Birth of Fire
10 best books like Birth of Fire (Jerry Pournelle): Starstrike, Worlds of the Imperium, Those Who Watch, The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents, Starburst, The Regiment, To the Stars, The Peacekeepers, Empire, None But Man
| Author | W. Michael Gear |
| ISBN | 0886774276 |
Humanity's first contact with alien life is no less than a nightmare, as the Ahimsa take control of Earth and force humanity to do their bidding. Soon Earth's most skilled strike force, composed of Russian, American, and Israeli experts in the art of war and espionage, find themselves aboard the Ahimsa...
| Author | Keith Laumer |
| ISBN | 0812543793 |
When Brion Bayard was kidnapped and brought to the alternate world where Earth's history took a different turn, it was not a pleasant experience. It was, however, a startling experience. Here was a world that was just like the Earth he was taken from--with just a few subtle changes. On top of all this,...
| Author | Robert Silverberg |
| ISBN | 0450032604 |
THOSE WHO WATCH is the strange, seductive novel of three inadvertent colonists from outer space whose accidental encounter with Earth triggers interplanetary conflict. It also the most unusual love story ever written.
VORNEEN—the seducer, in the shell of an Apollo who came out of nowhere...
The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents
| Author | William DeGregorio |
| ISBN | 1569802866 |
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| Author | Frederik Pohl |
| ISBN | 0345339282 |
The crew of the Constitution--scientists cum astronauts--had been carefully screened for extremely high intelligence and superb physical qualities. They were to be the first explorers sent to another stellar system. There they would explore the planet Alpha-Aleph and then return. They were the...
| Author | John Dalmas |
| ISBN | 0671720651 |
The planet Tyss has only one resource: soldiers. But they are very good soldiers. And once a regiment is formed, it never recruits again; as its members fall in battle, it simply grows smaller to become a battalion, a company, a platoon, a squad . . . and then there are none. But before the last man of this...
| Author | Harry Harrison |
| ISBN | 0553264532 |
The epic science fiction trilogy--Homeworld, Wheelworld, and Starworld--from the author of West of Eden and Winter in Eden is now available in one volume.
Homeworld introduces us to Jan Kulozik, an upper-class engineer who has taken his privileges for granted. While vacationing at a luxurious...
| Author | Ben Bova |
| ISBN | 0812502388 |
Premise is after a nuclear war in the Middle East an international peacekeeping force is established with one mission: stop any nation from invading any other nation. But what happens inside national boundaries is unhindered. The book deals with the ramifications of such a setup.
It is laid...
| Author | H. Beam Piper |
| ISBN | 0441205577 |
Edge of the Knife: His Future History details skillfully woven into the story, I wonder if readers realized they had a place in a tapestry.
A Slave Is a Slave: Pretty standard imperial politics analyzed by know-it-all military character. Didn't do much for me. Somewhat reminiscent of the author's...
| Author | Gordon R. Dickson |
| ISBN | 5553861845 |
Border warfare on the Pleiades:
The Pleiades Planets, the last outpost of the human frontier, has become an interstellar hotbed. The unhuman Moldaug Ambassador to the Tri Worlds Council warned that the Pleiades belonged to the Aliens, and that the Moldaug are ready to attack the whole human race...
| Author | Larry Niven |
| ISBN | 0743435826 |
EDIT: I've been quoting and recommending this book a lot since I read it, which means I liked it more that I originally thought. Therefore I added an extra star.
This book is both fun and depressing. Fun because of quirky characters and snappy dialogue. Depressing because of the setup- humanity,...
| Author | James P. Hogan |
| ISBN | 0743435265 |
Thirg, the notorious philosopher, knows there are alien beings on other worlds on the other side of the sky. When aliens do arrive, Thirg's heretical and dangerous beliefs are vindicated. But the strange creatures called human plan to exploit his planet's resources. Only one human, Karl Zambendorf,...
