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Old 11-17-2010, 10:14 AM   #11
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John ringo's legacy of the aldenata would be fucking epic
In military SF, I think that I'd prefer the Dorsai series, by Dickson.
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Old 11-17-2010, 10:19 AM   #12
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In military SF, I think that I'd prefer the Dorsai series, by Dickson.
Or maybe any of laumer's bolos
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Old 11-17-2010, 11:20 AM   #13
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Still waiting for someone to option "Footfall", by Niven and Pournelle. Everyone should nuke Kansas, at least once in their lives.
Now that the SAC base in Wichita has been replaced by a refueling wing and the Titan II ICBM's scattered about the countryside have been shipped out, there is precious little here in Kansas left to nuke.
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i thought they already did


ba dum pishhh!
I had to think about this for a second ...
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Old 11-17-2010, 12:07 PM   #15
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Now that the SAC base in Wichita has been replaced by a refueling wing and the Titan II ICBM's scattered about the countryside have been shipped out, there is precious little here in Kansas left to nuke.
You haven't read "Footfall", have you? There are a bunch of baby elephants running around in Kansas
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Old 11-17-2010, 01:44 PM   #16
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You haven't read "Footfall", have you? There are a bunch of baby elephants running around in Kansas

No to having read Footfall....never even heard of it, to be honest.

Yes to baby elephants running around in Kansas....you can see them milling about in nearly any Wal Mart parking lot in the State.
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Old 11-17-2010, 01:55 PM   #17
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No to having read Footfall....never even heard of it, to be honest.

Yes to baby elephants running around in Kansas....you can see them milling about in nearly any Wal Mart parking lot in the State.
Thought that was 'Bama?
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NIIICE...I luv me some alien invaders
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NIIICE...I luv me some alien invaders
Especially if they are green orion slave women. rawr!

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I, for one, welcome our new alien overlords.
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