List of military science fiction works and authors
Appearance
This is a list of works in the military science fiction genre of fiction, sorted by the creator's surname or, in case of film and television, the title.
Literature - Television, film, and video games - References - Further Reading
Literature
A
- The Star Fox (1965)[2]
- The Steel, the Mist and the Blazing Sun (1983)[2]
- Phule's Company series (humorous)[1]: 19
- The Cold Cash War
B
- Jason Wander series[3]
- Shards of Honor (1986)[1]: 61
- Ethan of Athos (1986)[1]: 61
- Warrior’s Apprentice (1986)[1]: 61 , the later books of the Miles Vorkosigian series are considered to be more of the Space Opera than MSF subgenre.
- The Sten Chronicles (with Allan Cole)
- The Last Legion series
C
Real name: Hemry, John G.
- The Lost Fleet series (2006)[4][5]
- "Dead End" (written as John G. Hemry) appearing in Breach the Hull, edited by Mike McPhail and published by Dark Quest Books [6]
- "Grendel" a Lost Fleet story appearing in So It Begins, edited by Mike McPhail and published by Dark Quest Books [7]
- "Dawn's Last Light" (written as John G. Hemry) appearing in By Other Means, edited by Mike McPhail and published by Dark Quest Books [8]
- Stark's War (2000-2002) series (written as John G. Hemry), a trilogy covering a conflict between US Army soldiers and their leadership during a campaign that takes place on the Moon.
- Ender's Game (1985)[1]: 74 [9][10]
- Faded Sun series[1]: 136
- The Battle of Dorking (1871)[2]
- Passage at Arms (1985)
- StarFist series (with David Sherman)[9][11]
- Jedi Trial (with David Sherman) (2004)
D
- Dorsai! (The Genetic General 1960; exp vt Dorsai! 1976)[1]: 116, 121 [13][14]
- The Genetic General (1960)
- Legion series[1]: 118
- The Flood
Real name: Keith, William H., Jr.
Galactic Marines Series:
- Semper Mars (1998) ISBN 978-0-380-78828-6[15]
- Luna Marine (1999) ISBN 978-0-380-78829-3
- Europa Strike (2000) ISBN 978-0-380-78830-9
- Star Corps (2003) ISBN 978-0-380-81824-2
- Battlespace (2006) ISBN 978-0-380-81825-9
- Star Marines (2007) ISBN 978-0-380-81826-6
- Star Strike (2008) ISBN 978-0-06-123858-1
- Galactic Corps (2008) ISBN 978-0-06-123862-8
- Semper Human (2009) ISBN 978-0-06-123864-2
Star Carrier Series:
- Earth Strike (2010) ISBN 978-0-06-184025-8
- Center of Gravity (2011) ISBN 978-0-06-184026-5[16]
- Singularity (2012) ISBN 978-0-06-184027-2
- The Mageworlds Series[17]
- Hammer's Slammers series[18]
- RCN Series[1]: 123 [19]
E
- Strings on a Shadow Puppet (2013) ISBN 978-0988543607-0-7
F
- Seafort series[1]: 141
- Sol War Series (2012) ISBN 0615695035
- The War with Earth (2003)[1]: 155 with Dave Grossman
- Kren of the Mitchegai (2004)[1]: 155 with Dave Grossman
- The Two-Space War (2004)[1]: 155
G
- Celestial Matters (1996)
- Starhunt (1987)[1]: 158
H
- The Forever War (1975)[1]: 150, 174 [9][20]
- Fallen Dragon (2001)
- Bill, the Galactic Hero (1965, humorous)[1]: 179
- West of Eden (1984)
- Space Cadet (1949)[21]
- The Long Watch (1950)[22][23]
- Starship Troopers (1958)[1]: 358 [9][24]
Alias: Jack Campbell
- The Lost Fleet series[4][5]
Valor Confederation - Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr's aim is to keep both her superiors and her company of space marines alive as they deal with lethal missions throughout the galaxy.
