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Muscle by Gordon Dickinson
After Graeme Donald, a warrior special military mercenaries, the novel charts his place when he rents to other planets governments. Written in the 50s, it is an imperfect novel. Donald, of course, the invincible warrior, while his foes seem less alive. So the dialogue is wooden right. But they and the rest of the Dickinson Childe Cycle series has certainly influenced the whole sub-genre of science fiction military.
Old Man's Army by John Scalzi
John Perry, 75, is the colonial armed forces have agreed to do 10 years ago with his wife, now deceased. It is the CDF Nowhere mind is taken to transfer a new location from its original DNA, but improvements to this new facility is part of the Perry much stronger and deeper meaning. The new mutation Perry's first new recruits to the master and is easily comparable with the great Heinlein deficient "or Haldeman.
A hymn before the battle by John Ringo
John Ringo novel, innovative, an anthem before the fight tells the story of a country near future than they news that yes, it is an extraterrestrial intelligent life out there (which is good), but the country is discovering in firing line that these "good" in the fight against external enemies. It is in this context that Michael O'Neal and his colleagues are in the front line grunts thrown in the intergalactic battle. If you like David Weber, you'll love a song before the battle!
Harrington series by David Weber Honor
It is difficult to arrive at a particular novel explosives David Weber, in series, so we decided to designate the entire series. Inspired by CS Forester Horatio Hornblower series Weber created a unique figure in his honor that the readers followed with joy Harrington's first novel since Weber, the Basilisk. Party political intrigue (we like the beeping is not only "bad"), kick ass party space warfare, it is easy to see why the shelves of Honor verses science fiction dominated in the past 15 years.
Hammer Slammers David Drake
David Drake's collection of stories about the regiment of mercenaries "Hammer Slammers" and their leader, Colonel Alois Hammer helped make the military science fiction genre, as it stands today. Among the elements of mythology and historical events, and put it in the context of a realistic military organization, the results of stony bed.
Semper March by Ian Douglas
Unlike almost all other novels on this list, Semper Mars is unique in the war This is not unknown to us and an alien creature. Instead of a war front is fought between the U.S. and the United Nations now powerful. Although the novel is set in 2040 and has an alien artifacts on Mars, the struggle between the U.S. and the UN is entering the stage, this is perhaps a bit more realistic compared to the lucky "one nation" from the earth to see than we usually in science fiction. Douglas creates the world that the dark side is the "one nation" concept, and the only people who is in the way in which the USMC.
Thurs Enders by Orson Scott Card
For this book is on the list of U.S. Recommended Reading Marine Corp., claiming it was a matter of course, our top military science fiction novels. After nearly won battles with alien insectoid race, the Earth International Fleet turned to his young children for the future of military commanders, the battle against the cockroaches "in a lot of anticipation for potential future third invasion. So, Andrew" Ender "Wiggins Battle School is the commander of the army that they want and need, ultimately, train, the Redeemer of mankind.
Armor by John Steakley
John Steakley tells half a story in his novel, Armor. The first half of the mutation Felix, as he drops his first in the strange world of the Banshee, dressed in a suit of armor and machine, made against insectoid race known as ants to fight. When Felix fights for his own survival, he discovered that by starting the "machine" is good in battle. However, as the military bureaucracy, poor Felix is called to fall without Reprieve, which definitely kill him to fight. "The second half of the novel takes place on the planet punishment. The war is over now, the mutation of anti-Crow WHO hero Jack Felix Find old battle armor and is able to discover all that Felix crossed the Banshee. Confused? It is true at the end. Ultimately, the novel focuses on the psychological impact of war on people.
Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Joe Haldeman Forever War is in many autobiographical tale Told Airways in a Space Opera. Haldeman's novel is loosely identified many stereotypes that the system of military science fiction, Standard & Poor's hero alone in the course of a struggle to change (in this book is undoubtedly anti-heroic), to be held Haldeman focuses on the military machine and its treatment of soldiers and the return of the soldiers home, they want the reinstatement Pls. All these topics are the perfect choice for the basis of fiction by Ridley Scott, the latest issue of Science, and we hope to remain faithful to the director for this masterpiece.
Starship Troopers Robert A. Heinlein
This book is probably the highlight of the military science fiction. After the story of Johnnie Rico, as it goes from recruits, eventually commanding his own unit, Roughneck Rico, this book is not only the daily operations of the army and is certainly not just the war against the bugs. Heinlein, as one might expect, is much lower. may hold in the world of Heinlein, the right to vote and public office only those who are granted served in the army. In addition, for those who want to serve, the army has to find a place for that person, regardless of ability. The book is on issues such as poor civic duty, "the death penalty and the government as the war against bugs. These issues were ridiculed in mismatches by Paul Verhoeven. Thus, the novel has been on the playlists of the U.S. Army, Navy and USMC. In He also was required to play USCM, although we have to ask ourselves if Rico's Roughneck maybe have a little better off in this fight it!