Miscellaneous Writings
Update-in-progress February 2012
Essays, Comments, Book Introductions, etc.
“Accidentally and By the Back Door” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 2004. 17:3(195): p. 17-18.
————– The Complete Hammer’s Slammers v.1. 2006, San Francisco CA: Night Shade Books.
————– The Complete Hammer’s Slammers v.1. 2009, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“Afterword” The Cold Equations & Other Stories, by T. Godwin. E. Flint, ed. 2003, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“Alien Landscape with Figures” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 2005. 17:11(203): p. 6.
————– Warriors of the Steppes, by H. Lamb. H. A. Jones, ed. 2006, Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.
“At Seventeen” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 1996. 8:12(96): p. 1.
“A Background Note” Paying the Piper. 2002, Riverdale, NY: Baen. 
“Becoming a Professional Writer by Way of Southeast Asia” The Butcher’s Bill. 1998, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
————– The Complete Hammer’s Slammers v.1. 2006, San Francisco CA: Night Shade Books.
————– The Complete Hammer’s Slammers v.1. 2009, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“A Belated Thank-You” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 2009. 21:6(246): p. 21.
“A Brief Introduction to Karl Edward Wagner” Weird Tales, 1989. Fall 1989.
“Broken Things” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 2008. 20:6(234): p. 11.
“But Why on Earth Belisarius? (Introduction)” Thunder at Dawn, 2009, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“The Cold Equations, by Tom Godwin” (with Barry Malzberg) The New York Review of Science Fiction, 2002. 14:7(163): p. 1, 4-5.
“Coming Home by the Long Way (Introduction)” Grimmer Than Hell. 2003, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
————– Grimmer Than Hell. 2004, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“Costs and Benefits (Introduction)” Dogs of War. 2002, New York, N.Y.: Warner Aspect.
“The Creation of Rome (Introduction)” The Eternal City, D. Drake, M. H. Greenberg and C. G. Waugh, eds. 1990, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
Essays in “Personal Commitment” and “Combat” The American Warrior, C. Morris and J. Morris, eds. 1992, Stamford, CT: Longmeadow Press.
“Extraordinary Diplomats (Preface)” Retief! The Graphic Album, by D. Fujitake, J. Strnad and K. Laumer. 1990, Greencastle, PA: Apple Press.
————– Retief!, by K. Laumer; E. Flint, ed. 2002, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“Faith, Hope, and Charity” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 2004. 16:11(191): p. 8-9.
“Five Firebases” Thunder Run, 2009. 24:3, p. 1, 4-5.
————– an edited version as “Foreward” Hammer’s Slammers. [Role-playing game] G. Hanrahan. 2009. Swindon, UK: Mongoose Publishing.
“Forever Afterword” Forever After, R. Zelazny, ed. 1995, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“The Hairless Ones Come: L. Sprague de Camp” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 2005. 17:8(200): p. 18.
“Heroes (Introduction)” Space Infantry, D. Drake, C. G. Waugh and M. H. Greenberg, eds. 1989, New York: Ace.
“Hickmania” Science Fiction Age, 1993. November 1993.
“How They Got That Way: Afterword to Counting the Cost.” Counting the Cost. 1987, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
————– The Complete Hammer’s Slammers, v.2. 2006, San Francisco CA: Night Shade Books.
————– The Complete Hammer’s Slammers, v.2. 2010, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“The Human Side (Introduction)” Kull, by R. E. Howard. 1995, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“Intolerance” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 1995. 7:10(82): p. 21.
“Introduction” Cthulhu: The Mythos and Kindred Horrors, D. Drake, ed. 1987, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“Introduction” The Mercenary, by J. Pournelle. 1988, New York: F. Watts
————– Reprinted as “Mercenaries [Introduction]” Caught in the Crossfire. 1998, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“Introduction” A Separate Star: A Science Fiction Tribute to Rudyard Kipling, D. Drake and S. Miesel, eds. 1989, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“Introduction” Heads to the Storm, D. Drake and S. Miesel, eds. 1989, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“Introduction” Cormac Mac Art, by R. E. Howard. 1995, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“Introduction” All the Way to the Gallows. 1996, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“Introduction” Dorsai Spirit, by G. R. Dickson. 2002, New York: Tor.
“Introduction” Hammer’s Slammer’s Handbook, by J. Lambshead and J. Treadaway. 2004, Bournemouth, UK: Pireme.
“Introduction” Hammer’s Anvils: Handbook #2, by J. Treadaway. 2006, Bournemouth, UK: Pireme.
“It’s a Lot Like War (Introduction)” Men Hunting Things, D. Drake, ed. 1988, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“Jim” [Jim Baen Obituary] The Complete Hammer’s Slammers v.3. 2007, San Francisco CA: Night Shade Books.
————– The Complete Hammer’s Slammers v.3. 2010, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“L. Sprague de Camp: An Appreciation” Locus, 2000. 45:6(No.479).
“Let the Games Begin (Introduction)” Space Gladiators, D. Drake, C. G. Waugh and M. H. Greenberg, eds. 1989, New York: Ace Books.
“Letter of Comment: An Interview with Tom Purdom” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 2006. 18:7(211): p. 23.
“Letter of Comment: Frank R. Paul’s GoH Speech” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 2006. 19:2(218): p. 23.
“Letter of Comment: Isaac Asimov” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 1999. 11:5(125): p. 23.
“Letter of Comment: John Norman” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 1996. 9:4(100): p. 22.
“Letter of Comment: John W. Campbell” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 1998. 10:9(117): p. 23.
“Letter of Comment: My Discovery of William B. Seabrook” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 2003. 16:3(183).
