Combat SF

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Combat SF
Combat SF.jpg
AuthorEdited by Gordon R. Dickson
Cover artistRobert Aulicino
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Science fiction
Publisher Doubleday
Publication date
1975
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pagesix, 204 pp
ISBN 0-385-04575-1
OCLC 1372405
813/.0876
LC Class PZ1 .C727 PS648.S3

Combat SF is an anthology of science fiction stories edited by Gordon R. Dickson. It was first published by Doubleday in 1975. Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Analog Science Fiction and Fact , Galaxy Science Fiction , Fantastic Universe , New Worlds , Fantasy and Science Fiction , If and Planet Stories .

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