RE: Printed works of future combat

The David Weber "Honor Harrington" and "Starfire" series (with Steve
White) are excellent.

John Steakley's "Armor" is great Power Armor fun.

Brian Keith's "Fifth Foreign Legion" series is VERY SGII/DSII ish

Michael Wikan, Game Designer
Accolade, Inc.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jeremy claridge [SMTP:jeremy.claridge@kcl.ac.uk]
> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 1998 2:27 AM
> To:	GZG mail group
> Subject:	Printed works of future combat
> 
> Hello people
> 
> Can anyone let me know of any books with either Full Thurst ship to 
> ship combat or DS2 style combat. I've read some Hammers Slammers 
> stuff and was just wondering what else existed.
> Please bear in mind I'm looking for background material and written 
> examples of how authors see space and future ground combat.
> So I'm not into character interaction and complicated plots. I'm 
> looking for detailed descriptions of combat and tactics.
> 
> Many thanks
> 
> (you can mention any books, working for a london university library 
> service does give me more scope to obtaining rare books.)
> 
> ----------------------
> jeremy claridge
> jeremy.claridge@kcl.ac.uk
>