Authors to Sample

Authors to sample:
Note: Not all are recommended. People have different tastes, and I did not personally like everyone on this list.

John Birmingham - Science Fiction, Alternate History, WWII - Axis of Time Series (Recommend)

Larry Bond - “Near Future”/”Contempary” Fiction (Korea-USA war; Iran-USA war; Korea-USA war)

Dale Brown - “Near Future”/”Contempary” Fiction (Recommend)

Lois McMaster Bujold - Science Fiction - Miles Vorkesigan series

Chris Bunch - Science Fiction - Last Legion series

Orson Scott Card - Science Fiction - Ender’s Game (first book in series recommend)

Tom Clancy - “Near Future”/”Contempary” Fiction, Consider two Military Fiction (The Hunt for Red October & Red Storm Rising)

Robert Conroy - Alternate War - 1901 - Germans invade USA

Stephan Coonts - “Near Future”/”Contempary” Fiction - Jake Graton - (Recommend)

Harold Coyle - “Near Future”/”Contempary” Fiction (Recommend early novels)

Patrick A. Davis - Military Police - Investigation

Nelson Demille - Military Police - Investigation

P. T. Deutermann

P. C. Doherty - Historical Fiction - Alexander the Great

David Drake - Science Fiction - Hammer’s Slammers, RCN/Lt. Leary

Eric Flint - Science Fiction - Alternate History - The Rivers of War

William R. Forstchen - Science Fiction

Frederick Forsyth -

W. Michael Gear - Science Fiction - Starstrike

W. E. B. Griffin - Historical Fiction (mostly WWII) - Brotherhood of War, The Corps, Honor Bound, Men at War (Recommend)

Brian Haig - Legal - JAG lawyer - Sean Drummond series (Recommend)

Harry Harrison - Science Fiction, Alternate History - Stars & Stripes Series

Robert A. Heinlein - Science Fiction - Starship Troopers

John G. Hemry - Science Fiction - Legal, JAG - Paul Sinclair series

Jack Higgins - Historical Fiction - Pay the Devil

Andrew Keith - Science Fiction - Battletech

William H. Keith - Science Fiction - Battletech

Michael Kilian - Historical Fiction, Mystery, USA-Confederacy Civil War

Louis L'Amour - Thriller - Last of the Breed (Recommend)

Martin Limon - Military Police - Korea - Sueno and Bascom series (recommend)

Richard Marsten - Murder Investigation with Military personnel - Murder In The Navy

Ardath Mayhar - Science Fiction - Battletech

Robin Moore - I have it as historical fiction, but it was contemporary at the time

Douglas Niles - Alternate History - WWII (Recommend)

Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle books - Science Fiction
- Footfall
- The Mote in God's Eye
- The Gripping Hand

Larry Niven & Steven Barnes - Science Fiction - The Descent of Anansi

Ralph Peters - WWIII

J.C. Pollock - ex-Military? Don’t recall

Matthew Reilly - Thriller - military personnel - Shane Schofield series

John Ringo - Science Fiction - Legacy of Aldenata, Council Wars (Recommend)

John Maddox Roberts - Alternate History - Hannibal's Children series (Recommend), King of the Wood

Patrick Robinson - “Near Future”/”Contempary” Fiction

John Scalzi - Science Fiction

Ian Slater - WWIII and second USA civil war

S. M. Stirling - Alternate History - Emberverse series and others

S. M. Stirling & David Drake - Science Fiction - General Series

Charles D. Taylor - Cold War

Harry Turtledove - Science Fiction - Krispos series, SF & Alternate History - Worldwar and Colonization, Alternate History - Great War Multi-Series, Days of Infamy series, Fantasy - Time of Troubles, Historical Fiction - Fort Pillow (Recommend author)

Kurt Vonnegut - WWII - Slaughter-house Five

James Webb - Historical and Contemporary

David Weber - Science Fiction - Honor Universe, Dahak Series, (Recommend)

David Weber & John Ringo - Science Fiction - Empire of Man series (Recommend)

Joe Weber - Cold War

Timothy Zahn - Science Fiction - Cobra series, Conquerors Saga

You might want to add Don Brown also. He wrote the Navy Justice Series, a trilogy. All three novels are available in paperback.

This is a pretty large list.

Perhaps we should start some discussion about some of them.

David Weber and John Ringo in the Empire of Man which you recommend. What we have in the initial books, and I understand that there are to be at least one more, is a retelling of some classic battles. Our heroes encounter a pre-technological alien society that they bring together so that they can march to the only starport and try and get off the world. They have to fight their way across the world to do so.

A four book series so far, three of which are the trek across planet, possibly should have had two books dealing with the trek across the planet.

Just received FLARE PATH, a novel of the North Atlantic Bomber Patrol (1944) by Tod Claymore. Well, this is a well crafted novel with good dialogue, just enough action and a happy ending. It actually makes one feel that it's possible to survive the War even when being in Harms Way from the beginning. The protagonist not only survives being shot down in mid-Atlantic in poor weather but is actually rescued AFTER the first Rescue aircraft has to leave, and he gets the girl and a promotion as well. The author even manages to make this believable. I have heard that once an aircraft loses sight of a raft on the ocean, it is unlikely that it will ever be seen again. The ocean is WAY too big. By the way, the list above is quite useful at my local Library. Thanks.

I would recommend John Dalmas and Gordon Dickson, they're great.

For those that like alt/history or cross world sci fi Taylor Anderson's Destroyermen series is pretty good.
there are three so far and another three planned.