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Combat Unit

Keith Laumer

First published November 1960
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series Bolo

Synopsis

A hyperpowerful tank-like artificially intelligent military unit of the future awakens after hundreds of years of dormancy and attempts to overthrow the aliens who had defeated the humans and driven them from the planet.

Publications (30)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1960 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1960 Mercury Press, Inc. MAGAZINE 58
June 1964 Venture Science Fiction [UK], June 1964 Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd MAGAZINE 22
August 1976 Bolo: The Annals of the Dinochrome Brigade Berkley/Putnam Collection 163
1977 Bolo: The Annals of the Dinochrome Brigade Millington Collection 163
July 1977 Bolo: The Annals of the Dinochrome Brigade Berkley Medallion Collection 196
June 1982 Bolo Berkley Books Collection 196
December 1984 Machines That Kill Ace Science Fiction Books Anthology 270
December 1984 Bolo Berkley Books Collection 196
July 1986 Bolo Ace Science Fiction Books Collection 196
June 1990 The Compleat Bolo Baen Books Omnibus 140
August 1991 The Compleat Bolo Baen Books Omnibus 140
May 1992 Machines That Kill Tor Anthology 282
June 1996 The Compleat Bolo Baen Books Omnibus 140
March 2002 Odyssey Baen Books Omnibus 273
September 2002 Odyssey Baen Books Omnibus
May 2007 The 1634: The Baltic War Disk Baen Books Omnibus |32.5
May 2007 Odyssey Baen Books Omnibus
May 2007 The 1634: The Baltic War Disk Baen Books Omnibus |32.5
May 2007 Odyssey Baen Books Omnibus
August 2010 The Best of the Bolos: Their Finest Hour Baen Books Anthology 11
October 2010 The 1635: The Eastern Front Disk Baen Books Omnibus |37.5
October 2010 Odyssey Baen Books Omnibus
September 2011 The Best of the Bolos: Their Finest Hour Baen Books Anthology
February 2016 Bolo Gateway / Orion Collection
July 2019 Bolo: The Annals of the Dinochrome Brigade Phoenix Pick Collection
July 2019 Bolo: The Annals of the Dinochrome Brigade Phoenix Pick Collection
August 2019 Bolo: The Annals of the Dinochrome Brigade Phoenix Pick Collection
June 2020 The Essential Keith Laumer Library and Archives Canada Collection |2
September 2021 Bolo: The Annals of the Dinochrome Brigade CAEZIK SF & Fantasy Collection
September 2025 Robots: Past & Future: Short Stories Flame Tree Press Anthology 220