NOTE: I mean military sci-fi as in combat between ships, not futuristic marines.
I have some favorites, but I wouldn't want to influence any of you...
2007-03-28 14:26:02 · 3 answers · asked by Free Ranger 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Stephen Donaldson in his "Into the Gap" series is certainly worth a look, as is Joe Haldemann in "The Forever War" (which hardly qualifies as ship-to-ship combat, but at least it explains why not).
Exploring the gaming community may also be worth a shot (in the Dark, perhaps): the more obscure gamers often have great passion for researching the realism of such an issue. (There was, for example, a good sub-light relativity ship-to-ship combat-***-strategy game produced by SPI years ago - but with all the puta games going around these days, there must surely be some outstanding ones, both in the realist and the atmospheric dimensions of play).
2007-03-28 14:32:14 · answer #1 · answered by Thelemic Warrior 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Patrick O'brian has a great series about naval warfare between Britain and Napoleon's France. It's not what you'd call sci-fi, it's historical fiction but the battles are based on real naval actions. The first book in the series is Master and Commander. Highly recommended.
2007-03-28 21:34:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
John scalzi...he great book is "The Last Colony"
2007-03-28 21:36:16 · answer #3 · answered by My code 0 178 356 7433 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