Armored, Edited by John Joseph Adams, Releasing March 27

John Joseph Adams (website, Twitter), editor of online sci-fi magazine Lightspeed, has a new anthology coming out next week . . . and it’s one that I’m all over.

Armored (official website, pre-order at Amazon.com*) is a collection of short stories focused on powered armor and mecha; the official site says:

Decades ago, Starship Troopers captivated readers with its vision of a future war in which power armored soldiers battled giant insects on hostile alien planets. Today, with the success of Iron Man, Halo, and Mechwarrior—and with real robotic exoskeletons just around the corner—the idea of super-powered combat armor and giant mecha has never been more exciting and relevant.

Now acclaimed editor John Joseph Adams brings you the first-ever original anthology of power armor fiction. Join leading SF authors Jack Campbell, Brandon Sanderson, Tanya Huff, Daniel H. Wilson, Alastair Reynolds, Carrie Vaughn, and others as they explore the limits of what a soldier of the future might become—with the aid of the right equipment.

Yeah, this sounds exactly like a book that I’ll enjoy. But if you need a bit more than just the cover and book’s description to get you excited then I suggest this post at io9 where you can read “Jungle Walkers” by David Klecha and Tobias S. Buckell. And if that doesn’t convince you that you want to read Armored then you just don’t love powered armor and mecha the way I do.

Yeah, I’m a sucker for combat mechs.

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