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Readers who enjoyed Crisis on Infinite Earths Companion Deluxe Vol. 2 by Marv Wolfman, Gerry Conway, Steve Englehart, Robert Kanigher, Roy Thomas, Elliot S. Maggin, Joe Staton, Todd McFarlane, Curt Swan, Doug Moench, Gene Colan, Paul Kupperberg, Rick Hoberg, Alan Moore, Stephen R. Bissette, Paul Ryan, Judith Hunt, Sam Glanzman, Luke McDonnell & Eduardo Barreto also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Deep Space - Hidden Terror by Laurence E. Dahners
8 ratingsThis hard Sci-Fi novel is the sixth book in the “Stasis Stories,” a series of optimistic tales of technological innovation in the near future. They follow Kaem Seba, a young man with extraordinary math talents. With his friends, he’s come up with a device that allows time to be stopped within limited volumes of space-time... -
Angles of Attack by Doc Spears, Jason Anspach
6 ratingsThe galaxy follows a logical structure.Legion Dark Operator Kel Turner believed that.To know the order of battle and how an enemy unit was organized was to know its purpose and how to destroy it. That logic existed down to the smallest scale, down to what made up life itself. To know a molecule’s structure was to know its function—they were one and the same. It was no different for Kel... -
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas by Daniel Wallace, Jason Fry
10 ratingsNavigate the Star Wars universe as you never have before–with this fully illustrated, full-color guide that maps the entire galaxy.You know the planets–from Alderaan and Corellia to Tatooine and Zonama Sekot–and the star systems, from the Deep Core to the Outer Rim... -
Return to Zero by Pittacus Lore
14 ratingsAll bets are off in this third and final book in the Lorien Legacies Reborn series!After the battle in Switzerland, the Fugitive Six find their allegiances torn, dividing them into two factions. Taylor, Kopano, and Nigel return to the Academy with Nine, but nothing is the same... -
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Mamelukes by Jerry Pournelle, David Weber
6 ratingsTHE FINAL NOVEL BY LEGENDARY AUTHOR JERRY POURNELLE, WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR DAVID WEBER AND AUTHOR'S SON PHILLIP POURNELLENO REST FOR THE WEARYRick Galloway's still not sure what inspired him to volunteer to fight Cubans in Angola, and he certainly never expected to end his African adventure shanghaied by a flying saucer when his CIA superiors cut him and his... -
Star Fox: Book One by Rob Buckman
6 ratingsIn a future not far from our own, Christopher Knight, a sergeant in the Royal Marines is transported to an alien world where the technology is so far advanced from his own it seems like magic. Chris tries to find a way home, but the beautiful alien woman responsible for dragging him into this situation, and the dreaded Tal-Shial agents chasing her make it impossible... -
Commandant by Jonathan P. Brazee
8 ratingsThis is the conclusion to Ryck Lysander’s saga as a United Federation Marine.Major General Lysander has spent 38 years of his life dedicated to the Corps and sworn to perform the duties assigned to him by the Federation. In the process, he has become the most decorated Marine in its history... -
Sniper by Jonathan P. Brazee
6 ratingsAfter a successful initial tour as a Marine rifleman, Lance Corporal Gracie Medicine Crow volunteers to become a scout-sniper, one of the deadliest—and most dangerous—military specialties in the United Federation Marine Corps. Gracie comes from the Apsáalooke Nation, a people with a long history of military tradition... -
Star Legions: The Ten Thousand Complete Series Box Set (Books 1 - 7) by Michael G. Thomas
6 ratings*** RELEASE DISCOUNT 50% OFF *** They are an unstoppable force of mercenaries from every known Terran planet in the Galaxy. They have little in common, other than their love of wealth and adventure, and a bitter hatred for each other. Known simply as the Black Legion, they will blaze a trail of death and destruction that will be remembered for generations... -
A Ameaça Invisível by Bárbara Morais
6 ratingsO cerco se fecha contra os anômalos e o cotidiano nas Cidades Especiais começa a mudar. De início, o direito de ir e vir é privado, e a isso se seguem outras medidas restritivas, o que inspira uma rebelião e deixa a situação a um passo de uma guerra civil... -
Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy by Pablo Hidalgo, Milan Pohl
