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Space Monster
Mar 13, 2009

So I just read the Old Man's War series by John Scalzi and after reading I have frankly lost my taste for reading anything that isn't Old Man's War, The Ghost Brigades, or The Last Colony and it's killing my usual 'anything fantasy/sci fi that isn't badly written' buzz.

So, to get me at least started on something different again, can anyone recommend things that are similar? I.E. military science fiction about young humanity securing it's place in the stars.

(mostly thinking newer writing here, I've read all the relevant Heinlein, Card, Niven, Pohl, Halderman, and the other old farts (who I love) from decades ago.)


I know this is a bit of a specific request, kind of a long shot but figure I might as well, thanks in advance! I love you. (Welcome to Costco)

(something with most of these characteristics, but not all is fine.)

Space Monster fucked around with this message at 02:47 on Oct 25, 2011

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Space Monster
Mar 13, 2009

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

Have you read Scalzi's Fuzzy Nation? What about [bThe Android's Dream?[/b]?

Maybe I should just read everything by Scalzi. I feel like at the end of it I'll be in the same position though. (This buys me some time though, thanks man!)

(I'm apprehensive about retroactively ruining Old Man's War which is the book I've enjoyed the most in the last 7 or 8 years. That first few hundred pages...doozy.)

Space Monster fucked around with this message at 02:56 on Oct 25, 2011

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