I need some modern /m/ books. The only ones I can think of are

Bumping out of interest. Also anyone knowledgeable about sci-fi able to pin point what was the first modern SF that centered around space warfare? Not necessarily humans versus aliums.

>>14067963

It's not a recent book, and no mecha strictly, but Legend of the Galactic heroes just recently got a translation of the first volume, it's pretty good stuff.

>>14071504
Try:
Battletech novels
Anything by Asimov
Anything by Clarke (Rama and 2001 being best. Rama has some semi /m/ elements. You could easily see it as an 80s anime setting)
Hyperion (generally good, has mechs but they arent prominent)

The most important is definitely War of the Worlds by HG Wells. It's one of the first military space/scifi novels AND it basically created the concept of mecha

>>14067963
Only recent /m/ilitary Scifi that's any good that I can think off from the top of my head is Old Man's War. It's on par with classics like Starship Trooper and Forever War.

Also as mentioned above, LoGH Vol 1 just got translated. Just a heads up though, Tanaka's nearly 35-year-old plot has aged rather poorly; with its overwhelmingly male-dominated story and shallow female characters, it's hard to find a place for this series among today's more nuanced SF.


>>14071731
I'll second everything here, except:
>Anything by Clarke (Rama and 2001 being best. Rama has some semi /m/ elements. You could easily see it as an 80s anime setting)
I think it needs to be stressed that Rama being good does not include any of the godawful sequels. Avoid them at all costs. If you ever encounter one, the US Department of SciFi recommends immediate disposal of the book via copious amounts of fire.

>>14071731
>You could easily see it as an 80s anime setting

That's not a compliment.

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>>14071893
>with its overwhelmingly male-dominated story and shallow female characters

I've been seeing this a lot and I don't really see how it's such a big deal. Not every story needs a strong female lead and shoehorning one in due to some arbitrary quota can be disastrous.

>>14076580
To be fair, she was fanservice in a fanservice movie.

>>14076580
>I've been seeing this a lot and I don't really see how it's such a big deal.
That's because it isn't.