OT - Book (Fiction) Review/Recommendations Thread

[Raellus]

While trying to find a "like new" used copy of Team Yankee on Amazon (read it as a teen but stupidly got rid of it when the U.S.S.R. collapsed...), I discovered that there's apparently a graphic novel version of the story. Anybody ever seen it?

For great cyberpunk, check out the originator, William Gibson's Neuromancer. Count Zero is also pretty good.

[Targan]

I agree that Gibson is a great author, and anything in the Cyberpunk genre by Bruce Stirling is also good. Another excellent author in the Cyberpunk genre is Neal Stephenson (Snow Crash is one of his and I really liked it).

[Matt Wiser]

I've got the Graphic Novel of Team Yankee: very well done, and faithful to the novel. Only things missing are the several scenes showing the Russians' POV. Other than that, nothing's missing.

[Raellus]

Originally Posted by Matt Wiser

I've got the Graphic Novel of Team Yankee: very well done, and faithful to the novel. Only things missing are the several scenes showing the Russians' POV. Other than that, nothing's missing.

How's the artwork?

[rcaf_777]

[QUOTE]First Clash: Combat Close Up in World War III-the Canadian 4th Mech Brigade vs. the Russians in West Germany (there was a sequel but I haven't found it-yet)[QUOTE] The book or CF battle plan is was based on?

[Matt Wiser]

Raellus: The artwork is excellent.

rcaf_777: The book, as I understand it, was originally written as a training tool by Kenneth Macksey, but was released as a future-history book sometime in the mid '80s, about the time Red Storm Rising came out.

[Legbreaker]

Wolf and Iron by Gordon R Dickson to me describes the T2K, or more accurately a post apocalyse world, very well.

[Raellus]

Originally Posted by Matt Wiser

Raellus: The artwork is excellent.

Cool. I'll have to find a copy somewhere.

Leg, is that the same author who wrote the Dorsai books? I read a few of those in high school.