Military Science Fiction

Military science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction that features the use of science fiction technology, mainly weapons, for military purposes and usually principal characters that are members of a military organization involved in military activity; occurring sometimes in outer space or on a different planet or planets. It exists in literature, comics, film and video games.

A detailed description of the conflict, the tactics and weapons used for it, and the role of a military service and the individual members of that military organization forms the basis for a typical work of military s
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Ambassador For Mars (Starship's Mage, #15)
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Heroines of Military Science Fiction
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Young and Violent
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1984 by George OrwellGood Omens by Terry PratchettTo Kill a Shadow by Katherine  QuinnDemonic by Jeff StrandEclipse of the Eternal by Joseph  Farr
SFF: Best Plot
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