BOOKS - Star Destroyers
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636228
Star Destroyers
Author: Robert Buettner
Year: 2018
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.7 MB
Language: English
Year: 2018
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.7 MB
Language: English
BIG SHIPS BLOWING THINGS UPIN SPACE SIZE MATTERS Boomers Ships of the Line Star Destroyers The bigger the ship the better the bang Thus it was and ever shall be even into the distant future In Superweapon by David Drake a fight for possession of an ancient alien warship will determine the fate of two vast interstellar powers Then in Hate in the Darkness by Michael Z Williamson a team of libertarian Freeholders must think outside the box to do battle with the might of the United Nations and its powerful navy And in A Helping Hand Jody Lynn Nye posits an interstellar submarine on a rescue mission behind enemy lineswith the fate of an entire species hanging in the balance Big bold and edgeofyourseat space opera and military science fiction from David Drake Sharon Lee Steve Miller Michael Z Williamson Steve White Robert Buettner Susan R Matthews Dave Bara and many more About Star Destroyers spectacular space battles and alien contacts themes of military ethics the uses of artificial intelligence and the limits of the capacity of the human mind it is the human interactions and decisions that ultimately drive the stories will appeal to fans of military and hard science fiction and any readers fascinated by the possibilities of space travelBooklist stories of giant spaceships at war at peace and in the oftengray areas between a worthy addition to a long tradition of shipbased fiction and its authors portray captains arcane astrogators and civilian child passengers with equal depth Its recommended for fans of military SF and space adventurePublishers Weekly youd probably expect some tight actionfilled space opera stories of giant space battles and theres some of that But there are also espionage stories rescue missions political conflicts alternate histories even a few humorous tales each author took the premise in a different direction if I had to identify one common feature to all the stories it would be that theyre all fun Like it says big ships blowing things up Whats not to likeAnalog