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1Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers
Robert A. Heinlein
A military science fiction novel about an infantryman's training and combat, told from the point of view of a soldier in a future army.
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2Old Man’s War
Old Man’s War
John Scalzi
A military science fiction novel about recruits who join an interstellar army and fight on colonial worlds.
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3Ender's Game
Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card
A science fiction novel about a gifted child trained in a military academy to command in a future war against an alien species.
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4The Forever War
The Forever War
Joe Haldeman
A science fiction novel about a soldier fighting a long interstellar war whose time dilation leaves him out of step with the people he left behind.
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5Armor
Armor
John Steakley
A military science fiction novel about a lone soldier in powered armor who fights a war against an alien enemy on a hostile planet.
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6Hammer's Slammers
Hammer's Slammers
David Drake
A collection of military science fiction stories about a mercenary armored unit that fights in a far-future war for hire.
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7Dune
Dune
Frank Herbert
A science fiction novel about a noble family's struggle for control of a desert planet and its valuable resource, with a strong focus on politics and religion.
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8Ancillary Justice
Ancillary Justice
Ann Leckie
A science fiction novel about a former ship's AI, now inhabiting a single human body, seeking revenge in a galactic empire.
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