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Old April 11th, 2005, 01:11 PM

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Default Re: OT: Time for another thread on books? (Retori

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Emperor's Child said:
I have to say that Card's "Speaker for the Dead" is a must read for anybody who is interested in SE... Good background, good fodder for military strategy.

I'm currently re-reading Niven's "Mote in God's Eye," and am very surprised on how it works for a SE setting (ie: ships use warp points at the edges of the system). That and the author spins a really-good yarn about a first contact scenario. I'd highly recommend this book to anybody who has found SE(series) to be an enjoyable game, this will be an enjoyable read.
Mote was good. Its sequel was good too. "Well look at that, the horse DID learn to sing..."

But "Speaker" as military strategy? There wasn't any military period. Did we read the same book?
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