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"Blood Brothers"
(Thieves' World)
© Thieves' World, ed. R. Asprin, 1979
Sanctuary, ed. R. Asprin, 1982

"Blood Sisters"
© 1982, Playboy
Dealings In Futures, 1985
--short story : 1980 Locus /8 (tie)

"Buying Time" (nv)
(also as "The Long Habit Of Living")
© 1989, NEL Books
--sf novel : 1990 Locus /15

"End Game"
(Mandella series)
(also as "Major Mandella 2458-3143")
© Analog, Jan 1975
--novelette : 1976 Locus /14
--/ cool sf story

"For White Hill"
© Far Futures, ed. G. Benford, 1995
--novelette : 1996 Locus /7
--/ cool sf story

"Four Short Novels"
© F&SF, Oct 2003
--short story : 2004 Hugo
--short story : 2004 Locus /2


"The Long Habit Of Living" (nv)
(also as "Buying Time")
© 1989, NEL Books
--sf novel : 1990 Locus /15

"Major Mandella 2458-3143"
(Mandella series)
(also as "End Game")
© Analog, Jan 1975
--novelette : 1976 Locus /14
--/ cool sf story

"More Than The Sum Of His Parts"
© Playboy, 1985
Dealings In Futures, 1985
--short story : 1986 Nebula
--/ cool sf story

"Out Of Phaze"
© Galaxy, Sep 1969
--/ cool sf story

"Peace From On High"
© Destinies, Fall 1980

"The Pilot"
© 1980, Destinies

"Sergeant Mandella 2007-2024 A.D."
(also as "We Are Very Happy Here")
(Mandella series)
© Analog, Nov 1973
--/ cool sf story

"A !Tangled Web"
© 1982, Analog
Dealings In Futures, 1985
--/ cool sf story
--/ wonder award

"Time Piece"
© IF, Jul 1970

"A Time To Live"
© Analog, May 1977
Infinite Dreams, 1978
--/ cool time sf story

"To Fit The Crime"
(transl russ. as "Podlezhit Rassledovaniu")
© Galaxy, Apr 1971
All My Sins Remembered, 1977
Vokrug Sveta, 1983

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"Tricentennial"
© Analog, Jul 1976
Infinite Dreams, 1978
--short story : 1977 Hugo W
--short story : 1977 Nebula
--short story : 1977 Locus W

--/ cool space sf story

Here is a story about a spaceship that got its engines stuck in the "on" position. Plus, relativistic physics: you can look at a black hole for eternity and see something being "very slowly" sucked in and stretching out, which in reality happens in a single instant. All these ideas are nice, but the story failed to grab me.
review: 09-Jul-06 (read in 1992)

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"We Are Very Happy Here"
(also as "Sergeant Mandella 2007-2024 A.D.")
(Mandella series)
© Analog, Nov 1973
--/ cool sf story

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