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Heh heh. Didn't we cover this on the other board a year or so ago, Prolixic? If anyone can come up with a satisfactory definition of Military SF, I'll eat my work boots. I seem to remember the last discussion I was part of that attempted to define it, ended up getting bogged down with the...

Ya know, I couldn't find a thread about this. My apologies in advance if I simply didn't look hard enough. Kind of surprised that the topic hasn't come up. Off the top of my head... S.M. (Steve) Stirling - Dies the Fire, Conquistador, Island in the Sea of Time (the Nantucket trilogy), The...

Forgot about those. 34th FIST, if I remember correctly. Pretty good stuff; I really got into the first 3-4 books. After that I started losing interest. And, how could I forget? William C. Deitz, Legion of the Damned books (although, I personally would only recommend the first two)

Interesting note, Ian Douglas and William H. Keith are the same person -- Ian Douglas is one of his pen names. I highly recommend his stuff; I haven't found any I haven't enjoyed -- although some of it is obviously for younger readers. Other suggested mil-SF: John Ringo's Posleen books. Fun...

Do you find yourself drawn to books that have specific character types in them? Like, LotR has the prototype of the fantasy wizard -- Gandalf. Some people have fallen in love with the books simply because they think Gandalf is the coolest thing since sliced bread. Or, Harrison's Stainless...

I think it's how you empathize with the writing. Me, I could care less about immersing myself in the world -- I want to grow to like or dislike characters, find out more about them, understand their motivations, and understand their person. Like Glen Cook's <u>The Black Company</u> -- the...

Back 20 years ago (when I was young and freeeeeeeeee) I avidly devoured any Piers Anthony I could get my hands on. Then, almost overnight, I lost complete interest in anything he wrote. I loved the first three Xanth novels but haven't read anything past Nightmare. The first three Adept (?) books...

Does anyone have any recommendations in zombie post-apocalyptic horror, similar to Romero's Night/Dawn/Day of the Dead stories. I've always enjoyed this niche but it seems to be more of a movie niche than book. Some that I've read, with my opinions: * The Dead (Mark Rogers) - 4 of 5 stars...

The wife and I usually read more than one book at a time. She reads up to a half dozen at a time; I'm limited to just a couple -- usually one on my PDA and one dead-tree book. She leaves books scattered throughout the house... one in the bathroom upstairs, one in the kitchen, one in the bedroom...

Totally on my PDA. It's so convenient to be able to haul 10-15 books around on a PDA. Truthfully, I've never tried reading a book on a PC -- for some reason, that seems kinda not right. Not sure why, though.

1) Starship Troopers - RAH 2) Midshipman's Hope - David Feintuch 3) The Dragon Never Sleeps - Glen Cook 4) The Parafaith War - L.E. Modisett 5) The Legacy of Heorot - Niven, Pournelle, Barnes I can't recommend Midshipman's Hope enough. It's possibly the best SF I found in the last...

Glen Cook (The Black Company) Joel Rosenberg (The Guardians of the Flame) Mickey Zucker Riechert (Renshai series) Ray Feist (Magician) David Eddings The Thieves World series. from what I hear, George R.R. Martin is very good. (it's on my ever-growing 'to read' list)

I'm gonna quote you on that, Mark. :D (btw, Legend of Nightfall - Mickey Zucker Rierchert. Great read.) I think having an element of danger for characters that readers have grown to like makes a book or series more exciting to read. Not knowing what's going to happen is much more...

Used vs. new Buying used books instead of new copies doesn't (directly) pass money back to the publisher (and through them, the author) at all, which gives the publisher less profit -- and, eventually, they are unable to pay authors as much. Which means less financial incentive for authors to...

Just a quick "hiya, I'm a newbie. Please don't beat me up." Looks like an interesting community here! I look forward to some interesting conversation (tempered with plenty of silliness). :D Nice to see some familiar faces, too. (Prolixic, Mark)