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tadk
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Military SF search
Looking for suggestions for new Military SF to read. Authors, Titles, free or otherwise. Any advice or suggestions. Also any suggestions in the Surreal Genre as well. Thanks...
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Re: Military SF search
Try David Drake's Hammer's Slammers series or Redliners.
While not strictly military sci fi, Scott Westerfeld's The Killing of Worlds and The Risen Empire have some great space battles and ground combats that make scientific sense...very believable extrapolations of current technology into future military uses.
While not strictly military sci fi, Scott Westerfeld's The Killing of Worlds and The Risen Empire have some great space battles and ground combats that make scientific sense...very believable extrapolations of current technology into future military uses.
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Re: Military SF search
Thanks Mythfish
I have not read Redliners yet, so will check it out.
I have not read Redliners yet, so will check it out.
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Re: Military SF search
Not exactly "new" but here's a list of my favorite military scifi:
* Hammer's Slammers (David Drake)
* Dorsai (Gordon Dickson)
* Falkenburg's Legion books (Jerry Pournelle)
Another series I love that mixes Romans with guys with machine guns:
* Jannissaries (Jerry Pournelle) -- mix of high and low tech
A couple of starship battle / naval series"
* Honor Harrington (David Weber)
* Concordat series (Jefferson Swycaffer) -- basically Traveller in a book
* Hammer's Slammers (David Drake)
* Dorsai (Gordon Dickson)
* Falkenburg's Legion books (Jerry Pournelle)
Another series I love that mixes Romans with guys with machine guns:
* Jannissaries (Jerry Pournelle) -- mix of high and low tech
A couple of starship battle / naval series"
* Honor Harrington (David Weber)
* Concordat series (Jefferson Swycaffer) -- basically Traveller in a book
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"The worthy GM never purposely kills players' PCs, He presents opportunities for the rash and unthinking players to do that all on their own."
-- Gary Gygax
"Don't ask me what you need to hit. Just roll the die and I will let you know!"
-- Dave Arneson
"Misinterpreting the rules is a shared memory for many of us"
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