BOLO!

A Baen Books Original

Copyright 2005 by David Weber. "Miles to Go" and "A Brief Technical History of the Bolo by "Felix Hermes'" copyright 1995 by David Weber; first published in Bolos, Book 3: The Triumphant; "The Traitor" and A Time to Kill" copyright 1997 by David Weber, first published in Bolos, Book 4: Last Stand, edited by Bill Fawcett; "With Your Shield"copyright 2005 David Weber. Keith Laumer's "Bolo" universe used by permission.

Bolo! The anthology of Keith Laumer's creation of the BOLOs is a good anthology. I really felt for these dependable Bolos, which are tanks with artificial intelligence built in and the loyalty of a dog. With the Bolos analytical ability of extensive battle tactics and interacting with their human commanders, the Bolos make very formidable weapons. The Bolos have human-like characteristics that make them very loyal and dedicated to defend their human commanders commanding them from inside the Bolos. Even when one Bolo appeared to be a traitor - the Bolo was in reality battle damaged and was defending some children from a perceived enemy, even if that enemy was another Bolo who was on the same side as he was. That is how dedicated the Bolos are.

The one non-fiction article in the anthology is about the technical specifications of the weight, speed, armament and the upgrades of the Artificial Intelligences installed into the various models of the Bolos, from the first Bolo to the last Bolo.

Pancho
All people smile in the same language.

Grantville Gazette III

Baen Publishing Enterprises

Edited by Eric Flint

Copyright 2007

Grantville Gazette III, a magazine anthology set during the 1632 cross-time alternate universe, edited by Eric Flnt, is the third in the series of the Grantville Gazette magazine anthologies that contains both short fiction and non-fiction articles.

For the fiction in the book, the stories dealing with the ordinary 1632 characters were much more interesting than the stories dealing with the "uptime" characters, mostly because these ordinary characters have to deal with the ramifications of the uptime technology and ideas. The non-fiction articles are very informative as to how to integrate modern industrious technology with the 1632 technology.

Pancho
All people smile in the same language.