Thread: Future Military Sci-Fi
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Old 11-03-2012, 10:40 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by Andrew H. View Post
"The Mote in God's Eye"
One of my favorites and a *must* read; easily one of the top-three SF novels of the 20th.
But...
...strictly speaking it's not military SF. Some of the protagonists are military, yes, but the story is a First Contact story, not *about* the military.

Spoiler:

The whole point of the ending is to *keep* the situation from becoming the responsibility of the military.
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