“Letter of Comment: The Road to Science Fiction” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 1999. 14:9(129): p. 23.
“Letter of Comment: Tom Godwin: The Cold Equations” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 1995. 7:6(78): p. 23.
“Manly and the Stone Age (Introduction)” Battle in the Dawn: The Complete Hok the Mighty, by Manly Wade Wellman. 2011, Redmond, WA: Paizo Publishing.
“Manly in the Mountains (Foreword)” John the Balladeer, by Manly Wade Wellman. 1988, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
————– The Tome #6, 1990.
“Manly Wade Wellman and Alfred Bester” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 1996. 9:1(97): p. 9.
“Manly’s Stories” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 2002. 14:10(166): p. 15-16.
————– Sin’s Doorway and Other Ominous Entrances, by M. W. Wellman. 2003, San Francisco: Night Shade Books.
“Mercenaries: An Introduction” Caught in the Crossfire. 1998, Riverdale, NY: Baen. (First published as “Introduction” in The Mercenary, by J. Pournelle. 1988, New York: F. Watts.)
“The Motorcycle Way of Complex Plotting” Tor/Forge Newsletter (online), May 2010.
“Musings on the Discovery of Pluto.” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 2008. 20:5(233): p. 13.
“My Friend Barry” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 2007. 19:6(222): p. 17.
“The New King (Shiel’s Final Novel): An Appreciation” Shiel in Diverse Hands, A. R. Morse, ed. 1983, Cleveland OH: The Reynolds Morse Foundation.
“Non-Legal Writing” The Senior Lawyer, 1996. v.6 no. 2.
“A Note on Solomon Kane” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 1998. 11:2(122): p. 11.
“A Note on the Text” Cormac Mac Art, by R. E. Howard. 1995, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“Notes on Neither Brute Nor Human: Karl Edward Wagner” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 2004. 16:12(192): p. 20.
“On Cover Art” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 2008. 20:8(236): p. 20.
“The One That Got Away (Introduction)” The Reaches. 2004, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“One War Later (Afterword)” The Military Dimension: Mark II. 1995, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“A Personal Note on Kurt Vonnegut” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 2007. 19:10(226): p.21.
“Pig Picking” Serve It Forth — Cooking With Anne McCaffrey A. McCaffrey and J. G. Betancourt, eds. 1996: Warner Aspect.
“Preface” The Complete Compleat Enchanter, by L. S. de Camp and F. Pratt. 1989, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“A Quick Look at Battle Fleets (Introduction)” Space Dreadnoughts, D. Drake, M. H. Greenberg and C. G. Waugh, eds. 1990, New York: Ace.
“A Range of Treatments (Introduction)” Other Times Than Peace, 2006, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“Read This (Or Something Like It)” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 2002. 16:11(167): p. 7.
“The Real Jungle: Belize 2001″ Seas of Venus. 2002, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“Sea Stories (Introduction)” Seas of Venus. 2002, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“A Short Appreciation of Jim Rigney (Robert Jordan)” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 2008. 20:9(237): p.18.
“The Sixty-Five Million Years Afterword (Afterword)” Time Safari. 1982, New York, NY: Tor.
“Skeletons at the Feast (Introduction)” Phantom Regiments, R. Adams, P. C. Adams and M. H. Greenberg, eds. 1990, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“Soldiers’ Stories (Introduction)” A Separate Star: A Science Fiction Tribute to Rudyard Kipling, D. Drake and S. Miesel, eds. 1989, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“Source Materials, By Way of Introduction” Vettius and His Friends. 1989, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“Starting a Long Way From Here” Voyage Across the Stars. 2012, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“Stolen Thunder” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 1998. 10:3(113): p. 16.
“Surreal Splendor: Three Novels by Mark S. Geston” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 2009. 21:5(245): p. 11.
————– The Books of the Wars, M. Geston. 2009, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“Thomas Lanier Williams, Protofan” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 1995. 7, no.8(80): p. 21.
“Trout in the Milk: A Cautionary Tale” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 1999. 11:8(128): p. 13.
“The Truth Insofar as I Know It” Exorcisms and Ecstasies, 1997, Minneapolis: Fedogan & Bremer.
————– Karl Edward Wagner, ed. by Stephen Jones, 2011, Lakewood CO: Centipede Press.
“Three or Six Passages to India (Introduction)” Storm at Noontide, E. Flint and D. Drake. 2009, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“We Happy Few (Afterword)” The Tank Lords. 1997, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
————– The Complete Hammer’s Slammers, v.2. 2006, San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books.
————– The Complete Hammer’s Slammers, v.2. 2010, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“Welcome to the War Zone (Introduction)” The Military Dimension. 1991, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
————– The Military Dimension: Mark II. 1995, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“Well It Happened This Way (Introduction)” Foreign Legions, D. Drake, ed. 2001, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“What’s for Sale” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 2006. 18:11(215): p. 10-11.
————– The Complete Hammer’s Slammers, v.2. 2007, San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books.
————– The Complete Hammer’s Slammers, v.2. 2010, Riverdale, NY: Baen.
“Where I Get My Ideas” (Afterword) Cross the Stars, 1984, New York, NY: Tor.
“Why I’m Here” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 2007. 19:6(222): p. 20.
“Writer’s Pay in the Pulps: An Exchange” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 2006. 19:1(217): p. 15.
“Writer’s Pay in the Pulps: The Conversation Continues” The New York Review of Science Fiction, 2006. 19:4(220): p. 12.
“The Year of the Sex Olympics by Nigel Kneale” Horror: Another 100 Best Books, S. Jones, K. Newman and P. Straub, eds. 2005, New York, NY: Carroll & Graf.