- Valor's Choice (2000)
- The Better Part of Valor (2002)
- A Confederation of Valor (2006 (Omnibus edition of Valor's Choice and The Better Part of Valor)
- The Heart of Valor (2007)
- Valor's Trial (2008)
- The Truth of Valor (2010)
J
K
, Alias: Ian Douglas
- Semper Mars: Book One of the Heritage Trilogy (1998)[15]
- "The Only Thing We Learn" (1949)[25]
- A Desert Called Peace (2007)
- Carnifex (2008)
- The Lotus Eaters (April 2010)
- The Amazon Legion (April 2011)
L
- The Air Battle (1859)[2]
- All the Gods of Eisernon (1973)
- The Elluvon Gift (1974)
- The Trumpets of Tagan (1992)
- Timeslide (1993)
- Hopeship (1994)
M
- The Outback Stars[19]
- Hawk Among the Sparrows (1968)[1]: 180
- Vatta's War series[1]: 259 [19]
- Serrano / Familias series[1]: 259
- Takeshi Kovacs series[26]
N
- The Man-Kzin Wars (Known Space future History, Shared World; 3 vols 1988-90)[2]
- Star Guard (1955)[1]: 274
- Halo: The Fall of Reach
- Halo: First Strike
- Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
P
R
- The Sergey Chronicles (1995)
- Legacy of the Aldenata series[9]
- Posleen War - Central Storyline
- A Hymn Before Battle (2000)
- Gust Front (2001)
- When the Devil Dances (2002)
- Hell's Faire (2003)
- Hedren War
- Eye of the Storm (2009)
- Posleen War Sidestories
- Watch on the Rhine (2005)
- Yellow Eyes (2007)
- The Tuloriad (2009) (with Tom Kratman)
- Cally's War Spinoff Series
- Cally's War (2004)
- Sister Time (2007) (with Julie Cochrane)
- Honor of the Clan (2009) (with Julie Cochrane)
- Empire of Man Series
- Also known as the "Prince Roger Series", Co-written with David Weber
- March Upcountry
- March to the Sea
- March to the Stars
- We Few (2005)
- The Council Wars Series
- There will be Dragons
- Emerald Sea
- Against the Tide
- East of the Sun, West of the Moon
- Not for Glory (1988)[2]
S
- Berserker series (1963)[2]
- Old Man's War series (2005)[27]
- The Healer's War (1988)[2]
- Kris Longknife series (2004)[29]
- The StarFist series (with Dan Cragg)[2]
- The DemonTech series[2]
- Jedi Trial (with Dan Cragg) (2004)
- "Surrender and Die" a DemonTech series story appearing in So It Begins, edited by Mike McPhail and published by Dark Quest Books [7]
- "Delaying Action" appearing in By Other Means, edited by Mike McPhail and published by Dark Quest Books [8]
- The Honour of the Knights (The Battle for the Solar System series)
T
V
W
- Honor Harrington series[1]: 407 [9]
- Insurrection (1990)[1]: 413 with David Weber.
- Crusade (1992)[1]: 413 with David Weber.
- Death Ground (1997)[1]: 413 with David Weber.
- Dread Empire's Fall series
Television, film, and video games
- Aliens
- Andromeda
- Armored Trooper Votoms
- Astro Plan
- Avatar
- Babylon 5
- Banner of the Stars
- Battle: Los Angeles
- Battleship
- Battlestar Galactica[30][31]
- BattleTech: The Animated Series
- Code Geass
- Combat Mecha Xabungle
- Doom
- Exosquad
- Gears of War
- Galactic Drifter Vifam
- Genesis Climber Mospeada
- Gunbuster
- Gundam
- Halo (series)
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes
- Macross
- Mass Effect
- Mobile Suit Gundam
- Predator (franchise)
- Robotech
- SeaQuest DSV
- Space: Above and Beyond[32]
- Space Battleship Yamato
- Special Armored Battalion Dorvack
- Star Blazers
- StarCraft (series)
- Stargate
- Stargate Atlantis
- Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007), created by Brad Wright & Jonathan Glassner[33]
- Stargate Universe
- Starship Troopers
- Star Wars Universe
- Star Trek franchise
- Strike Witches
- The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross
- The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
- The Super Dimension Century Orguss
- Terrahawks
- Titan A.E.