6 ratingsA Star Wars authority deepens and extends our appreciation of the Star Wars galaxy with this imaginative "history" featuring striking full-color artwork—created exclusively for this entertaining volume—that examines the persuasive messages used to intimidate and inspire the citizenry of the galaxy far, far away. . . .A Star Destroyer hovering over a planet, symbolizing Imperial domination... -
Early Years by Steven Campbell
6 ratingsCollection of short stories featuring Hard Luck Hank and his early days on Belvaille... -
The Apex Predator by T.R. Harris
8 ratingsThe Apex Predator … The Human Chronicles Saga Part Two Book 2 of 3 In this alien universe, Humans are the Supermen – stronger, faster and more coordinated than nearly all the other aliens in the galaxy. It’s this unique concept that has made The Human Chronicles Saga one of the most-popular science fiction series on the market today... -
Deathwatch by Steve Parker
8 ratingsWhen they first came together, Talon Squad were a disparate group of Space Marines from various Chapters. Under the auspice of the Deathwatch, trained in an ironclad Watch Fortress, they become a kill-team. Alien hunters, experts in xenos extermination, their first mission under the mysterious Inquisitor Sigma is a deadly one... -
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The Warrior by David Drake
10 ratingsThey were the best.Colonel Alois Hammer: He welded five thousand individual killers into a weapon more deadly than any other in the human universe.Luke Broglie: His brilliant mind could have succeeded in any business; but war was the business he chose.Tess Kuykendall: She knew what her job was, but she also knew what was survivable... -
The Eons-Lost Orphan by Laer Carroll
10 ratingsJane Doe remembered nothing about her past when she awoke naked in a park. She was unhurt and seemed 14 years old, a small pretty blond. In the hospital and later in an orphanage her intelligence was found to be so high it could not be measured. She liked people and made friends easily. She was also incredibly agile and tough. She was adopted by a professor and his retired school-principal wife... -
Prince of Sparta by Jerry Pournelle, S.M. Stirling
12 ratingsDefeated before, the Earth-backed Helot terrorist hordes renew their assault on the legitimate government of Sparta... -
Aurelian by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
13 ratingsAfter the destruction of Monarchia and the Emperor’s reprimanding of the Word Bearers Legion, the primarch Lorgar spent many long years searching the stars for the universal truths of the cosmos – when he finally came to gaze deep into the Eye of Terror, with grim inevitability he found that the Eye stared back... -
Go Tell the Spartans by Jerry Pournelle, S.M. Stirling
12 ratingsSince the late 20th century, the Soviet-American CoDominium had kept the peace, both on Earth and among the stars. But now the CoDominium is dying, and its death-throes will be terrible; already the nations arm for their final battle... -
West Of Honor by Jerry Pournelle
12 ratingsSooner or later, all civilizations age and decline, grow senile and die—either by conquest from without, or from internal rot. The final days of Western Civilization are signaled by the joining of the USA and the USSR into a ruthless and imperial state that spans first the Earth and then the Solar System. But, because it fails to hold the loyalty of its soldiers, it falters at the stars... -
The Tactics of Revenge by T.R. Harris
10 ratingsIn the exciting continuation of The Human Chronicles Saga, The Tactics of Revenge we find ex-Navy SEAL Adam Cain and his band of intergalactic Raiders fighting a behind-the-lines insurgency against the Juirean Expansion. In the meantime, the Human Fleet is now ready to take on the forces of the Expansion in massive head-to-head battles among the stars... -
The Legend of Earth by T.R. Harris
10 ratingsAdam Cain is an Alien with an Attitude!And now, as all the powerful forces in the galaxy converge on the planet Juir, Adam and his band of Human Supermen must fight to save not only their lives, but all the people on Earth! After a horrific invasion of the planet Juir by the Kracori, Adam and the Juirean leader must escape from an underground bunker in time to warn the Earth about a second... -
Lost Marine by James David Victor
8 ratingsOut of the galactic frying pan and into the fire Jack Forge was transformed from an unwilling Marine recruit to savior of the human race. The only problem: he’s now lost in space looking for the remnants of humanity. Just when he thinks he’s found help, TWO new hostile alien races enter the picture... -
The Province by Skyler Grant
