And now for something Totally off topic :)

nerfman · #1 May 1st, 2001, 05:52 AM

Honor - the lady, has no equal, not Captain Kirk, not Luke Skywalker, none!!

Lerchey · #2 May 1st, 2001, 06:02 AM

Can't argue with that. The Honor Harrington books by David Weber just rock HARD. Some of the best military fleet action stuff I've EVER read. He really knows his stuff, and his characters and story lines are great.

And since SE IV is about fleets of starships, it's the kind of stuff that gets one in the mood to play. Sadly, I don't think that there will ever be a game system that really captures the combat genre that Weber has created.

Major John

mac5732 · #3 May 1st, 2001, 03:47 PM

I read a lot of sci-fi and military history,
but sci-fi my favorite, I have read a lot of sci fi but some of my Favorites are

John Carter Warlord of Mars Series
Lensman Series
Tactics of Mistake by Dickson
Weber's Death Ground, Insurrection Series
The Fleet Series (like to see it finish out)
Lost Regiment Series
Fist Series
General Series
The Gor series until it got boring in the later books
Scorpio Series with Dray Prescot

just some ideas mac

nerfman · #4 May 1st, 2001, 06:13 PM

Yeh the fleet series was cool, especially the two stories by Gary Gygax. Thanks for reminding me.

DirectorTsaarx · #5 May 1st, 2001, 09:18 PM

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Originally posted by capnq:

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(also read the "Myth" series by Asprin, very disappointed that he stopped writing them)
I agree; the the teaser blurb for _Something M.Y.T.H. Inc._ looked really promising. Has Asprin publically said he's not going to write more Myths, or is he just having another writer's block like the Last long gap in the series?

Not certain. I was hoping someone else here knew . If it's just writer's block, he's had it for a LONG time (like three years since the Last Myth book?).

And mac5732: I read the first 5 books or so in the Gor series before I got tired of them. How far did you get? I think there was a Gor movie once upon a time too...

Resident Alien · #6 May 2nd, 2001, 01:48 AM

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Originally posted by DirectorTsaarx:
And mac5732: I read the first 5 books or so in the Gor series before I got tired of them. How far did you get? I think there was a Gor movie once upon a time too...

Of Gor all I can remember is that I thought Nomads, Maurauders and Tribesmen were good. The rest varied from ok to total dross with the later stuff possibly worse than total dross.

mac5732 · #7 May 2nd, 2001, 05:24 AM

D tsaarx, I finished i think up to #8-9, I found the story line to have become other then what it initially started out to be. I became bored with the series and packed them away and have them stored in my attic. It started out ok but after #5 or #6 started to go down hill and I lost interest. Its a shame, it started out to be a good series.

Have you ever read any of the Dray Prescot series? I think I have up to #24 or 25. Then the author apparently quit following up on the series. Its a shame, good series. Another good one is the Lost Regiment by Forschen, (I think I spelled it right) I highly recommend it. Excellent Series has a different twist as far as the bad guys go.

There was a Movie a long time ago called Gor
based on the series but like most movies didn't match up to the books.

just some ideas mac

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