''Warriors'' is a

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, all-original fiction

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featuring stories on the subjects of war and warriors; it was edited by George R. R. Martin and

Gardner Dozois Gardner Raymond Dozois ( ; July 23, 1947 – May 27, 2018) was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the founding editor of ''The Year's Best Science Fiction'' anthologies (1984–2018) and was editor of '' Asimov's Science Fictio ...

. The book's Introduction, "Stories from the

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", was written by Martin. This anthology was first published in

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on March 16, 2010. It won a

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for Best Anthology in 2011. The book was later split and republished in paperback as ''Warriors 1'' (, published in 2010); ''Warriors 2'' (, published in 2011) and ''Warriors 3'' (, also published in 2011). ''Stories from the Spinner Rack'' is included in all the three split books.

* "The King of Norway", by

Cecelia Holland Cecelia Holland (born December 31, 1943) is an American historical fiction novelist. Early life and education Holland was born December 31, 1943, in Henderson, Nevada. She grew up in Metuchen, New Jersey, where she started writing at age 12, rec ...

; included in ''Warriors 1'' * "Forever Bound", by

Joe Haldeman Joe William Haldeman (born June 9, 1943) is an American science fiction author. He is best known for his novel '' The Forever War'' (1974). That novel and other works, including '' The Hemingway Hoax'' (1991) and '' Forever Peace'' (1997), hav ...

; included in ''Warriors 1'' * "The Triumph", by Robin Hobb; included in ''Warriors 3'' * "Clean Slate", by

Lawrence Block Lawrence Block (born June 24, 1938) is an American crime writer best known for two long-running New York-set series about the recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and the gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr. Block was named a Grand Ma ...

; included in ''Warriors 3'' * "And Ministers of Grace", by

Tad Williams Robert Paul "Tad" Williams (born March 14, 1957) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer. He is the author of the multivolume '' Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn'' series, '' Otherland'' series, and '' Shadowmarch'' series as well as the stan ...

; included in ''Warriors 1'' * "Soldierin'", by Joe Lansdale; included in ''Warriors 3'' * "Dirae", by Peter S. Beagle; included in ''Warriors 2'' * "The Eagle and the Rabbit", by

Steven Saylor Steven Saylor (born March 23, 1956) is an American author of historical novels. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied history and classics. Saylor's best-known work is his '' Roma Sub Rosa'' historical myster ...

; included in ''Warriors 1'' * "Seven Years from Home", by

Naomi Novik Naomi Novik (born April 30, 1973) is an American author of speculative fiction. She is known for the ''Temeraire'' series (2006–2016), an alternate history of the Napoleonic Wars involving dragons, and her ''Scholomance'' fantasy series (2020 ...

; included in ''Warriors 2'' * '' The Custom of the Army'', by

Diana Gabaldon Diana J. Gabaldon (; born January 11, 1952) is an American author, known for the ''Outlander'' series of novels. Her books merge multiple genres, featuring elements of historical fiction, romance, mystery, adventure and science fiction/fantas ...

(novella); included in ''Warriors 3'' * "The Pit", by

James Rollins James Paul Czajkowski (born August 20, 1961), better known by his pen name of James Rollins, is an American veterinarian and writer of action-adventure/thriller, mystery, and techno-thriller novels who gave up his veterinary practice in Sacra ...

; included in ''Warriors 3'' * "Out of the Dark", by

David Weber David Mark Weber (born October 24, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. He has written several science-fiction and fantasy books series, the best known of which is the Honor Harrington science-fiction series. His first nove ...

; included in ''Warriors 2'' * "The Girls from Avenger", by

Carrie Vaughn Carrie Vaughn (born January 28, 1973) is an American writer, the author of the urban fantasy '' Kitty Norville'' series. She has published more than 60 short stories in science fiction and fantasy magazines as well as short story anthologies and ...

; included in ''Warriors 3'' * "Ancient Ways", by

S. M. Stirling Stephen Michael Stirling (born September 30, 1953) is a Canadian-American science fiction and fantasy author who was born in France. Stirling is well known for his Draka series of alternate history novels and his later time travel/alternate hi ...

; included in ''Warriors 2'' * "Ninieslando" by

Howard Waldrop Howard Waldrop (born September 15, 1946) is a science fiction author who works primarily in short fiction. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2021. Personal life Though born in Houston, Mississippi, Waldrop has spent ...

; included in ''Warriors 2'' * "Recidivist" by

; included in ''Warriors 2'' * "My Name is Legion", by

David Morrell David Morrell (born April 24, 1943) is a Canadian-American novelist whose debut 1972 novel ''First Blood'', later adapted as the 1982 film of the same name, went on to spawn the successful ''Rambo'' franchise starring Sylvester Stallone. He h ...

; included in ''Warriors 3'' * "Defenders of the Frontier", by

Robert Silverberg Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author and editor, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a Gr ...

; included in ''Warriors 1'' * "The Scroll", by David W. Ball; included in ''Warriors 2'' * '' The Mystery Knight'', by George R. R. Martin (novella); included in ''Warriors 1''

Reception

''Warriors'' won a

for Best Anthology in 2011.

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OCLC page for ''Warriors 1''

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