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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 654.1 | I can't help it - I loved this story | NOETIC::KOLBE | The diletante debutante | Wed Jul 20 1988 16:19 | 8 |
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Oh god, here I go again. Shards of Honor by Lois McMasters Bujold.
It concerns a war (which starts as a police action) between two
worlds so there are lots of space battles. It also contains a lot
political intrigue as the reason for the war is not what it appears
to be. There are also battles on board the starships and a planet's
surface. The book starts on a survey planet with the space battles
starting about halfway into the book.
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| 654.2 | Decent space war | SNDCSL::SMITH | Fezzik, tear his arms off. | Tue Jul 26 1988 00:25 | 5 |
| How about Melisa C. Michaels Skyrider trilogy [Skirmish, First Battle,
Last War]? I could probably go thru my list again, but not tonite...
Willie
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| 654.3 | | SPMFG1::CHARBONND | I get the top | Wed Jul 27 1988 12:08 | 3 |
| How about Saberhagen's 'Berserker' series ?
try "Berserker: Blue Death" for instance
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| 654.4 | zzzappp...poof | SALEM::LOWE | MADVAX | Mon Aug 08 1988 16:08 | 5 |
| "Hammer's Slammers" is a reasonable blast and broil book. Author's
name slips my mind though.
flip
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| 654.5 | | SKITZD::MESSENGER | An Index of Metals | Mon Aug 08 1988 17:25 | 8 |
| Re.-1
> "Hammer's Slammers" is a reasonable blast and broil book. Author's
> name slips my mind though.
David Drake.
- HBM
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| 654.6 | Sequel to Shards of Honor | AIMHI::GIARAMITA | | Tue Aug 09 1988 14:54 | 3 |
| re .1 There was a sequal to Shards of Honor called Warrior 's
Apprentice . This has become a favorite of mine. Shards was excellent
also. Order of reading, SB Shards First, Warrior second.
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| 654.7 | I want to read it! | NOETIC::KOLBE | The dilettante debutante | Sat Aug 13 1988 00:23 | 11 |
| < Note 654.6 by AIMHI::GIARAMITA >
-< Sequel to Shards of Honor >-
< re .1 There was a sequal to Shards of Honor called Warrior 's
< Apprentice . This has become a favorite of mine. Shards was excellent
< also. Order of reading, SB Shards First, Warrior second.
<
yes, I've been trying to find that but the bookstores here don't
have it. I didn't know it was a sequel. Now I really want to find
it. liesl
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| 654.8 | Footfall? | COUNT0::WELSH | but who are all you zombies? | Tue Aug 30 1988 13:52 | 6 |
| Anything by Jerry Pournelle... :-)
Especially "Footfall" by Niven/Pournelle.
Of course that's not so recent, especially in the USA.
--Tom
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| 654.9 | | SCOMAN::RUDMAN | Amateur Hour goes on and on... | Fri Sep 16 1988 14:33 | 6 |
| If you liked HAMMER'S SLAMMERS, you just may like his THE FORLORN
HOPE. A mercenary Company, "sold out" by their employers, must
fight their way off-planet. Could have been told in novella-size,
but there is enough action to keep going.
Don
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| 654.10 | | MCIS2::TKELLEHER | For moral fiber, try Zen Flakes. | Mon May 15 1989 14:26 | 6 |
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Then there's THE FOREVER WAR, by Joe Haldeman.
...Tom
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| 654.11 | | DELNI::HALLOWELL | It's been a slow decade. | Thu Sep 07 1989 17:39 | 8 |
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Well, based on some of the replies in this note, I bought and started
HAMMERS SLAMMERS. It stunk, I didn't even finish it.
I guess I like the blasting to go hand in hand with a plot.
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| 654.12 | Slammed! | STRATA::RUDMAN | Pledged To Protect Us All. | Tue Sep 26 1989 15:31 | 15 |
| ...SLAMMERS wasn't a novel, but s.s. strung together. No plot-thread
other than what do you do when you're sick of the mercenary business,
but plenty of blasting.
For battles (& such) with minumum blasting try THE FLEET ("Pledged
To Protect Us All") series. All s.s.; most are entertaining. so
far (IMS), there's THE FLEET, :COUNTERATTACK, & :BREAKTHROUGH.
I think the fourth is due out next May. Basically, the rat-like
Khalia staged so many raids the humans & their allies declared
war on them. The stories range from espionage to space battles,
suicide troops to victimized civilians. I liked it enough to stick
with it, & will buy #4. (I'd planned on doing a more in-depth review,
but...)
Don
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