- Warhammer 40,000
- Stealth
- Appleseed
- Appleseed Ex Machina
- Vexille
References
If the references are cited from electronic editions of e.g. encyclopedias, the title of the article is given as pages may vary.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah D'Ammassa, D. (2004). Encyclopedia of science fiction. N.Y., Facts On File.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Clute, J. and P. Nicholls (1995). The Encyclopedia of science fiction. New York, St. Martin's Griffin. Article: War.
- ^ Bedford, Rob H. (2008). "Orphan's Journey by Robert Buettner - Official sffworld.com review". sffworld.com. Retrieved on 2008-11-17.
- ^ a b Thomas M. Wagner (2006). "The Lost Fleet: Dauntless". SF Reviews.net. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
- ^ a b Cynthia Ward (June 14, 2006). "The Lost Fleet: Dauntless". SciFi.com. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
- ^ http://www.mcp-concepts.com/books/BreachTheHull.htm
- ^ a b http://www.mcp-concepts.com/books/SoItBegins.htm
- ^ a b http://www.mcp-concepts.com/books/ByOtherMeans.htm
- ^ a b c d e f Scott Connors (April 7, 2008). "The Politics of Military SF". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
- ^ Clute, J. and P. Nicholls (1995). The Encyclopedia of science fiction. New York, St. Martin's Griffin. Article: Ender's Game.
- ^ "Locus Online: New Books No. 6 (Late June 2007)". Locus Online (July 6, 2007). Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
- ^ a b c Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved on 2009-12-11. Cite error: The named reference "fantastic fiction" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Thomas M. Wagner (2001). "Dorsai!". SF Reviews.net. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
- ^ Clute, J. and P. Nicholls (1995). The Encyclopedia of science fiction. New York, St. Martin's Griffin. Article: Dorsai!.
- ^ a b Winstead, Bob (June 17, 1998)"'Semper Mars' is well researched and quite imaginative". Book review. CNN. Retrieved on 23 November 2008.
- ^ "http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2011-03-13/mass-market-paperback/list.html"Retrieved on 24 January 2012.
- ^ Mageworlds Book One "http://www.amazon.com/dp/0812517040"
- ^ Thomas M. Wagner (2006). "Hammer's Slammers". SF Reviews.net. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
- ^ a b c "Ne, w in Paperback February 2008". Locus Online (23 February 2008). Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
- ^ Clute, J. and P. Nicholls (1995). The Encyclopedia of science fiction. New York, St. Martin's Griffin. Article: The Forever War.
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- ^ Craig E. Engler (1997). "Classic Sci-Fi Reviews: Starship Troopers". SciFi.com. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
- ^ The Best of C.M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl, editor; SFBC, 1976; Ballantine, 1977.
- ^ Thomas M. Wagner (2005). "Broken Angels". SF Reviews.net. Retrieved 2008-06-06.
- ^ Stuart Carter (2006). "The SF Site Featured Review: Old Man's War". SF Site. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
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- ^ Beeler, Stan. "Stargate SG-1 And The Perfect Science Fiction Premise". In Telotte, J. P (ed.). The Essential Science Fiction Television Reader. University Press of Kentucky. p. 268. ISBN 0-8131-2492-1.
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Further reading
- Clute, J. and P. Nicholls (1995). The Encyclopedia of science fiction. New York, St. Martin's Griffin.
- D'Ammassa, D. (2004). Encyclopedia of science fiction. N.Y., Facts On File.
- H. Bruce Franklin (1988), War Stars: The Superweapon and the American Imagination, about war as a theme in US imaginative fiction.
- James, E. and F. Mendlesohn (2003). The Cambridge companion to science fiction. Cambridge ; New York, Cambridge University Press.