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Old 06-10-2017, 10:42 AM
Adm.Lee Adm.Lee is offline
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Last few years, I've been trying to add more sci-fi to my diet. Some of it has been military.

"The Old Man's War" series by John Scalzi. Very good, humanity is facing down lots of alien races while wrestling with their own political-moral issues.

Also by Scalzi: Redshirts is a hilarious Star Trek parody!

Marko Kloos' "Frontlines" series is also humans-vs-aliens, but the aliens are a LOT tougher to take down.

My like for Weber's "Honor Harrington" series has faded as it became more bloated, but the frist 5 or so books are great. He's spun off two series with Harrington's ancestors, I liked both of those much better. "Manticore Ascendant" is one that shows the early days of the Royal Manticore Navy, and the "Stephanie Harrington" series is about the early days of contact with treecats.

"Dragonriders of Pern" was summer 2014's project. This year will be more Heinlein. I re-read Starship Troopers as a warmup, Glory Road is on deck, also a re-read.
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