6 ratingsPower has two-edges. Emma has attained new heights in the Scholarium, and while that provides countless new opportunities for research it also means things have never been more perilous. Alliances will be forged and broken when a new war with the Righteous ignites and powerful new weapons come into play with the ability to reshape reality itself... -
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Ilión 1 by Dan Simmons
6 ratingsA team of sentient robots from Jupiter's lunar system embark on a mission to Mars, where they find a race of metahumans living out existence as the Greek gods of Olympus. These "gods" have recreated the Trojan War with reconstituted Greeks and Trojans, staffing it with scholars from Earth's history who observe the events and ensure their accuracy to Homer's Iliad... -
Imperial Guard Omnibus: Volume One by Steve Lyons, Steve Parker
6 ratingsOmnibus edition collecting the novels, Fifteen Hours, Death World and Rebel Winter from the popular Warhammer 40,000 Imperial Guard series... -
Delete by Kim Curran
6 ratingsThe country is at war. Beset by enemies within and without. And all because of the decisions changed by one boy, Scott Tyler. In this ravaged alternative world, Scott hardly recognizes himself. He's a war hero, a leader of a unit of Shifters and maybe the only one who can prevent the country's frail defenses from crumbling... -
Endgame by Kristine Smith
6 ratingsEver since contact was first made between humans and the alien idomeni, tensions between the two races have been frequent and bloody. As the first genetically altered human-idomeni hybrid, former Captain Jani Kilian serves as a lightning rod for the anger, outrage, and hatreds of both sides... -
Slave of the Legion by Marshall S. Thomas
6 ratingsThe O's had killed two billion humans. Beta Three wanted revenge. The Mound was in his sights. "There's no way the O's are going to inherit this world. It's going to glow in the dark first." When squad Beta is sent on a recon mission to Uldo in the Gassies, they find the Omni's--deadly aliens with unstoppable psychic power loose in the wrong universe... -
The Chosen by S.M. Stirling, David Drake
12 ratingsPicking up where their highly successful sreies The General leaves off, The Chosen follows the further adventures of Raj Whitehall and Battle Central--this time to the stars! Original... -
Terminator Salvation: The Official Movie Novelization by Alan Dean Foster
8 ratingsThe eagerly awaited fourth Terminator movie, Terminator Salvation, starring Christian Bale and directed by McG, reaches cinemas on 22 May 2009.In a brand-new chapter in the Terminator chronicles, Judgment Day has come to pass and Skynet has destroyed much of the world’s population. In this post-apocalyptic world, the resistance, led by John Connor, continues its brutal fight for survival... -
Daylight On Iron Mountain by David Wingrove
8 ratingsChange is on the air. The generals of the Middle Kingdom await the decision of the emperor. The campaign to secure the border from China to Iraq has reached a strange impasse. Two blood enemies—Arabs and Jews—have united against their common cause. But with the lives of thousands at his whim, the exalted Tsao Ch'un, the Son of Heaven, cannot decide... -
Citizens by John Ringo
6 ratingsA hard-hitting specialized anthology written by military veterans selected by armed forces veteran and New York Times best-selling author John Ringo and Hugo-nominated editor Brian M. Thomsen. Legendary science fiction writers, and citizen warriors, deliver science fiction military adventure tales on a grand scale. Asimov, Heinlein, Clarke, Laumer, Wolfe, and other greats... -
The Dream Archipelago by Christopher Priest
6 ratingsContents:The Equatorial Moment (1999)The Negation (1978)Whores (1978)The Cremation (1978)The Miraculous Cairn (1980)The Watched... -
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Gorgon Child by Steven Barnes
6 ratingsA virtual superman, a streetfighter trained by the Mob, Knight turns his awesome powers on those who created him. Fighting alongside his beautiful mate, he takes on a corrupt television evangelist who schemes to enslave America. The action-packed, near-future adventure sequel to Streetlethal... -
Lieutenant Colonel by Rick Shelley
6 ratingsLon Nolan, the newly appointed Lieutenant Colonel, prepares to lead the Corps into a savage war on a frontier mining planet... -
Major by Rick Shelley
6 ratingsThe latest assignment of Lon Nolan, hero of Lieutenant and Captain, takes him to the remote mining planet of Bancroft, where his platoon comes face to face with an enemy army who is mercilessly raiding the outlying settlements -- and anyone who gets in their way.. -
The Black March by Marshall S. Thomas
