سقوط امپراتوری (ستاره‌های امپراتوری، جلد ۳)

Empires do not grow old gracefully. As the edifice of ancient government succumbs to entropy, as civil war reigns, the result is indeed "interesting times," the times of interstellar Huns locked in mortal combat with Imperial storm troopers. Original. Content: The crash of empires / Jerry Pournelle Pebble among the stars / Gregory Benford The claw and the clock / Christopher Anvill The only thing we learn / Cyril Kornbluth Remembering Vietnam / H.J. Kaplan Blessed are the meek / G.C. Edmondson Limiting factor / Theodore Cogswell Triage / William Walling Hyperdemocracy / John W. Campbell, Jr. Chain reaction / Algis Budrys Earthman's burden / Morton Klass Blood bank / Walter M. Miller, Jr. Here, there be witches / Everett B. Cole The buzz of joy / Phillip C. Jennings Second contact / W.R. Thompson The quest / Rudyard Kipling.