon Prima. He scratched his chain mail jockstrap and said to Dog Squat, the balloon chief, “I dunno, boss.” Dog Squat rolled her eyes expressively and muttered, “Mana give me strength!” She glanced covertly to see if Roxanne was watching what balloon chiefs had to put up with, but the senior thaumaturge was involved with the team of dragon wranglers bringing the whelp into position in front of the coal pile. Dog Squat glowered at her four crewgoblins. “Well, what don’t you know?” she snarled. “What is there to know? We go up, we throw rocks down. You like to throw rocks, Number Three?” “I like to bite them,” said Dumber Than #1. “Will we be able to bite them, Dog Squat?” . . .