Military Science Fiction

[BAYLOR]

Bolo and Rogue Bolo by Keith Laumer
Bolos for the Honor of the Regiment created by Keith Laumer
The Dragon Novel Sleeps by Glen cook
Hammers Slammers by David Drake
Dorsal by Gordon Dickson
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Bill The Baltic Hero by Harry Harrison
Armor by Joh Steakley

 

[psikeyhackr]

Dorsal?

Sounds fishy to me. Is Aquaman involved?

 

[psikeyhackr]

A pedant writes: The Player of Games is partly set in the Small Magellanic Cloud.

Read the book. Didn't recall that.

 

[Ursa major]

Read the book. Didn't recall that.

IIRC, most of the book is set there.

 

[psikeyhackr]

Bill The Baltic Hero by Harry Harrison

Baltic Hero? Didn't Poul Anderson write that?

 

[BAYLOR]

Baltic Hero? Didn't Poul Anderson write that?

Bill the Galactic Hero

 

[psikeyhackr]

Bill the Galactic Hero

Is this your smartphone deciding what you are supposed to be writing? It happens to me too.

AI stands for Almost Intelligent.
Aggravating Intelligence?

 

[W Collier]

When people say "military science fiction," do they always mean far-future space military? Or do they ever mean, like, present day technothrillers with SF elements?

 

[Swank]

When people say "military science fiction," do they always mean far-future space military? Or do they ever mean, like, present day technothrillers with SF elements?

Most readers of both would not call Rainbow Six SF, no matter how many SF elements it has. For instance.

 

[psikeyhackr]

When people say "military science fiction," do they always mean far-future space military? Or do they ever mean, like, present day technothrillers with SF elements?

No!

Weapons of Choice by John Birmingham

Is time travel from an alternative 1920s where Hilary Clinton had been president to 1942 and the futuristic multinational navy fleet lands on top of the 1942 fleet headed for the battle of Midway.

Screws up history Big Time!

No space stuff whatsoever. I think it is better than a lot of space stuff but I like a lot of social criticism type writing in stories.

 

[psikeyhackr]

The Dragon Novel Sleeps by Glen cook

Are you suggesting bedtime reading for insomniacs?

Does your phone hate you?

The Dragon Never Sleeps

For four thousand years, the Guardships have ruled Cano…

www.goodreads.com

 

[BAYLOR]

Are you suggesting bedtime reading for insomniacs?

Does your phone hate you?

The Dragon Never Sleeps

For four thousand years, the Guardships have ruled Cano…

www.goodreads.com

Ive never had occasion to ask my phone anything.

 

[W Collier]

Most readers of both would not call Rainbow Six SF, no matter how many SF elements it has. For instance.

Oh, man, I remember Rainbow Six. Not really his strongest work...

Weapons of Choice sounds ridonkulous.

 

[psikeyhackr]

Weapons of Choice sounds ridonkulous.

Yeah, an aircraft carrier named after Hilary Clinton is pretty ridiculous. As bad as Ronald Reagan. I was able to ignore that and soldier on. Otherwise I thought the story was pretty good. It is the start of a trilogy and I have read all three.

 

[W Collier]

The question is, is it better than the military fantasy series "Forgotten Ruin"? in which Army Rangers slaughter orcs by the thousands with a-dubs? That's my current guilty pleasure.

 

[psikeyhackr]

The question is, is it better than the military fantasy series "Forgotten Ruin"? in which Army Rangers slaughter orcs by the thousands with a-dubs? That's my current guilty pleasure.

No opinion, never heard of it.

Forgotten Ruin (Forgotten Ruin #1)

Tolkien meets Shock and Awe Orcs. Trolls. Wraith riders. Dark wizards. Together, they form an unstoppable force. Or so they thought. ...

www.goodreads.com

As you say, Mil Fantasy not Mil Sci-fi.

 

[psikeyhackr]

When people say "military science fiction," do they always mean far-future space military? Or do they ever mean, like, present day technothrillers with SF elements?

Do you mean something like The Hunt for Red October?

I expect a Mil SF story to portray a significant amount of organized violence rather just involve military people and setting.

 

[psikeyhackr]

Ive never had occasion to ask my phone anything.

They lie shamelessly! Believe nothing.

 

[psikeyhackr]

Bolo and Rogue Bolo by Keith Laumer
Bolos for the Honor of the Regiment created by Keith Laumer
Hammers Slammers by David Drake
Dorsai by Gordon Dickson
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Bill The Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison

Read all of the above, lots of different Bolo stories.
Complete Bolo

What is the story with the following:

The Dragon Never Sleeps by Glen Cook
Armor by Joh Steakley

 

[psikeyhackr]

IIRC, most of the book is set there.

Yep, but once you get down to an alien planet the stars are just randomly scattered around. I will have check how it affected travel time. I didn't remember anything about that.