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Under the Hammer

David Drake

First published October 1974
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series Hammer's Slammers

Synopsis

A young man signs up with a mercenary army to escape his backwater planet, but is plunged into conflict before he is prepared.

Publications (29)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1974 Galaxy, October 1974 UPD Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 55
October 1974 Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, October 1974 Universal-Tandem Publishing Company Ltd. MAGAZINE 55
April 1979 Hammer's Slammers Ace Books Collection 78
1983 Hammer's Slammers Ace Books Collection 78
April 1984 Hammer's Slammers Ace Books Collection 78
September 1984 Hammer's Slammers Ace Books Collection 78
December 1984 Machines That Kill Ace Science Fiction Books Anthology 160
January 1985 Hammer's Slammers Orbit Legend Collection 78
February 1985 Hammer's Slammers Ace Books Collection 78
May 1985 Hammer's Slammers Hamlyn Collection 78
March 1986 Hammer's Slammers Ace Books Collection 78
April 1987 Hammer's Slammers Baen Books Collection 82
April 1987 Hammer's Slammers Baen Books Collection 82
May 1989 A Separate Star: A Science Fiction Tribute to Rudyard Kipling Baen Books Anthology 83
September 1989 Hammer's Slammers Baen Books Collection 82
May 1992 Machines That Kill Tor Anthology 168
August 1997 The Tank Lords Baen Books Collection 1
July 1999 The Tank Lords Baen Books Collection 1
May 2003 The Tank Lords Baen Books Collection 1
October 2003 The Drake Disk Baen Books Omnibus |4.21
March 2006 The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 1 Night Shade Books Collection 9
March 2006 The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 1 Night Shade Books Collection 9
June 2006 The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 1 Night Shade Books / SFBC Collection 9
March 2008 The David Drake When the Tide Rises Disk Baen Books Omnibus |3.11
October 2009 The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 1 Baen Books Collection 11
April 2010 Citizens Baen Books Anthology
June 2010 Citizens Baen Books Anthology 151
August 2011 Citizens Baen Books Anthology 209
December 2012 The Tank Lords, Second Edition Baen Books Collection |2