> From: Jim Sharkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Julia Thompson wrote:
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>In Conquest Born by C. S. Friedman
> >>Terrific space opera/military novel about a bitter clash of
> >>civilizations
> >
> >I'll second this one. I'll also recommend _The Madness Season_ by
> >the same author.
> >I'll try to compile a list of Thompson Household recommendations
> >before the end of next week. _In Conquest Born_ and _The Madness
> >Season_ ought to hold you until then, at least. :)
>
> I look forward to it, thanks Julia!
>
> Hey, here's a follow-up: I have a vague remembrance of hearing about a
book wherein galactic culture was based on a sort of Communist type of
system, where each race is given a task suited to its abilities. When
they discover Earth, they decide that humans are best fit for combat, due
to endorphins, adrenaline, some redundant systems. Does that sound
familiar to any of you?
>
Kind of:
Alan Dean Foster: A call to Arms, book one of the damned.
The False Mirror, book two of the damned.
The Spoils of War, book tre of the damned.
