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Keorythe
Caldari Terra Rosa Militia Sev3rance
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Posted - 2008.03.03 20:18:00 -
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Originally by: Deviana Sevidon The Honorverse from David Weber is always a good choice for Military SF.
On Basilisk Station
Lots of space opera in the Honor Harrington books. Very little pew pew or pew pew thats over engineered and not very exciting.
You want pew pew, hardcore military, oppressive regime fighting oppressive regime then stick with stuck coming out of the Black Library. Warhammer 40k has some insanely good and really bad stuff to choose from.
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Keorythe
Caldari Terra Rosa Militia Sev3rance
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Posted - 2008.03.04 07:59:00 -
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Originally by: Imperator Jora'h Edited by: Imperator Jora''h on 03/03/2008 23:01:30
Originally by: Keorythe You want pew pew, hardcore military, oppressive regime fighting oppressive regime then stick with stuck coming out of the Black Library. Warhammer 40k has some insanely good and really bad stuff to choose from.
Which are which though?
The Gaunts Ghosts series by Stackpole is very well written. You'll develop ties to some of the main characters...and freak out when they are killed off. The two paragraphs side stories are sometimes captavating.
The Space Wolf series by William King is pretty good except for the very last which was written by another author.
The first couple of Horus Heresy books are pretty well done. The last few are...ok.
The Eisenhorn series is fun reading although the character is fairly light for an Inquisitor. Huge plot twist at the end.
Stay away from anything having to do with the Ciaphas Cain series unless you have a strong stomach for cheese and bad writing. Believe it or not but some people go for bad cheezy writing, especially those never having been in any sort of combat real or simulated.
Some people like the Soul Drinker books but they pretty much contradict themselves alot and are written with the style of "all opposing forces are bumbling idiots even other space marines".
That should keep you busy for a while.
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Keorythe
Caldari Terra Rosa Militia Sev3rance
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Posted - 2008.03.09 12:45:00 -
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Originally by: iaikami IMO Ender's game is vastly overrated, while it is a good intro for younger readers it is far more Sci-Fi than Science Fiction (read Harlen Ellison's editorials for the difference) and doesnt really touch on 'military life' in any realistic fashion.
Enders game and the later books are like Emo for sci-fi. The first time I read them I expected something decent and ended up with "wtf is this bull****?" Wah wah, no one understands me i r sad. Wah wah, i r smart and full of winz but lonely. Wah wah, game was real i r sad.
Armor was a great book. The ending was a bit on the weird side but it was overall a fun read.
One that is somewhat good but weird is Star Wars: Republic Commando. Decent action from a clone point of view.
Granted the Star Wars series are alot like that Warhammer 40k series in that there is some good and some bad in there. But in the case of Star Wars there's ALOT of bad. Anything having to do with Rogue squadron brings back memories of 1 bullet killing 20 indians in westerns. They also rely very very heavily on the enemy being completely incompetent to the point that they almost shoot themselves (sadly some decent stories both sci-fi and fantasy fail due to heavy reliance on that).
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