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Old 05-02-2010, 09:01 PM   #1
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SciFi / Military / intergalactic war recommendations

Title says it all. Looking for some recommendations. Thanks.
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Old 05-02-2010, 09:06 PM   #2
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A classic -- Ender's Game -- and the entire Ender's series - a lot now available for the Kindle.
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Old 05-02-2010, 09:14 PM   #3
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Old 05-02-2010, 09:26 PM   #4
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Starship Troopers, The Forever War, Old Man's War
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Old 05-03-2010, 10:06 AM   #5
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"The Compleat Bolo" by Keith Laumer is one of my favorites.
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Old 05-03-2010, 04:41 PM   #6
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David Drake. See Hammer's Slammers and a bajillion other books of his.

Also David Weber's Honor Harrington series (starts at On Basilisk Station). I also liked his "March to" series with John Ringo.
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Old 05-03-2010, 05:45 PM   #7
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This is going to sound really obvious but....

Star Wars.


Particulary the Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn.
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Old 05-03-2010, 05:55 PM   #8
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Timothy Zahn's Blackcollar series is very, very good. His Cobra trilogy is also quite good.
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Old 05-03-2010, 07:37 PM   #9
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David Weber
Honor Harrington series
Dahak series
Apocalypse Troll
Starfire series
Path of the Fury
Empire of Man (with John Ringo)

Jack Campbell
The Lost Fleet

John Ringo/Travis S Taylor
Looking Glass

Travis S Taylor
One Day on Mars series

David Drake
Hammer's Slammers series
RCN (O'Leary) series

Ian Douglas
Heritage trilogy
Legacy Trilogy
Inheritance Trilogy
Star Carrier

Battletech series

Elizabeth Moon
Vatta's War

The above list will give a good start. Also, pop over to Baen and have a look there as well. Half of the books I listed above are available from Baen. I am sure others will add more.

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Old 05-03-2010, 09:32 PM   #11
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Its been mentioned before but the Honor Harrington series is pretty good, you can get the first book at the baen free library. Thats all I got at the moment
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Old 05-03-2010, 09:41 PM   #12
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*raises hand* You could always read my Earthfleet series. It'd fit the bill for what you're after.
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Old 05-03-2010, 10:38 PM   #13
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Battlestar Galactica is a TV show, but they've made novels from it. I would suggest watching it, though. I loved it.
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Old 05-04-2010, 01:36 AM   #14
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Almost all the Honor Harrington books can be downloaded free and legally here (as well as many, many other fine books).

You might also want to try:

Bill Baldwin's Helmsman series
David Feintuch's Midshipman/Seafort series
Harry Turtledove's World War alternative history series
Peter Hamilton's Night's Dawn trilogy (not strict Mil/SF but still a grand read)
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Is Bill Baldwin's Helmsman series available on "official" ebook format?

I have rather (actually very bad...unreadable) txt format darknet acquired copies that I would love to replace with readable EPUB files that are properly formatted and reasonably priced.
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