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Originally Posted by fjtorres
I do have to say that any list of war SF that doesn't include at least *some* DORSAI or Vorkossigan is suspicious. And throwing in FIREFLY (which I adore) suggests the list's compiler ran out of titles to feature. Which suggests a limited exposure to combat SF. Especially the modern stuff. (Honorverse, RCN, Aldenata, Paladin of Shadows, Hammers Slammers... You could do a top ten just of *series*.)
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Actually, I could see not including the Vorkosigan novels... only a couple of them really are about war. That being said, excluding Dorsai is easily a gigantic omission. I suspect that Firefly got included because lists like this often have an over representation from movies and television despite the fact that the literary world generally has tens times as much good stuff as anything that has ever appeared on screen.
And its also very America centric; if you are going to include video, what about Legend of Galactic Heros and Gundam?
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Bill