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I need good military sci-fi books. Already reading all the 40k I can get my hands on.

Bonus points for Power armor.

>> No.757708 [DELETED] 

>>757692

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>>757690

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>>757689

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>> No.757728

>>757693

go watch avatar dood. i hear it is totally original and brilliantly written.

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>>757690

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>> No.757887

But seriously.

>> No.757893

If you read Starship Troopers, you really have to read The Forever War. (Heinlein was in WWII, Haldeman was in Vietnam. Different experiences, and Haldeman wrote TFW explicitly as a response to Heinlein.)

For good modern military SF, I'd suggest Scalzi's Old Man's War and its sequels.

>> No.759154

old man's war series by john scalzi also the lost fleet series by jack campbell , pretty good both of them

>> No.759174

OP, I am also thinking of getting into 40k, but I'm not sure of its quality. How is it? What's the best you've read so far?

Oh, and Enders Game counts I guess.

>> No.759179

>>759174

>I am also thinking of getting into 40k, but I'm not sure of its quality. How is it?

Do you really need us to tell you?

>> No.759180

>>759179
Yes.

>> No.759189

>>759174
The best 40k book is probably Horus Rising.

But they're all franchise novels, so eh...

>> No.759192

>>759189
I'm assuming that makes them less good?

>> No.759203

>>759192
/Lit/ has a stigma against them.

>> No.759220

>>759203
This is not the proper way to use "stigma" in a sentence. Try again.

>> No.759226

>>759203
Well, I hate e/lit/ism, so I'll assume that means it's good regardless of what everyone else thinks.

>> No.759232

>>759220
Grammar Jew

>> No.759242

>>757693
Military sci-fi, especially featuring power armor.
Hmmm.

How about Armor (John Steakley)?