When Jerry Pournell is writing his own science fiction (ie., not with Larry Niven or Steven Barnes) he's done some interesting military SF, such as his Falkenberg's Legion series etc.
However given the politics in it, they're a bit dated. larry On 3/16/06, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That sounds like an interesting series. I'll check it out. > > > You might also take a look at C.J. Cherrhy's Merchanter series, which > > deals with a long-running war amongst other things. Warning -- her > > fantasy stuff on the other hand is completely unreadable. > > I will suggest David Drake's Lord of the Isles/Crown of the Isles series. He > is moving into the more fantasy side with his works. It is a sword and > sorcery series that I have read 3 out of so far. The first is a little slow, > but the others I've read are much better. > > One thing I find interesting about him is he uses other stories (the Illiad, > the Greater and Lesser Eddas, etc.) and histories as the plot of his stories. > Apparently his Hammer's Slammers series was based loosely on Greek mythology > told as a space opera. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:200267 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
