Re: Space Operas

At 01:37 PM 1/23/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I just finished what could be described as a first rate space opera. 
The
>book is Crusade by David Weber and Steve White.  The Russians,
Americans,
>and Chinese have all been drawn together into the Terran Federation and
>peace abounds.  Our old enemy the Orions (ala Star Trek Lyrans) are of
>course now our friends.  When suddenly out of deep space, from a vector
we
>thought impossible comes the Thebans, and they are out to liberate Holy
>Mother Terra for Saint-Jus.
>
>With the exception of transiting between stars the backround would fit
>perfectly with FT/MT.	The bad guys are theocratical fanatics.  While
the
>book neatly keeps all but two Orions out of the picture, they are given
>enough of a backround that they too could play a part.
>
>I recomend this for the quick fun read if nothing else, but also as a
good
>backround source book too.  The pertenient ifo is below.
>
>Crusade
>by 
>David Weber
>and 
>steve White
>
>Baen Publishing Enterprises
>PO Box 1403
>Riverdale, NY 10471
>
>Distributed by Simon & Schuster
>1230 avenue of the Americas
>New York, NY 10020
>
>US $6.99 (CAN. $8.99)
>
>
>
>Bob Kerrigan
>Virginia
>

The book you discribe is based on a Task Force Games Starfire Game of
the
same name.  I have both.  Has lots of scenarios.

Donald Hosford

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