/m/ books

>>14422185

Gundam Sentinel?
Kamen Rider light novels
what one about intelligent ai tanks with shitload of cannons and stuff.
Kancolle, Strike Witches light novels

>>14422202
>what one about intelligent ai tanks with shitload of cannons and stuff
this interests me.

>>14422185
There's plenty of light novels out there, but very little in the West. Which is a shame because we lack the glory of such works as Mazinger Z and Getter Robo in a literary form. I'm about 10,000 words into correcting this injustice.

Bolos

>>14422223
Good on you anon. Hope all goes well.

>>14422185
The original gundam novels are available in the west

>>14422185
There's a dude on Amazon who just writes giant robot, zombie, and space shit. A lot.

I haven't read ANY of his shit, but he's prolific.
Perhaps some /m/an with more time than I can check him out and report back.

http://www.amazon.com/Jake-Bible/e/B0045SKS2I/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1

>inb4 shill

>>14422210

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolo_(tank)

>>14422185

Obligatory "The LOGH novels are being translated" post. The second book is about to be released very soon, so get on that shit.

>>14422185
Starship Troopers has exo-suits with jump jets and xenowars. Pretty good stuff. If you read it, look out for the Carthage joke. Its savage.

>>14422185
Well there is Hathaway Flash novel which is good.

Then Advance of Z novel that is decent enought.

or maybe BT novels like Operation Audacy and such

>>14422185
Posleen.
>powered armors.
>fusion powered powered armors
>BIG artillery pieces with Abrams tanks as escape vehicles
>Bun Bun
>limpet nuclear mine

Ringo's Looking Glass series
>powered armors, thou without alien tech
>space sub
>giant enemy crabs
>space hamsters
>Macross
>no, srsly, Macross expy plus Minmay concert
>space hamsters riding space wasp fighters

Ringo's Prince Roger series
>powered armor
>revenge, betrayal, fabulous hair
>big wrench
>awesome four armed aliens
>lowest bidders
> YOU SHALL NOT PASS!

Bolo
>duh

>>14422290
Are they any good? Do they explore the setting more than the show does?

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Titanicus by Dan Abnett

I don't even care about Warhammer 40,000 but nevertheless this was a fucking awesome book.

>>14422300

Interesting. Must look into his stuff

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>>14422480
>Starship Troopers has exo-suits with jump jets and xenowars. Pretty good stuff.

Significant in that it was the first work to feature powered armor, and inspired Tomino for Gundam. Unlike the fucked up "movie" it has actual powered armor suits in it. Like, a lot.

Joe Haldeman's "The Forever War" is a similar story, in some ways much better -- also xenowars with powered armor. Written actually in response to Starship Troopers.

>>14432035

Yes and yes

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"All You Need is Kill" is a Japanese /m/ novel translated by Viz. It was the inspiration for "Edge of Tomorrow" but don't let that stop you. It's good.

>>14432154
>It was the inspiration for "Edge of Tomorrow" but don't let that stop you.
>don't let that stop you.
Are you by any chance implying that Edge of Tomorrow was bad?

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I hate how it's impossible to find the first few Bolo books in print

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>>14432172
>Are you by any chance implying that Edge of Tomorrow was bad?

Bad for mecha enthusiasts, yes.

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>>14432146
Is the graphic novel story is same as the novel?

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I have some queries on the hard sci fi sub-genre

1)How much I should be well versed in science in order to enjoy them?

2)What are some must read/essential hard sci-fi (irrespective of medium) ?

Brandon Sanderson wrote a short story for a mecha compilation book. I read the short preview and it seemed pretty cool/realistic.

>>14432243
Well I liked it

>>14422185
Plenty of worthy robots in Simmons's Hyperion. Worth a look

>>14422185
Bumpig

>>14434712
Seconding it.

>>14432318
Welp !

Yukikaze.
>tfw UA never

>>14432316
I've been told it's pretty close.

A lot of the older Battletech books are good. I'm partial to Michael Stackpole's entries.

There's no mechs in the book, but fucking read Dune anyway

>>14422185
Manga are comics, idiot

>>14449794
And they mustn't be capitalized.