A review by leons1701
Warriors 1 by Cecelia Holland, Steven Saylor, Robert Silverberg, Gardner Dozois, Tad Williams, George R.R. Martin, Joe Haldeman

4.0

An excellent collection (as all the Martin/Dozois collections have been). Weakest story in the book is probably either the novella version of Weber's "Out of the Dark" or "Neineslando" by Waldrop, both of those have their fans (and are not terrible in the slightest (and the impact of the Weber was probably weakened because I've read the novel version several times)). Strongest is almost certainly "The Pit" from James Rollins, which starts out unexpected and keeps going in different directions than you might expect. Sure, it's blatantly manipulative, but it WILL get you right in the feels. Weirdest is easily "Dirae" by Peter S. Beagle, worth powering through the unconventional start to get to the payoff. And it would be unfair to not mention the most amusing, "Soldierin' " by Joe R. Lansdale. All in all, a worthy read with a number of different takes on war and those that fight it.