Hello, anons. I was recently reminded of the joys of space combat- Catching an excerpt from the old Halo novels, containing a fascinating description of the ship to ship combat. I was wondering if the sci fi readers who peruse this board could recommend anything similar- Generally, any books with space naval battles.
Thanks in advance.
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Anonymous2009-08-30 3:23
Only thing I've read with space combat was Ender's Game
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Anonymous2009-08-30 4:13
The Forever War
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Anonymous2009-08-30 11:25
Both of those look extremely promising. Thanks for the suggestions.
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Anonymous2009-08-30 14:37
Oh great, not a lolspacecombat thread. Charlie Stross probably comes closest to sane in this arena, for example in Singularity Sky. Or you could just read Star Wars books.
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Anonymous2009-08-30 17:51
"Starship:" series by Mike Resnick. Anything by him really.
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Anonymous2009-08-30 20:12
Are sci fi threads like this one common? Honestly, I don't go to /book/ much. I'll check out your suggestions too, in any case.
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Anonymous2009-08-30 21:26
>>7
Not in /book/, but space combat is a pretty frequent shitstorm topic.
Seems like Honor Harrington books and other milscify books would have a lot of space combat.
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Anonymous2009-08-31 0:26
Glen Cook's The Dragon Never Sleeps has plenty of capital ships pummelling on each other and his Passage at Arms has space action that is akin to WW2 submarine warfare.
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Anonymous2009-09-02 15:51
Peter F Hamilton is one of my favorite sci-fi writers.
His "Night's Dawn" trilogy is filled with "realistic" space-combat. Most of his books are great (his Greg Mandel books are lacking compared to his other books), and I highly recommend them, but if ship-to-ship combat is what you're after, just focus on the "Night's Dawn" trilogy.
Hope that helps!
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Anonymous2009-09-02 19:44
Jack Campell's lost fleet series it pretty much all about space battles.