Author Topic: military-sci fi (Read 679 times)

RedRadr · « **on:** July 01, 2006, 11:16:45 AM »

anyone got a few recommends? tks

rabbidrabbit · « **Reply #1 on:** July 01, 2006, 12:43:22 PM »

umm BSG?

Sikboy · « **Reply #2 on:** July 01, 2006, 12:52:03 PM »

This should be the shortest thread ever. I think redrabit just summed up the genre (well current TV anyhow).

-Sik

Ack-Ack · « **Reply #3 on:** July 01, 2006, 12:55:14 PM »

Battlestar Galactica.

ack-ack

eagl · « **Reply #4 on:** July 01, 2006, 01:03:57 PM »

For books, Robert Heinlein's "Starship Troopers". Also Jerry Pournelle's "go tell the spartans", "Falkenberg's Legions", and others.

Pournelle and Niven's "The Mote in God's Eye" is very good too. Niven's "Ringworld" series is great. There are a number of books on the "Bolo" tanks and those are pretty fun, but I can't remember the author.

Shifty · « **Reply #5 on:** July 01, 2006, 01:15:33 PM »

Theres an author named Harry Turtledove , that had a series of books about an Alien Invasion that occurs during WWII. Forcing the combatants of earth to band together to fight off the aliens. I read part of one , but gave it up as I'm not a big sci-fi fan. However a real sci-fi fan might like the series. I can't remember the name of the series, but he did quite a few alternate reality stuff including some Civil War stories.

Chairboy · « **Reply #6 on:** July 01, 2006, 01:18:21 PM »

Bolo stories are great, similar in some ways to the Asimov Robot series in some ways, except with Hellbore cannons, infinite repeaters, and nukes.

The Starship Troopers and Mote in God's Eye recommendations are great, I add some more:

Ender's Game - Bestest
John Ringo's Posleen series - Go Bun-Bun!
Harry Turtledove's World War series - Alternate history, aliens attack during WWII. Fantastico, stars real life badass Otto Skorzeny.

Edit: Ha! Shifty beat me to it on the World War series, that's the one he's talking about.

eagl · « **Reply #7 on:** July 01, 2006, 01:34:28 PM »

Yea he's a freak, but Hubbard's "Battlefield Earth" is a pretty good book. Pretty much straight sci-fi. Maybe a zealot can find hidden meanings in there but I've read the book 4 times and thought it was a good read each time.

If you don't mind melting your brain, Asimov's "Foundation" series is pretty good, but it's not military.

For some good sci-fi mystery, read Niven's "dream park" series. Great story and really fun background technology.

There was a book called "White Wing" that was fairly fun too, but I can't remember the author. It was a space fighter pilot combat sort of storyline. Not too deep, but fun.

Bluefish · « **Reply #8 on:** July 01, 2006, 01:46:18 PM »

Try "The Forever War" by Joe Haldeman. Also, "Footfall" by Niven and Pournelle; not as good as "The Mote in God's Eye" but still not bad.

eagl · « **Reply #9 on:** July 01, 2006, 01:55:10 PM »

Yea, how could I forget footfall? Just about everything by Pournelle is worth reading. He really did his homework with military history, and his science is fairly consistent.

Lucifer's Hammer is another good one but it's not really military. For a good satire, read Niven/Pournelle's "Inferno". Good story about hell, basically a modern, entertaining version of Dante's Inferno.

Oh yea! I just remembered a great series by S M Sterling, starting with "Island in the sea of time". It's about a time anomaly that scooped up nantucket island and transported it back in time approx 750 years. It has a ton of military stuff from the point of view of how a bunch of educated Americans might approach medieval warfare when faced with the option to either lose their "civilization" or interfere with the natural development of Europe and Asia. Very very interesting.

Chairboy · « **Reply #10 on:** July 01, 2006, 01:57:49 PM »

The SM Stirling 'Island in the sea of time' series is great, seconded.

If you like that, you gotta check out 1632 by Eric Flint. Similar setup, but it's a West Virginia mining town moved to Europe in the middle of the 30 year war.

CavPuke · « **Reply #11 on:** July 01, 2006, 04:59:08 PM »

Also check out the Man-Kzin War series by Jerry Pournelle and others. I believe there are 10 books in the series. The Starfist series aren't too bad either by David Sherman and Dan Craig.

Reschke · « **Reply #12 on:** July 01, 2006, 07:16:41 PM »

I am in the middle of reading the series by Turtledove dealing with the time 20 years after the US was beaten by R.E Lee in 1862 because his special orders were not lost to enemy hands. The first book in the series is How Few Remain and it has France and England being allied with the CSA and Germany is a neutral observer in the war that happens in 1884. After the CSA bought the Chihuahua and Sonora territories from the Empire of Mexico to help them with debts owed to France and England.

Harry Turtledove is an excellent author and wrote another one that was way out in left field called Guns of the South. About a radical South African group that somehow got access to a time machine and started funneling AK-47's and ammo into the CSA to help them against the USA in 1864 after Gettysburg. This allowed the CSA to win the Civil War.

Brenjen · « **Reply #13 on:** July 01, 2006, 07:53:51 PM »

ROFLMAO...yup a few AK's would've had that effect; god bless those South Africans lol how about a few grenade launchers & mortars while they're at it.

WilldCrd · « **Reply #14 on:** July 01, 2006, 08:13:03 PM »

I read a book awhile back but cant remember the name
goes along the lines of "There are no fighter pilots in hell"
was a good book...least when i read it
I think there were several in a lil series
the one i read had the hero in hell dogfighting satan in helland kicking his butt lol
Maybe somebody here could come up with the name.
i googled it but all i got was the song lyrics