Bob Cymbalskis Science Fiction Recommendations
Explore Bob Cymbalski's top science fiction book recommendations! Discover must-read sci-fi novels, classics, and hidden gems for every fan of the genre.
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On Basilisk Station
by David Weber
She has been exiled to Basilisk Station in disgrace and set up for ruin by a superior who hates her. But they have made a serious mistake. They have made her mad.
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Starship Troopers
by Robert Anson Heinlein
In a futuristic military adventure a recruit goes through the roughest boot camp in the universe and into battle with the Terran Mobile Infantry in what historians would come to call the First Interstellar War
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Refugee
by Piers Anthony
Vol. 1 Refugee CALIGULA OF THE STARS Though he was later accused of every crime and sexual perversion in the galaxy, Hope Hubris began as an innocent. Because he defended his older sister against the violent lusts of a wealthy scion, Hope and his peasant family were forced to flee Callisto, one of the moons of Jupiter. Pursued by the bloodthirsty scions across the airless desert, they barely escaped with their lives. The illegal space bubble was overcrowded with refugees, all hoping to reach Jupiter for asylum. But the space travelers had not reckoned on the terrible threat of high space—the pirates, barbaric men who rape, rob, and murder, with no thought but to satisfy their bestial appetites. It will take all Hope’s ingenuity to survive, but the atrocities he witnesses will never die. There is only one way he can be rid of them… REVENGE
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The Warrior's Apprentice
by Lois McMaster Bujold
Miles Vorkosigan is the leader of a fast growing mercenary force and the hero of an all-out space battle. At the end of the conflict, he heads a fleet of 19 ships and 3,000 troops. The only problem is, it is treason--as in, a hanging offense--to command a private army.
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Dorsai
by Gordon R. Dickson
Throughout the Fourteen Worlds of humanity, no race is as feared and respected as the Dorsai. The ultimate warriors, they are known for their deadly rages, unbreakable honor, and fierce independence. No man rules the Dorsai, but their mastery of the art of war has made them the most valuable mercenaries in the known universe. Donal Graeme is Dorsai, taller and harder than any ordinary man. But he is different as well, with talents that amaze even his fellow Dorsai. And once he ventures out into the stars, the future will never be the same....
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Sheepfarmer's Daughter
by Elizabeth Moon
Paksenarrion joins the army and begins an adventure that will transform her into a hero remembered in songs. She was chosen to restore a lost ruler to his throne.
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Forge (The General 1)
by S.M. Stirling
Military science fiction at its very best. First novel in the Raj Whitehall series.
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Marching Through Georgia
by S. M. Stirling
Explores the possibilities of alternative history by changing the participants and the stakes in World War II
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Cobra
by Timothy Zahn
Seduced by the lure of power, Jonny Moreau, a Cobra warrior endowed with surgically implanted weapons and special guerilla training, learns too well the uses--and abuses--of his special abilities