Questions tagged [military-sf]
Military science fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction for which the principal characters are members of a military service and an armed conflict is occurring, often in space or on a planet other than Earth.
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Military and Strategy smart and clever female lead winning wars
I stumbled on a book recommendation on youtube that I can no longer find. The plot is about a female lead I believe was discovered or hired (I cannot remember) by the male lead ( I think) and she was ...
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1970s Scholastic (maybe?) children's science fiction story set on an asteroid or moon where humans are hunted as "aliens"
I'm looking for a 1970s sci fi short story that I think was published by Scholastic where humans were the aliens. It takes place on an airless moon or asteroid. It's a military story where we follow ...
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Military science fiction book where the main character and his group lost contact with Earth long ago; they encounter another ship that is from Earth
I'm looking for a military science fiction book. What I specifically remember is a certain scene. In the scene, the main character is on a ship traveling through some part of the galaxy. They ...
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Early 2000s cartoon about humans fighting a war with some kind of alien species in space
I remember watching a cartoon (series?) in the late 90s early 2000s about humans fighting a war in space. They had tanks and artillery and mostly wore armor. I believe they were fighting some kind of (...
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Book involving a war with aliens, space travel, and time dilation [duplicate]
This is all I remember of the book:
Humanity gets into a fight with aliens that have weird bodies. It turns out by the end of the book that the aliens are all duplicates of the same alien.
The book ...
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I am searching for a short story about ongoing conflict in the middle east 500 years from the present
It likely appeared in an anthology, such as one of Gardner Dozois' or from an issue of Asimov's. The most compelling features of the story were:
The conflict in the Middle East is still going on 500 ...
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SF book about a spaceship captain and female officer who survive a crash landing on a jungle planet and are hunted by an invisible alien predator
I am looking for the title of a SF book about a male and female space officer who survived a spaceship crash on an alien planet where everyone of their crew is dead and an invisible alien tries to ...
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Novel about a planet that relies on one soldier - the last soldier in history - to defend it [duplicate]
Trying to find a book. One character is the last soldier in history. After a long period (thousands of years?) of peace and civilization, a planet has one guy - the last soldier - who lives alone in a ...
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90's (?) sci-fi book about a main character working as a soldier for alien conquerors
I think I read it in the late 90's. Leaning towards an American male author. I think his last name starts with a "B".
The book switches between the character's present and his past. ...
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Looking for a military sf short story about American Marines taken to prevent the emergence of a demon in a different world (dimension?)
A small group of marines were taken to another world to help prevent the emergence of a demon that is awakened by torturing a victim. There is a powerful wizard with them who cannot directly attack ...
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Book where aliens come through a space gate in the solar system to attack Earth
I'm looking to identify a book I read 10+ years ago about aliens who come through a space gate near Mars or Jupiter. They defeat Earth's space military and come to Earth to kill all humans. But they ...
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Book with spring gunner(s) and robot with whirling blades on extended arms
I picked this book up in a bookshop in late 1981 but have not been able to find it since. The book was in English.
I read the first few pages and it appeared to be military sci-fi. It mentioned ...
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Short story about a soldier's reaction to finding out his sergeant is a robot
I'm trying to find a classic science fiction story, maybe 70s era. There is a soldier going through boot camp under a very harsh and demanding sergeant. Later in the story the soldier discovers the ...
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Book featuring an airplane plated with gold and an expedition to Africa to get it? [closed]
I didn't read the book, but listened to it in a series of radio auditions, in the end of 1980s. The book was in Polish translation, or, possibly, it was by Polish author.
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Science fiction novel involving starfighters called 'Loki,' which could jam everything around them
I'm trying to track down a military science fiction novel where Earth is in a losing war with an alien race.
I distinctly remember the human faction using starfighters called 'Loki,' which could jam ...
