Military Sci-fi

[ApK]

Originally Posted by Hampshire Nanny

I might also suggest the Nicholas Seafort series by David Feintuch. This starts with Midshipman's Hope and there are 7 volumes in the series.

Ah yes, Horatio Hornblower in space!
I enjoyed those, at least as much as I remember of them. The first one or two, certainly, even as unbelievable as they were. (I'm a Dosman!)

[unboggling]

Michael Z Williamson: Freehold, The Weapon, Rogue; and the Ripple Creek series.

[wayspooled]

David Feintuch's "Seafort Saga"
Joe Halderman's "Forever War"
John Steakley's "Armor"
Larry Niven's "Man-Kzin Wars"
John Scalzi's "Old Man's War"
Dan Abnett's "Gaunt's Ghosts"
Gordon Dickson's "Dorsai!"
Larry Niven's "The Mote in God's Eye"
H. Paul Honsinger's "To Honor You Call Us"
Fred Saberhagen's "Berserker vol1"
Ian Douglas's "Earth Strike"
Jerry Pournelle's "Prince of Mercenaries"

Half of those are Vol 1's

[bfisher]

Originally Posted by wayspooled

David Feintuch's "Seafort Saga"
Joe Halderman's "Forever War"
John Steakley's "Armor"
Larry Niven's "Man-Kzin Wars"
John Scalzi's "Old Man's War"
Dan Abnett's "Gaunt's Ghosts"
Gordon Dickson's "Dorsai!"
Larry Niven's "The Mote in God's Eye"
H. Paul Honsinger's "To Honor You Call Us"
Fred Saberhagen's "Berserker vol1"
Ian Douglas's "Earth Strike"
Jerry Pournelle's "Prince of Mercenaries"

Half of those are Vol 1's

Great list! I'd add Pournelle's Janissaries series to that and also King David's Spaceship.

Also David Drake's Ranks of Bronze.

[darryl]

Originally Posted by wayspooled

David Feintuch's "Seafort Saga"
Joe Halderman's "Forever War"
John Steakley's "Armor"
Larry Niven's "Man-Kzin Wars"
John Scalzi's "Old Man's War"
Dan Abnett's "Gaunt's Ghosts"
Gordon Dickson's "Dorsai!"
Larry Niven's "The Mote in God's Eye"
H. Paul Honsinger's "To Honor You Call Us"
Fred Saberhagen's "Berserker vol1"
Ian Douglas's "Earth Strike"
Jerry Pournelle's "Prince of Mercenaries"

Half of those are Vol 1's

Thanks for mentioning Fred Saberhagen's Berserkers. I don't know how they escaped earlier mention.

[vsalvaggio]

I'd like to second H. Paul Honsinger's Man of War series. REALLY enjoyed it and can't wait for the next book.

To Honor You Call Us
For Honor We Stand
Brothers in Valor

[Hampshire Nanny]

I just read the reviews in September's Galaxy's Edge magazine. They reviewed first novels in two new military SF series: Virtues of War by Bennet R. Coles and The Darkside War
by Zachary Brown. You might read the reviews and see if these sound like books you'd like.

[GeoffR]

Has anyone read Warren Norwood's Double Spiral War trilogy?

I read his first novel An Image of Voices (first of The Windhover Tapes) in paper, it was very good (but not military), and have been waiting for them to be published as ebooks. I see Double Spiral War has been published as an omnibus by Battlefield Press.

[pwalker8]

Originally Posted by Hampshire Nanny

I just read the reviews in September's Galaxy's Edge magazine. They reviewed first novels in two new military SF series: Virtues of War by Bennet R. Coles and The Darkside War
by Zachary Brown. You might read the reviews and see if these sound like books you'd like.

Thanks for the tip. Just bought Virtues of War.

[Anonymouse]

Peeps, the classics are still the best.

- E.E. "Doc" Smith's Lensman & Skylark series - kickstarted the whole space opera genre.

- A. Bertram Chandler's Commander Grimes series novels are stupendously engaging.

- Roland Green's Starcrujiser Shenandoah series (also collaborated with Pournelle on the Jannisaries novels).

- David Sherman & Dan Cragg - StarF.I.S.T., Force Recon, and Demontech series are a hoot with Japanese-samurai-styled lizard aliens.

- William C. Dietz knocked it out of the universe with his Legion of the Damned series.

- John G. Henry, writing as Jack Campbell in his Lost Fleet series and it's successor Beyond the Frontier & Lost Stars spinoffs, suck you in right away.

- Who can resist self-aware megatanks of the future?
Keith Laumer's Bolo series stories are absorbing as hell, no matter which author sets his or her hand to them.

- While David Drake's Lt. Leary has already been mentioned, do not miss the series that set him on the road to fame originally - Hammer's Slammers, the ultimate mercenary company of the far future. Also by Drake are the Bellisarius series (with Flint) & the General Raj Whitehall series.
Oh hell, if his name is on it, just READ THE DAMNED BOOK. LOL

[GlenBarrington]

Originally Posted by Anonymouse

Peeps, the classics are still the best.

I enjoy FUTURE classics the best! I personally think Christopher Nuttall has that potential, with many of his series books (not all, but many). But all your suggestions are good, I can't argue with a single one!