Scifi Reading

[jchaos79]

I would recommend to read "Future war commander"

[SV52]

'Starship Troopers' Robert A. Heinlein.  Forget the movie, done from the book but book is nothing like it.

[paulr]

'Starship Troopers' Robert A. Heinlein.  Forget the movie, done from the book but book is nothing like it.

Definitely a good read but then read The Forever War by Joe Haldeman as an antidote for the politics 

[fsn]

'Starship Troopers' Robert A. Heinlein.  Forget the movie, done from the book but book is nothing like it.

Agreed. Don't know how easy it would be to game though.

[Hertsblue]

True; Heinlein had some fairly odd notions.

[FierceKitty]

The movie survives for the shower scene alone.

[capthugeca]

+1 for Starship Troopers, Forever War and the Dorsai series.

[Techno]

I can remember really enjoying 'Inherit the Stars' by James Hogan decades ago.
Last time I checked it was only available for 'silly' prices.
Wasn't a particularly well written story...But I loved the plot.

Wouldn't mind re-reading that, to see if it was as fun as I think it was.

Cheers - Phil

[Hertsblue]

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be, Phil.

[fsn]

£2.87 on Amazon, Techno.

That's a pretty silly price.

[fsn]

I've just read "Inherit the Stars". Not a thick read.

The story concerns a young bronzed god of a man from the fringes of civilisation. He came from a family of play-doh shapers, and details his ascension through the play-doh world. Eventually, he is a master play-doh shaper, and has the full range of play-doh tools. He has the squares, he has the circles and he has the triangles. He learns though, of the mystic fourth shape, and quests through the wilds of his native lands. He learns how to manufacture edible play-doh from a wise old crone who lives in a cave above a disused Tesco's.

He drifts into the big city, and there finds the advanced city dwellers have mechanised play-doh extrusion. This offends his barbarian moral sensitivities, and he falls foul of the city authorities. He is imprisoned for seven years where he meets an improbably large chested girl who falls in love with him, and they escape back to the barbarian lands.

There, they find that the hero's father is also a high-master of play-doh who, on his death bed, bequeaths his tools, and thus, our hero managed to "Inherit the Stars".

Not a lot of gaming potential though.   

[Techno]

£2.87 on Amazon, Techno. That's a pretty silly price.

That's silly..... at the opposite end of the price range to what it was before !!

I've just read "Inherit the Stars". Not a thick read.
The story concerns a young bronzed god of a man from the fringes of civilisation. He came from a family of play-doh shapers, and details his ascension through the play-doh world. Eventually, he is a master play-doh shaper, and has the full range of play-doh tools. He has the squares, he has the circles and he has the triangles. He learns though, of the mystic fourth shape, and quests through the wilds of his native lands. He learns how to manufacture edible play-doh from a wise old crone who lives in a cave above a disused Tesco's.
He drifts into the big city, and there finds the advanced city dwellers have mechanised play-doh extrusion. This offends his barbarian moral sensitivities, and he falls foul of the city authorities. He is imprisoned for seven years where he meets an improbably large chested girl who falls in love with him, and they escape back to the barbarian lands.
There, they find that the hero's father is also a high-master of play-doh who, on his death bed, bequeaths his tools, and thus, our hero managed to "Inherit the Stars".

Gosh....That's not how I remember the story at all......You oik !! 
Cheers - Phil

[wurrukatte]

I would recommend Doug Dandridge's Exodus series of books.

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[Paint it Pink]

For those of you who don't follow my blog, and why should you (just saying), I did a short piece of SF and wargaming here:

http://panther6actual.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Military%20Science%20Fiction

Of course the book to read is my first novel (still sitting in the unsold editorial hell that is publishing) called Bad Dog: small unit combat armour troops with support assets and a clever enemy who has prepared well for the conflict ahead.  You heard it here first.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Neal Asher has just released 'Dark Intelligence', reviews are good.