6 ratingsIn the volcanic cauldron of Andrion 3, the young Legion trooper Thinker and his squad battle a merciless alien enemy that has never known defeat. The mission is victory or death, for failure will mean extinction of their species... -
Yorktown by Bill Robinson
6 ratingsFour hundred years in our future, Captain Katana Krieger has just assumed command of the Union Navy’s new frigate, USS Yorktown, when suddenly she and her crew are assigned to find a missing convoy 200 light years from earth. What she finds instead is an alien invasion, one that only she and her crew can stop. Action and adventure await the reader... -
Von Neumann's War by John Ringo, Travis S. Taylor
14 ratingsNew series. Mars is changing. Seemingly overnight the once "Red" planet is turning to gray. Something is happening, something unnatural. A team of, literally, rocket scientists figure out a way to send a probe, very fast, to Mars to determine how and why it is changing... -
The War of Pawns by T.R. Harris
12 ratingsIn The War of Pawns, Adam Cain, a Human lost in a galaxy of alien empires and exotic locales, fights desperately to return to Earth, only to find that his homecoming is anything but joyous. In the aftermath of a devastating attack upon the Earth, Adam learns that the Humans have been played for fools by the evil Klin race. Now he has two enemies to fight -- the Juireans, and now the Klin... -
Training Daze by Mike Shepherd
10 ratingsAn exciting military Science Fiction novella set between Mike Shepherd’s third and fourth Kris Longknife novels. Kris Longknife dodges assassins, gains an unwelcome (though rather handsome) bodyguard, and puts together a training squad to travel from planet to planet, preparing crews for the newest, fastest, and deadliest fighting ship... -
Star Guard by Andre Norton
10 ratingsThey were Terrans, considered by Central Control to be the ideal mercenaries of the galaxy. Divided into “Hordes” and “Legions”, the former serving on primitive worlds with hand weapons. The latter indulging in technical warfare on more advanced planets. These man of death followed orders perfectly – until rumors of whole unit annihilations began to spread...Categorized as:
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Soul Drinker by Ben Counter
10 ratingsThe human Imperium is in a perpetual state of war against alien aggressors, but the lines between humanity's defenders and enemies are blurred. Now on a mission to retrieve an ancient relic, the Soul Drinkers Chapter of the Space Marines is forced to make an impossible choice between remaining loyal to the Emperor of Mankind and being true to themselves... -
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Gunheads by Steve Parker
8 ratingsIn the grim Warhammer 40,000 universe, an armored company is sent to recover a long-lost battle tank from a planet overrrun with orks, in a tale of savage warfare by the author of Rebel Winter. Original... -
Dealing in Futures by Joe Haldeman
6 ratingsThis stunning collection showcases 11 of Haldeman's best stories. They range through time and space from planets beyond our wildest dreams to a nightmare future Earth all too close to home. Haldeman was recently elected president of the Science Fiction Writers of America... -
Old Earth by Nick Kyme
10 ratingsReborn in the fires of Nocturne, Vulkan prepares for his final journey. With the choice between vengeance and duty, what will the primarch's destiny be?Reborn in body and spirit beneath Mount Deathfire, the primarch Vulkan gathers his most trusted sons and prepares for the final part of his journey... -
Battle for the Planet of the Apes by David Gerrold, John William Corrington
8 ratingsIt was a quiet, peaceful city.It was a city ruled by apes and served by men.It was a city unaware of an angry band of viscous gorillas anxious to revolt and an insane cadre of mutant humans hungry to kill.It was a city on the brink of an horrendous destruction that had happened once -- and was suddenly, inexorably, happening again ... -
Warrior Coven by C.S. Goto
6 ratingsSecond novel of the series. When an ancient pact is invoked, the Deathwatch Space Marines must put aside their prejudices to battle alongside the alien eldar to protect the galaxy from an even greater menace... -
The Cestus Concern by Mat Nastos
6 ratingsWHO IS MALCOLM WEIR? Waking up in an operating room, much to the surprise of the attending surgeons, Malcolm Weir frantically fights his way out of a secret government installation, located in downtown Los Angeles. Battling through a mass of armed guards and meta-gene operatives, the cyborg warrior realizes he has no memory of how he got there. The past 11 months are gone...
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