[DurzoBlint]

I have read Heinlein and just finished Scalzi's Old Man's War and thoroughly enjoyed it. Scalzi seems to me to be a more humorous Heinlein. I plan on purchasing the rest of Scalzi's Old Man saga but I was hoping someone could tell me if there are any other authors in the same vein as Scalzi who have a decent military science fiction series with a little bit of humor thrown in?

I don't want the humor to be over the top but here and there to keep things light would be nice.

I won't be able to purchase anything for a while as the girlfriend has decreed that no more novels outside of already pre-ordered books will be tolerated in the house until I can read one of the three stacks currently residing on the desk. Should not take that long so I welcome your suggestions.

Thanks in advance

[TheImp]

hmmmm not sure if it's' exactly what you're looking for, but the Vorkosigan series does bare some strong similarities in certain books throughout the 12 something volumes.

you could also try the forever war by joe haldeman.

[Michael V. R.]

I've read a lot of Heinlein, and 3 of the 4 Old Man's War books. Great Stuff.

If you're looking for something with some action, but a bit of humor you might look at Chris Bunch's Last Legion series. I've read the first 2 of the 4 so far.

I can't really think of anything else i've come across lately. Some John Brunner maybe? Some of his works don't take themselves too seriously, but tell a wonderful story. The World Swappers comes to mind.

[Zappster]

You might want to try Tanya Huff's Valor Confederation series. I picked up an omnibus of the first two in the series and really enjoyed the first book in that quite a bit. This was a few months ago and I do remember finding it quite funny and the banter seemed to work for me. Less humour involved than Old Man's War and leaning more heavily towards the military side of things. But I remember enjoying it enough that I went out and bought the rest of the series and some other books written by the author. Haven't checked them out yet so I don't know what the rest of the series is like tonally. Definitely worth trying regardless though.

[DurzoBlint]

Thanks for all of the suggestions. The Vorkosigan series may be more than my girlfriend can handle, no way I can sneak those into the house.

May try Haldeman and the Bunch books. They look interesting. Keep throwing suggestions out there if you have them.

[Waiting]

I can second the Chris Bunch and Tanya Huff recommendations. I just finished "Valor's Trial" (Huff) last night and "Storm Force" (Bunch) last week. I think both series' are actually better than the Scalzi books. I'm not sure if I'll bother with "The Last Colony".

I'd also *highly* recommend David Drake's RCN series. The third in the series, "The Far Side of The Stars", was a bit of an experiment that, IMHO, didn't work well, but the rest are excellent.

Elizabeth Moon (on whose recommendation on this forum I picked up Tanya Huff's books) has the Vatta's War series. No overt humor like the others, but very good reading.

[psikeyhackr]

Thanks for all of the suggestions. The Vorkosigan series may be more than my girlfriend can handle, no way I can sneak those into the house.

May try Haldeman and the Bunch books. They look interesting. Keep throwing suggestions out there if you have them.

One of the curious things I have noticed researching reviews of the Vorkosigan series is that A LOT OF WOMEN Love it. I have not noticed it to this degree with any other science fiction book or series.

psik

[Waiting]

I could be wrong but I think the OP is concerned about the sheer number of titles in the Vorkosigan series. He might consider just buying and reading one at a time, bringing them in with a nice bunch of roses, or finding another, more tolerant, girlfriend. Living alone also works, think of how much more time he'd have for reading.

[psikeyhackr]

I could be wrong but I think the OP is concerned about the sheer number of titles in the Vorkosigan series. He might consider just buying and reading one at a time, bringing them in with a nice bunch of roses, or finding another, more tolerant, girlfriend. Living alone also works, think of how much more time he'd have for reading.

That's the great thing about e-books....

Good God!!! Where did I get all this stuff from?

I have 1.5 GIGABYTES of ebooks on my PMA400. More than 2000 items.

The Singularity will actually be CYBERSATURATION!

psik

[Waiting]

That's the great thing about e-books....

Yes, yes, a familiar litany. "Just a little piece of your soul. A tiny piece. So little you will hardly miss it..."