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Originally Posted by DrNefario
The Jack Campbell Lost Fleet stuff seems to be on sale again in an Amazon Big Deal in the UK.
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I quite enjoyed reading them until it became clear that all the space stuff didn't make sense not because I wasn't understanding it, but because the author was translating sea-going vessel supply and manoeuvring problems DIRECTLY to space ships.
For instance, did you know it's more fuel efficient in space to reverse course by executing a long curving flight path rather than just thrusting in the opposite direction? No, neither did I. Because it isn't. Yet that is a major aspect of his space battles. I waited a long time for some explanation of this, but there never is one. He's just wrong.
If that sort of stuff won't bother you, I can recommend the books. It got too much for me.