A collection of short sci-fi stories/novelettes by Joe Haldeman, Stephen Kimmel, Doug Ing, Stephen Leigh, Eric Vinicoff, Marcia Martin, Larry Niven, etc. James Patrick Baen 1943 – June 2006) was a US science fiction publisher and editor. In 1983, he founded his own publishing house, Baen Books, specializing in the adventure, fantasy, military science fiction, and space opera genres. Baen also founded the video game publisher, Baen Software. In late 1999, he started an electronic publishing business called Webscriptions (since renamed to Baen eBooks), which is considered to be the first profitable e-book vendor.