Science Fiction literature thread

nachumlist.com ^ | 10/21/09 | Nachum

[Quilla]

Edgar Rice Burroughs' Mars series. If you read the first chapter of the first book in the series, A Princess of Mars, you'll read them all. :)

[BlueLancer]

I seem to vaguely remember that premise ...you're right, it's probably not The Adept Series. I thought for a minute that it might be The Mathematics of Magic by L. Sprague DeCamp, but that doesn't seem to be right either.

Oh, well --- the memory is always the second thing to go.

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RESISTOR

Swear allegiance to the flag, whatever flag they offer;
Never hint at what you really feel.
Teach the children quietly for, someday, sons and daughters
Will rise up and fight while we stood still.

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[Little Ray]

The Incomplete Enchanter - main character is Harold Shea.

[RikaStrom]

The Liaden Universe novels by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=liaden+universe

Honor Harrington series by David Weber, well actually, most things by David Weber. :-)

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Nope, that’s not it either.

[Little Ray]

Spellsinger by Alan Dean Foster? Did it have “critters” in it?

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Not Spellsinger.

I remember these things:

His first “spell” was part of “A Visit from Saint Nicholas” where he teleports a bunch of bad guys up to a distant wall by quoting the poem.

There is a magician who is helping him who cringes everytime he makes up a spell by creating poetry, because of the intrinsic dangers of just making stuff up.

He gets a magic sword and, through poetry, gives it a mono-filament edge.

[Brett66]

Saga of The Seven Suns by Kevin J. Anderson-A 7 novel series that involves a large scale interstellar war between several alien species. An epic space opera.

The Posleen War series by John Ringo-Vicious aliens invade Earth and we fight back, great battles with nuclear artillery in this one. (oh yeah!)

[Mack the knife]

For recent books, I recommend John Scalzi - “Old Man’s War”, “Ghost Brigades”, “The Last Colony”. The basis for the books: when people get to age 80, they can join the military and get new young almost invincible soldier bodies. Lots of fun exploring the implications.

[Little Ray]

Never read that one. Ever. Not even close. I want to know what it is and who wrote it when someone finally IDs it...

[hennie pennie]

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