Scifi Reading

[sdennan]

Hi Guys

I am looking for some reading to distract me from my other reading.

Can anyone recommend some reading that might feature small unit action? Tall order I know but I thought I would give it a shot

Cheers

Simon

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Not really - Drake's Hammers Slammers, Janisseries by Larry Pounelle, the Crimson World cycle etc.....

IanS

[Subedai]

Going back a bit I know but The Forever War by Joe Haldeman has always been one of my favourites.

[barbarian]

Embedded by Dan Abnett is action packed.

[Matt J]

To be honest anything by Abnett, even his GW stuff

[Hertsblue]

A lot of Neal Asher's books, particularly the Cormac novels, have passages of small unit combat. I'd recommend his books in any case - especially if you like space-operas.

[Leman]

Sci Fi in Reading. will they get jealous in Newbury?

[fsn]

The Dorsai books by Gordon R Dickson. It's been a few years since I read them, but humanity has become fragmented and the uber-mercenaries are the Dorsai. 

[Luddite]

To be honest anything by Abnett, even his GW stuff

+1

Anything by Abnett is worth your time.

Gaunts Ghosts: First And Only is a good start for small unit action type stuff.

[Shedman]

C.R.O.W and Lancejack by Phillip Richards

http://www.amazon.co.uk/C-R-O-W-Union-Book-Phillip-Richards-ebook/dp/B008S1VH5K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1421781018&sr=8-1&keywords=sci-fi+crow

Old Man's War series by John Scalzi

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Old-Mans-War-John-Scalzi-ebook/dp/B004M8S6FC/ref=la_B001IGJOCA_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1421781117&sr=1-1

Or alternative very very late WW2 - The Red Gambit Series

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=The%20Red%20Gambit%20Series

Alan

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Prador Moon by Neal Asher.
Or the Skinner

[Leman]

Not much of a grin with sci fi readers then.

[Hertsblue]

+1

Anything by Abnett is worth your time.

Gaunts Ghosts: First And Only is a good start for small unit action type stuff.

The problem with Abnett, and makes his combat strangely lop-sided, is that while his troops have interstellar travel they don't seem to have heard of air-support. 

[barbarian]

In Embedded, they have.

[Leman]

No response then, unless I wave my Ray Gun around - or should that be Ben Gun. Nah - sci fi - massive humour bypass. will sign off this thread.