{"product_id":"war-games-6-complete-christopher-anvil","title":"War Games (6) (Complete Christopher Anvil)","description":"1. The trade paperback edition of Anvil's Interstellar Patrol (04\/03) was a Locus bestseller, with a strong sell through.\n\n2. Like Keith Laumer, Anvil has a rare ability to combine fast-moving adventure with humor, deftly skewering the bureaucratic mind, whether human or alien.\n\n3. New York Times best-selling author David Weber calls Anvil's SF \"a delightful pleasure,\" and adds \"I'm delighted that someone is making Christopher Anvil's work available once again. Especially the Interstellar Patrol stories...I've always loved Anvil's, ah, peculiar sense of humor.\"\n\n4. Advertising in Locus, more\n\nWar is a serious business—or is it? Christopher Anvil turns his sardonic sense of humor loose on the subject and considers what might happen if:\n\n· Someone devised a computer war game so realistic and addictive that the people in charge of battle on both sides didn’t have the time or inclination to start a real war.\n\n· Another device gave every homeowner the power to block off his property from any incursion, even by nuclear weapons.\n\n· A secret organization pulls the plug on an impending war by causing the commanders on both sides to be unable even to think of any of the words they need to order their forces into action.\n\n· And, in a full-length novel, The Steel, the Mist and the Blazing Sun, the devastation after World War III has not put an end to war—not as long as men survive who still want to conquer and dominate; nor as long as others will fight, not just to survive, but to defend freedom.\n\nThe many faces of war, examined by a master of science fiction adventure with a wryly humorous twist.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1416556028\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1416556028.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Flint, Eric|Anvil, Christopher\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Former library book with the usual stamps, stickers and labels. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43049373433917,"sku":"BVV.1416556028.G","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1416556028-0.jpg?v=1773868441","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/war-games-6-complete-christopher-anvil","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}