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"Combat Unit"
(also as "Dinochrome")
(Bolo series)
© F&SF, Nov 1960
Bolo, 1976
--/ cool sf story

"Courier"
(also as "The Frozen Planet")
(Bolo series)
© IF, Sep 1961
Galactic Diplomat, 1965

"Dinochrome"
(also as "Combat Unit")
(Bolo series)
© F&SF, Nov 1960
Bolo, 1976

"Field Test"
(Bolo series)
© Analog, Mar 1976
Bolo, 1976

"The Frozen Planet" (nv)
(also as "Courier")
(Bolo series)
© IF, Sep 1961
Galactic Diplomat, 1965

"In The Queue"
© Orbit # 7, 1970
The Big Show, 1972
--short story : 1971 Hugo
--short story : 1971 Nebula
--short fiction : 1971 Locus /5

--/ fourth place sf story
--/ idea award
--/ style award


"The King of the City"
© Galaxy, Aug 1961
Greylorn, 1968
--/ cool mafia sf story

"The Last Command"
(Bolo series)
© Analog, Jan 1967
Once There Was A Giant, 1971

"The Night Of The Trolls"
(Bolo series)
© Worlds Of Tomorrow, Oct 1963
Greylorn, 1968
--/ cool sf story

"Once There Was A Giant"
© F&SF, Nov 1968
Once There Was A Giant, 1971
--novelette : 1969 Nebula

"A Relic Of War"
(Bolo Series)
© Analog, Oct 1969
The Big Show, 1972
--/ cool sf story

"Retief Of The Red-Tape Mountain"
(also as "Sealed Orders")
© IF, May 1962
Envoy To New Worlds, 1963

"Sealed Orders"
(also as "Retief Of The Red-Tape Mountain")
© IF, May 1962
Envoy To New Worlds, 1963

"Test To Destruction"
© 1967, Dangerous Visions
The Big Show, 1972

"A Trace Of Memory" (nv)
© Ace Books, 1962

"Worlds Of The Imperium" (nv)
(Imperium)
© Fantastic, Feb 1961
book: Ace Books, 1962

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