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Offline Chairman

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Re: Best Warfare Sci-Fi novels
« Reply #15 on: August 29, 2010, 11:02:08 AM »
The Lost Regiment  by William R. Forstchen. Not Sci-Fi technicaly, but fun to read
StarShip Troopers
Jannisaries by Pournelle
 

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Re: Best Warfare Sci-Fi novels
« Reply #16 on: October 13, 2010, 10:29:33 AM »
Not only Lensman, but Skylark novels by Doc Smith.  In 2nd Stage Lensman and Children of the Lens, Smith describes gigantic space battles and the problems in trying to coordinate them.

I am currently reading Hell Hath No Fury by Weber and someone else.  It is essentially a Starfire campaign on land where there are portals instead of Warp Points.  It is a first contact situation, between two very different sets of parallel universes...
 

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Re: Best Warfare Sci-Fi novels
« Reply #17 on: October 13, 2010, 02:41:52 PM »
It is essentially a Starfire campaign on land where there are portals instead of Warp Points. 
LOL - I had exactly the same thought when I read it :-)

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Re: Best Warfare Sci-Fi novels
« Reply #18 on: October 19, 2010, 02:29:18 PM »
Funny how the jump from Nov.  2009 to Aug 2010 happens right at the page flip.

Old Man's War by John Scalzi, it's a very "popcorn" read, but fun while it lasts.
 

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Re: Best Warfare Sci-Fi novels
« Reply #19 on: October 19, 2010, 03:36:54 PM »
Funny how the jump from Nov.  2009 to Aug 2010 happens right at the page flip.

Old Man's War by John Scalzi, it's a very "popcorn" read, but fun while it lasts.


There are three more books in that series, but I think I liked the first one best, followed by The Lost Colony.
 

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Re: Best Warfare Sci-Fi novels
« Reply #20 on: October 19, 2010, 04:16:45 PM »

There are three more books in that series, but I think I liked the first one best, followed by The Lost Colony.

Sounds familiar, but I read it all as one book and I don't think it was compiled as a omnibus though?
 

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Re: Best Warfare Sci-Fi novels
« Reply #21 on: October 20, 2010, 11:01:08 AM »
Sounds familiar, but I read it all as one book and I don't think it was compiled as a omnibus though?

I read it as four separate paperbacks- Old Man's War, Ghost Brigades, The Last Colony, and Zoe's Tale.  Publishing dates range from 2005 to 2008.  Looking at Scalzi's website (whatever.scalzi.com) does not show an omnibus volume.  It sounds like you have some more reading to do...
 

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Re: Best Warfare Sci-Fi novels
« Reply #22 on: October 20, 2010, 05:15:40 PM »
Maybe I am thinking of The Forever War or something along those lines.

Most of my books are home in Northern Ireland, don't have that many lining my shelves in Houston :(