What are we reading?

[Shelldrake]

Can Terms of Enlistment be read as a standalone piece?  I enjoy my military sci-fi, but have no desire to get caught up in a series that isn't finished yet.

I really enjoyed the Odyssey One series, which wraps up the story in 4 books but sets the stage for the next set of books.

http://www.amazon.com/Into-Black-Remastered-Edition-Odyssey-ebook/dp/B005ML0EZS

[Gusington]

I've only read the first Terms of Enlistment but I immediately wanted another when I was done. Book 4 comes out in the spring.

[Martok]

Hmm.  Sounds like I need to wait til sometime after this spring then.  Thanks fellas.  :) 

[Gusington]

^As far as I know there is no set available. But there never really is when you want one.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

There's a Kindle set available for the first 3 books.  I think it's called the Frontlines series.

[Gusington]

Nice. Don't think there's one in print though...

[Shelldrake]

I just finished reading the Warstrider series by Ian Douglas (aka William H Keith Jr). Good military scifi with interesting characters, a strong Japanese cultural flavor, and a mix of mech-type ground combat and space combat. There are 7 books in the series and the final book wraps up all plotlines. Recommended.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LLHOTFS/ref=series_rw_dp_sw

[BanzaiCat]

There's a Kindle set available for the first 3 books.  I think it's called the Frontlines series.

Yup.

I don't like buying book series in general, though. I might just pick up the first one and see how it goes.

[Steelgrave]

Slash I just spit my corn flakes all over the place, thanks.

Steelie some reviews said the third book is kinda dull and can be totally skipped over...4th book to be released in April IIRC.

Gus, I just finished the third book and all I can say is any negative reviews are horse manure. The book was excellent. Hell, all three were excellent and this is hands down my new favorite military sci/fi series. The third novel brings the series to a reasonable finish if the author had so chosen, no cliffhangers, but there is plenty of room to explore future possibilities and I'm glad he's decided to write more. And in the "put my money where my mouth is", I pre-ordered the fourth book.

[Gusington]

That's all I need to hear!

[vyshka]

I've been going a bit nuts with reading since around Thanksgiving:

The End of All Things, and Lock In by John Scalzi
The Gods of Risk, The Churn, The Vital Abyss, Abaddon's Gate, and Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey
Merlin's Gun, Troika, and House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming by Peter Seibel
Dealers of Lightning: Xerox Parc and the Dawn of the Computer Age by Michael Hiltzik
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
The Supermen: The Story of Seymour Cray and the Technical Wizards behind the Supercomputer by Charles Murray

[Martok]

^As far as I know there is no set available. But there never really is when you want one.

Eh.  A set would be nice, sure, but it's certainly not necessary.  I'll probably end up copying Banzai_Cat and get just the first book to start with anyway. 

I've been going a bit nuts with reading since around Thanksgiving:

The End of All Things, and Lock In by John Scalzi
The Gods of Risk, The Churn, The Vital Abyss, Abaddon's Gate, and Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey
Merlin's Gun, Troika, and House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming by Peter Seibel
Dealers of Lightning: Xerox Parc and the Dawn of the Computer Age by Michael Hiltzik
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
The Supermen: The Story of Seymour Cray and the Technical Wizards behind the Supercomputer by Charles Murray

Damn, vyshka, you must be a beast when it comes to reading!  :o  In that same amount of time, I would probably only just now be finishing up Seveneves.  Stephenson's works make for some...dense reading. 

[Gusington]

Martin do you have an e-reader? I was wrong and there is a digital Terms of Enlistment set available as posted above.

[Gusington]

Just started The Tomorrow War by J.L. Bourne.

[mirth]

Just starting:


The Conquering Tide by Ian Toll

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John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy by Evan Thomas