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May 7th, 2004, 03:48 PM
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Re: OT: Your Favorite Book Series
Rosenberg's Guardians of the Flame has been a fun read so far.
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May 7th, 2004, 05:54 PM
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Re: OT: Your Favorite Book Series
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Rosenberg's Guardians of the Flame has been a fun read so far.
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May 12th, 2004, 04:53 AM
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Re: OT: Your Favorite Book Series
I've really really enjoyed the "StarFire" inspired series of books by Dave Weber and Steve White (Crusade, Insurrection, In Death Ground and The Shiva Option). They're probably the best stories I've ever read of epic space combat.
I've read those books so often they've gotten quite tattered and I'm due for a new good read.
Can anyone suggest to me a book or series of books with similar epic space combat or with an "SE4-like galactic empires at war" kind of feel?
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May 12th, 2004, 04:22 PM
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Re: OT: Your Favorite Book Series
Try "The Fleet" series mostly by David Drake. Six books, then two "Battlestation" books. They have kind of a SEIV/Starfire feel. Some stories are about ground pounders, but some are of ship battles too.
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May 16th, 2004, 12:18 AM
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Re: OT: Your Favorite Book Series
Try the Baen free library, http://www.baen.com/library/ under David Weber
And the Baen webscriptions, which you can get in downloadable text format, if you so wish: www.webscription.net
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I've really really enjoyed the "StarFire" inspired series of books by Dave Weber and Steve White (Crusade, Insurrection, In Death Ground and The Shiva Option). They're probably the best stories I've ever read of epic space combat.
I've read those books so often they've gotten quite tattered and I'm due for a new good read.
Can anyone suggest to me a book or series of books with similar epic space combat or with an "SE4-like galactic empires at war" kind of feel?
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May 16th, 2004, 02:52 AM
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Re: OT: Your Favorite Book Series
Aubrey and Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian. The series that inspired the movie Master and Commander. Some of the best writing in the English language.
Love Asimov Foundation.
Orson Scott Card Ender's Game and the new prequels.
Stephanie Plum books by Janet Ivanovich. Hilarious.
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May 17th, 2004, 09:23 AM
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Re: OT: Your Favorite Book Series
I did an internet search. Are you sure that's not Janet Evanovich?
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May 17th, 2004, 04:43 PM
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Re: OT: Your Favorite Book Series
Just finished reading Timothy Zahn's latest Star Wars book, Surviror's Quest. Pretty good, being from the man who almost single-handedly brought Star Wars back to life 15 years ago.
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May 17th, 2004, 05:08 PM
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Re: OT: Your Favorite Book Series
Just re-read basilisk station yesterday, and will probably read the honour of the queen again somewhen soon.
I'm sure I've asked before, but what's in the series after that?
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May 17th, 2004, 08:19 PM
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Re: OT: Your Favorite Book Series
Well, traveler RPG, honerverse Version, has a list of all the books in order. http://www.travellerrpg.com/Honor/novels.html
What, you didn't know they are making a traveler hoververse RPG? 
Yet another reason to register for the baen forums. That, and the snippets.
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