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1 review
Robert A Heinlein

Baen Publishing Enterprises, 1987

A good example of early Heinlein
There are two major Heinlein camps and a few crossovers. This may account for the wide variation in what people think of this book. Artists in any field paint what is real, and then what is real to them. Realists like the early works that they can relate to on their daily lives and see the later works as off the deep end. Others see the early works as silly or something that they could do better ...

HYMN BEFORE BATTLE (POSLEEN WAR, NO 1)

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JOHN RINGO

Baen Publishing Enterprises, 2003

Centaurs are Coming! Centaurs are Coming!
I definitely enjoy sci-fi books, alt-his books, soldiers' war memories books and historical battles books. Well believe it or not John Ringo's "A Hymn Before Battle" is a tasty combination of all these genres and writing styles! I've already read some books of what is usually known as "military sci-fi" and with the exception of Joe Haldeman's "Forever Peace" the rest of them, IMHO, range from ...

Fallen Angels

1 review
Jerry Pournelle, and Michael Flynn Larry Niven

Baen Publishing, 1991

Great Book
I picked up this book because this is probably one of the best pieces of "fun to read" sci-fi I have ever had the pleasure of reading. It's a collaborative work... but it turns out nicely. Basically... it's a sci-fi pulp... but one put together by several very good sci-fi authors... and in the end... it feels like an all-star movie... maybe like a Pulp-Fiction but a sci-fi version (I know... ...

The High Crusade

1 review
Poul Anderson

Baen Publishing Enterprises, 1991

Light and Fun
What if a band of space faring aliens landed in medieval Europe and were overrun as they debarked from there ship by the local baron and his merry band of knights and serfs. What if these same medieval simpletons were then to take this ship to the nearest colony world of this alien power, guided by a captive alien. Imagine the fun and utter destruction that would ensue. This is a light and fun ...

The High Crusade

1 review
Poul Anderson

Baen Publishing Enterprises, 1960

Light and Fun
What if a band of space faring aliens landed in medieval Europe and were overrun as they debarked from there ship by the local baron and his merry band of knights and serfs. What if these same medieval simpletons were then to take this ship to the nearest colony world of this alien power, guided by a captive alien. Imagine the fun and utter destruction that would ensue. This is a light and fun ...

Methuselah's Children

11 reviews
Robert A. Heinlein

Baen Publishing, 1997

A must read for any true sci-fi fan! Simply outstanding!
Selective breeding and carefully planned marriages with subtle financial encouragement from a secretive group called the Howard Foundation carried out over the last 150 years have resulted in a group of humans that have the extraordinary trait of extreme longevity - Lazarus Long, the patriarch of the Family, born Woodrow Wilson Smith, carries his two hundred plus years quite well! When pressed ...

Podkayne of Mars (Features both the First Published Ending and Heinlein's Original Finish!)

1 review
Robert A. Heinlein

Baen Publishing Enterprises, 1989

Two different books
I read the orginal book when I was a kid...it was a typical Heinlein book with the typical heinlein ending. After his death, there were a lot of Heinlein's books that were reissued with editorial deletions restored basically any book that had been heavily edited were reissued in a more complete restored format. Some of the books, merely expanded the original text or modified it to make a ...

Assignment in Eternity

1 review
Robert A. Heinlein

Baen Publishing, 1953

A good example of early Heinlein
There are two major Heinlein camps and a few crossovers. This may account for the wide variation in what people think of this book. Artists in any field paint what is real, and then what is real to them. Realists like the early works that they can relate to on their daily lives and see the later works as off the deep end. Others see the early works as silly or something that they could do better ...