 | Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Buy new: £5.70 / Used from: £3.00 Absolutely amazing book, and far superior to the film, featuring life in the Mobile Infantry.
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 | Ender's Game (The Ender saga) by Orson Scott Card
Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £1.40 The first in a series but a great stand-alone story about a boy recruited to fight an alien fleet.
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 | Ender's Shadow (Shadow Saga) by Orson Scott Card
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.35 The first in a series of stories that parallel the Ender stories. A great book in its own right too.
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 | Old Man's War by John Scalzi
Buy new: £4.47 / Used from: £0.48 The Colonial Defence Force only recruits 75-year-olds to fight and earn a chance at another lifetime.
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 | The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
Buy used from: £0.86 Set after 'Old Man's War' but only loosely connected, featuring the special forces. Just as well written.
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 | The Last Colony by John Scalzi
Buy used from: £0.56 The third in the 'Old Man' series. The story is very clever and ties up the trilogy nicely.
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 | Brothers of the Snake Softback (Warhammer 40, 000) by Dan Abnett
Buy new: £4.97 / Used from: £1.48 Seven stories featuring a squad of space marines defending their corner of the universe against various alien species.
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 | First and Only (Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts) by Dan Abnett
Buy used from: £0.41 First in a series of several books. It helps if you know the Warhammer 40,000 universe, but solid military sci-fi anyway.
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 | Legion of the Damned by William C. Dietz
Buy new: £4.83 / Used from: £0.01 The French Foreign Legion in the far future, incorporating human and cyborg soldiers.
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 | Final Battle by William C. Dietz
Buy new: £5.75 / Used from: £0.01 Sequel to 'Legion of the Damned'. Carries on the story well with a few new ideas and familiar characters.
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 | Orphanage by Robert Buettner
Buy used from: £0.01 A poor man's 'Starship Troopers', but pretty good in its own right.
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 | Orphan's Destiny by Robert Buettner
Buy used from: £0.38 A nice sequel following directly from 'Orphanage' featuring many of the same characters.
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 | Orphan's Journey (Jason Wander) by Robert Buettner
Buy used from: £3.32 Third book in the 'Orphanage' series. This time a medieval style army fights the Slugs with some help from modern technology.
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 | Their Master's War by Mick Farren
Buy used from: £11.54 A decent story with some interesting elements and good action scenes.
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 | The Forever War (S.F. Masterworks) by Joe Haldeman
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.03 Life in the infantry from boot camp to battle. The effects of relativistic starship travel cause long periods to pass on earth while the hero is away at war.
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 | Forever Peace (Remembering Tomorrow) by Joe Haldeman
Buy used from: £0.75 Not a sequel as such, but a good story about a one-sided war in the near future featuring remotely controlled warrior robots.
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 | Armor (Daw science fiction) by John Steakley
Buy new: £4.78 / Used from: £6.02 Brilliant account of soldier in exo-armour fighting insect-like aliens and surviving against the odds.
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 | Worldwar: In the Balance (New English library) by Harry Turtledove
Buy used from: £0.01 Part alternative history, part sci-fi and part war story. Aliens invade Earth during WWII. First in a series of four books, with additional spin-off novels.
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