Worlds (book) explained

Worlds
Author:	Eric Flint
Cover Artist:	Tom Kidd
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Genre:	Science fiction, fantasy
Publisher:	Baen Books
Pub Date:	February 1, 2009
Media Type:	Print (hardcover)
Pages:	559 pp
Isbn:	978-1-4165-9142-9

Worlds is a collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories by Eric Flint.^[1] It was first published in hardcover and ebook format by Baen Books on February 1, 2009; a paperback edition was issued by the same publisher in October 2011.

The collection consists of ten short works of fiction, together with a preface, introductory notes introducing the individual stories and a bibliography of the author's works.

Contents

• "Preface"

The Belisarius series

• "Author's Note"
• "Islands" (from The Warmasters, May 2002)

The 1632 series

• "Author's Note"
• "The Wallenstein Gambit" (from Ring of Fire, January 2004)

The Anne Jefferson stories

• "Portraits" (from The Grantville Gazette, Oct. 2003)
• "Steps in the Dance" (from Grantville Gazette II, March 2006)
• "Postage Due" (from Grantville Gazette III, January 2007)

The Honor Harrington series

• "Author's Note"
• "From the Highlands" (from Changer of Worlds, March 2001)

The Joe's World series

• "Author's Note"
• "Entropy, and the Strangler" (from L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume IX, October 1993)
• "The Realm of Words" (from Jim Baen's Universe, June 2007)

The Rats, Bats & Vats series

• "Author's Note"
• "Genie Out of the Bottle" (with Dave Freer) (from Cosmic Tales II: Adventures in Far Futures, February 2005)

The Ranks of Bronze series

• "Author's Note"
• "Carthago Delenda Est" (from Foreign Legions, June 2001)
• "Appendix: Eric Flint Bibliography"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fantastic Fiction.com Worlds.