I can't believe I haven't mentioned Exodus: Empires at War by Doug Dandridge. Damn good series.
Another series i really like is S.J. MacDonald's Fourth Fleet Irregulars. Three book for now. Sadly author does not have a updating site. All news nearly 2 years old. After book 2 i couldt find any info. But suddenly book three come. i hope it cont.
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16299864-karadon
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20739136-xd
hmm Battlefield Earth by Hubbard is an incredible book, forget that they tried to make a movie or that he did scientology..
the Crystal Singer Trilogy by Anne McCaffrey, hell anything by McCaffrey from the talents, to the pern series, all fill areas of her federated sentient planets creation over thousands of years
Far from Home has 14 books now 1-12 in one DL 13 and 14 separate at amazon
if your just after good reading
Melanie Rawn with her Dragon Prince, Dragon Star, and Exiles trilogies
Robin Hobb with the Liveship Trilogy and followups
these are just those at the top of my reading lists, so thought someone else would enjoy them as well
I liked this series by her also
Catteni by Anne McCaffrey (Freedom's Challenge, Freedom's Choice, Freedom's Landing, Freedom's Ransom))
yes anything by anne mccaffrey just is an awesome read. her son todd is alright, but he hasn't taken the step yet to write in pern present time only in the past to where he knows the outcome and has parameters
the far from home series just added book 15 and im reading it now.
This are some rare jewels on Sci-fi
Knox Irregulars - J.Wesley Bush
Ship of My Fathers - Dan Thompson
Olympus - Ivan Kal
Drift Wars - Brett James
Armor - John Steakley
The Martian - Andy weir
Orbs - Nicolas Sanbury Smith
And Saxon Andrew Taming a Planet Series are refreshing.
If you are looking for a good Indi author while waiting I suggest the Contact series by Mike Freeman.
The first book in the series is free.
As for other books, I loved “the lost fleet” series from Jack Campbell, especially since similar to Ryk he tries to keep the tactics true as we would expect them working in space (time delays due to limits of speed of light, interesting tactics, etc). The books do get a bit formulaic at times but I still found it interesting.
I loved it, and "tactic" wise I was far more comfortable with its setting in that book. What can I say, I am sucker for big fleet battles of past, before tech made them obsolete, plus Jump gates allow you to make "use of terrain" for more strategic aspects. Meanwhile I can't shake the feeling that eventually Jump drives will turn to be way overpowered.
Many liked the David Drake series on Honor Harrington. I stalled halfway through book two. Just not my cup of tea.
Same here. I have only bad things to say about it, even if on the paper it looks impressive.
Hi Everyone,
I recently took early retirement and now have the opportunity to get back to some fun reading. I love Science Fiction of all types but particularly love “Space Operas” that have strong characterization, great story lines, lots of action/pace, creative space technology and a dash of romance to top it off.
My all-time favorite SF book is “Dune”.
I also enjoy futuristic Dystopian novels as well as a bit of Fantasy now and then.
I’ll list a few books I don’t recall seeing on anyone’s list as well as a few that are already listed:
Last Stand of the Legion: Rift (Blood War – Book 1) – Rod Carstens (Awesome fast paced read, one of my favorites that will tug at your heart strings, can’t wait for the next book)
Star Force Series – B.V. Larson (I believe there are 9 books and I’ve read them all, really fun and fast paced)
Old Mans War – John Scalizi
Forever Wars – Joe Haldeman
Forging Zero – (The Legend of Zero) Sara King (violent and brutal story but very creative and fast paced)
Not military based but great reads as well:
Book of Cantos series – Dan Simons (love these 4 books particularly Hyperion and The Rise of Endymion)
Heroes Die – Matthew Stover (more of a futuristic Fantasy but a rip roaring action story that you won’t be able to put down)
Not sure if they've been recommended yet, but the Molly Fyde books by Hugh Howie are good, as well as most books by Evan Currie. Elizabeth moon has the Serrano series which are always a good read, and everything by Anne McCaffrey.
Mike Moscoe's Kris Longknife series is a pretty good companion to Weber's Honorverse or Campbell's Lost Fleet series. I think she has MANY similarities to Nathan, as well, i.e. a young officer from a prominent family thrust into circumstances WAY beyond their paygrades. The Jump Universe books are prequels and the new Vicky Peterwald series is a spinoff.
Mike Moscoe’s Kris Longknife series is a pretty good companion to Weber’s Honorverse or Campbell’s Lost Fleet series. I think she has MANY similarities to Nathan, as well, i.e. a young officer from a prominent family thrust into circumstances WAY beyond their paygrades. The Jump Universe books are prequels and the new Vicky Peterwald series is a spinoff.
You will find the author listed as Mike Shepherd. No idea why the name change. It is one of the series where I just get the next book when it comes out. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_kk_1?rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Akris+longknife+series&keywords=kris+longknife+series&ie=UTF8&qid=1411243288 I do them on Audible for my long drives.
So, to bridge the time for all my reading friends, here's a few of the SciFi novels I've read so far - mostly indie titles.
First off, we have Modulus, by Richard Romero. Modulus is set in a distant future, where humanity has expanded throughout the galaxy with the help of anomalies - namely the name-givinig Moduli. The story begins with the destruction of a planet, with all the chaos that ensues as the survivors search for the perpetrators.
A piece of mind to that Book: It is a somewhat interesting read, though I think it misses a few opportunities. Also, noone in that future seems to know what a sword is. What - the - heck.
Next up are the Spineward Sector novels, already mentioned in this thread. If you can wiggle your mind into Sky Wachters way of writing and ignore mistakes in grammar here and there - as well as references to a certain other scifi series that show up in one of the newest books - it's a very enjoyable read. Though sometimes I wish to slap some of the characters...
A piece of mind: The Chief Engineer has his quirks. I like him.
Another neat SciFi series, in my opinion at least, is Cara Caffrey's The Girls from Alcyone series. The series revolves around a bunch of genetically and biomechanically enhanced women, specially trained as Mercenaries by the Kimura Corporation. Needless to say, not all people are so fond of the Corporation's "little monsters", and so they have to fight for their very survival in a galaxy where very many people want to see them gone or in their own services.
A piece of mind: You should re-consider reading it if you have problems with romantic relationships between women. Also, as of this writing, the first book seems to be available for free for Kindle.
And last, but not least, my all time favorites: Poor Man's Fight and Rich Man's War (not to be confused with Old Man's War), written by Elliott Kay. Both books are part of a series and revolve around Tanner Malone, a guy straight out of Archangel system's high school with an extreme education debt and an unsure future. To deal with that debt and with his suddenly crushed plans for the future, Tanner Malone joins the Archangel Militia. And maybe just in time, because pirates plague the system, the neighbouring system is on the verge of civil war, and Archangel and the corporations responsible for Archangel's education system are on bad footing...
A piece of mind: I heartily, heartily recommend this book. Sensible guy turned reluctant space badass is pretty intense, especially with the amount of ass-kicking to be found in there.
Alright, and now back to waiting for Episode 12...
I recently went through Christopher Nuttall's new book, First Strike which I would recommend. I'm hoping it's the first book in a series as there seems to be room to continue the story but it seems to have wrapped up nicely enough to stand alone.
Hi Everyone,
Last Stand of the Legion: Rift (Blood War – Book 1) – Rod Carstens (Awesome fast paced read, one of my favorites that will tug at your heart strings, can’t wait for the next book)
Like the book. Thanks
5th book of Galactic Football League THE CHAMPION by Scott Sigler come out. Excellent series...
