Try prime books go search en hello, sign in account. Hammers slammers series in order david drake fictiondb. These stories show us a little more than later stories of the hammer himself, a man who is ruthless towards his enemy yet loyal towards his own men and women. The hammers slammers series of military sf stories and novels focus. In appreciation, enjoy this introduction to the second volume of the compl. Table of organization and equipment, hammers regiment. Hammer s slammers, cross the stars, at any price hammer s slammers, counting the cost, rolling hot, the warrior, the sharp end, the voyage, the tank l. This collection, and other novels and stories in the same setting, are collectively called the hammer stories, and the setting is called the slammers universe or the hammerverse.
Counting the cost hammers slammers, book 3 by david drake book cover, description, publication history. Miniature wargamer mike buonagurio created a blower command tank named drakes hammer, using the head from one of the rare drake figures from ground zero games attached to a slammers tank commander body. The series is also known as the hammerverse, slammerverse, slammers universe and hammer universe. Hammers slammers, cross the stars, at any price hammers slammers, counting the cost, rolling hot, the warrior, the sharp end, the voyage, the tank l. When a planetary government faces threats from guerillas, insurge. Table of organization and equipment, hammers regiment you are not logged in. Hammers slammers crossover fanfiction archive with over 5 stories. Listen to dave read his welcome letter 175k wav file personal information bibliography faq news album this is david drake, sf and fantasy writer, not the other david drakes you may have heard of. Hammers slammers 1979 hammers slammers is a short story collection, not a novel, and my first book. It made it possible for me to become a fulltime writer, though i didnt realize it at the time. Come in to read stories and fanfics that span multiple fandoms in the hammers slammers universe. This is an omnibus collection that gathers all the later slammers titles together.
Counting the cost hammers slammers, book 3 by david drake. The sharp end hammers slammers, book 6 by david drake. I started reading it and called my brother to say that he ought to email the publisher of baen books to put out a hardback version of these stories. Id sold a story as an undergraduate, another story after i started law school, and even one while i was in nam. The complete series list for hammers slammers david drake. Hammer s slammers i had forgotten how much i enjoyed david drake s hammer s slammers until my wife picked up a copy for me in an antique shop. Hammers slammers is a 1979 collection of military science fiction short stories by author david drake. Excellent military sci fi, in fact drakes hammers slammers almost invented this category if you set aside heinleins starship troopers from the 50s. David drake has also written novels in which hammer and some of his officers and troopers encounter other combat challenges, but they all trace their defining experience back to serving in hammers slammers. The sharp end hammers slammers, book 6 by david drake book cover, description, publication history. This book is short stories, starting from when and why the hammers slammers were formed to when colonel alois hammer finally came home.
Each volume will also include a slammers story not collected in previous slammers books. The complete hammers slammers volume 3 by david drake, 97814393965, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. In appreciation, enjoy this introduction to the second volume of the complete hammers slammers by tor books editor david hartwell this. With a veteran s eye for the harsh and gritty details of war, david drake depicts a futuristic analog of vietnamera tank combat in his hammers slammers fiction.
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