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Message no. 1
From: Mark A. Imbriaco mark.imbriaco@*****.com
Subject: [OT] Powered-Armor Novels?
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 00:51:38 -0400 (EDT)
Ok, so I just got done re-reading Starship Troopers and I have a hearty
appetite for more novels featuring powered-armor. John Steakley's
Armor (excellent book!) and the Robotech series leap instantly to mind.
Possibly some Battletech stuff, with respect to Elementals as well,
but other than that I'm drawing a blank.

Can anyone make any suggestions for good books that contain powered armor,
hopefully in a significant role?

-Mark

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Message no. 2
From: Cole, Wade A. wcole@********.com
Subject: [OT] Powered-Armor Novels?
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 10:04:46 -0500
Ok, so I just got done re-reading Starship Troopers and I have a hearty
appetite for more novels featuring powered-armor. John Steakley's
Armor (excellent book!) and the Robotech series leap instantly to mind.
Possibly some Battletech stuff, with respect to Elementals as well,
but other than that I'm drawing a blank.

Can anyone make any suggestions for good books that contain powered armor,
hopefully in a significant role?

-Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark A. Imbriaco [mailto:mark.imbriaco@*****.com]
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 11:52 PM
To: ShadowRN List
Subject: [OT] Powered-Armor Novels?

Well, it's not a book but there is an old computer game called Terra
Nova that uses powered body armor like the elementals in Mechwarrior. Still
a very good game IMHO.
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Message no. 3
From: Mark Imbriaco mark.imbriaco@*****.com
Subject: [OT] Powered-Armor Novels?
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 14:23:38 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Cole, Wade A. wrote:

> Well, it's not a book but there is an old computer game called Terra
> Nova that uses powered body armor like the elementals in Mechwarrior. Still
> a very good game IMHO.

Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri. Yes, it is a great game -- I bought it
when it first came out. :-)

-Mark
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Message no. 4
From: Joel Agee jagee@******.com
Subject: [OT] Powered-Armor Novels?
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 15:21:58 -0700
> From: "Mark A. Imbriaco" <mark.imbriaco@*****.com>
>
> Can anyone make any suggestions for good books that contain powered armor,
> hopefully in a significant role?

David Drake's Northworld trilogy, now available in a single volume.
William C. Dietz' Legion of the Damned, and its sequels (cyborgs, not PA)

All I can think of offhand, but I'm sure there are more.
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Message no. 5
From: Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com
Subject: [OT] Powered-Armor Novels?
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 15:53:09 -0700 (PDT)
> Can anyone make any suggestions for good books that
contain powered armor, hopefully in a significant
role?

Uh...wish I could. There was this GREAT sci-fi parody
book, where these intergalactic criminals crash land
on Earth and then we end up with their technology, but
I can't for the life of me remember the name. One of
the funniest things I've ever read.

*sigh*

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Message no. 6
From: Patrick Goodman pgoodman13@************.com
Subject: [OT] Powered-Armor Novels?
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 21:20:50 -0500
> > Can anyone make any suggestions for good books that
> > contain powered armor, hopefully in a significant role?
>
> Uh...wish I could. There was this GREAT sci-fi parody
> book, where these intergalactic criminals crash land
> on Earth and then we end up with their technology, but
> I can't for the life of me remember the name. One of
> the funniest things I've ever read.

ILLEGAL ALIENS by Nick Pollota (horribly misspelled his name, but there you
go).

Patrick
Message no. 7
From: Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com
Subject: [OT] Powered-Armor Novels?
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 19:55:58 -0700 (PDT)
> > Uh...wish I could. There was this GREAT sci-fi
parody book, where these intergalactic criminals crash
land on Earth and then we end up with their
technology, but I can't for the life of me remember
the name. One of the funniest things I've ever read.
>
> ILLEGAL ALIENS by Nick Pollota (horribly misspelled
his name, but there you go).
> Patrick

Sounds familiar. That IS the one with the power-suited
"space marines", right?

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Message no. 8
From: Patrick Goodman pgoodman13@************.com
Subject: [OT] Powered-Armor Novels?
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 21:58:53 -0500
From: "Rand Ratinac" <docwagon101@*****.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 9:55 PM

> > ILLEGAL ALIENS by Nick Pollota (horribly misspelled
> > his name, but there you go).
>
> Sounds familiar. That IS the one with the power-suited
> "space marines", right?

I think so. Hell, it's been ten years or so since I read the damn thing....
:)

Patrick
Message no. 9
From: Benjamin Eriksen benjamin_eriksen@*******.com
Subject: [OT] Powered-Armor Novels?
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 12:52:05 CEST
Now, this may already have been mentioned, but the first one that springs to
mind is 'Starship Troopers' by Heinlein, which isn't primarily about Power
Suits, but has them as an integral part of the plot. Also, there's a short
story by some author I can't recall at the time, called 'Wolf Time', which
in my eyes is *the* PS narrative. It's probably in some military sci-fi
anthology, and it highlights fighting spirit as opposed to the suit. That
came out rather badly (grammatically speaking), but, as the man said, there
you go.

Boom, and indeed ching,

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Message no. 10
From: Wage Mage wagemage@**.rr.com
Subject: [OT] Powered-Armor Novels?
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 13:04:57 -0400
> > Can anyone make any suggestions for good books that contain powered armor,
> > hopefully in a significant role?

Not to get bludgeoned but if you're looking for SR material
Palladium's Rifts is full of spiffy powered armor.
As for novels, the original Heinlein "Starship Troopers" featured
the mobile infantry in PA (which is why they had no worries about throwing
nukes around like it was going out of style.
Message no. 11
From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: [OT] Powered-Armor Novels?
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 19:11:45 +0200
According to Benjamin Eriksen, at 12:52 on 18 Oct 00, the word on the
street was...

> Now, this may already have been mentioned, but the first one that springs to
> mind is 'Starship Troopers' by Heinlein, which isn't primarily about Power
> Suits, but has them as an integral part of the plot.

I _think_ this thread started with Mark saying he'd read that particular
book and was looking for others with powered armor in them... :)

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Message no. 12
From: Wage Mage wagemage@**.rr.com
Subject: [OT] Powered-Armor Novels?
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 14:03:29 -0400
At 07:11 PM 10/18/2000 +0200, you wrote:
>According to Benjamin Eriksen, at 12:52 on 18 Oct 00, the word on the
>street was...
>
> > Now, this may already have been mentioned, but the first one that
> springs to
> > mind is 'Starship Troopers' by Heinlein, which isn't primarily about Power
> > Suits, but has them as an integral part of the plot.
>
>I _think_ this thread started with Mark saying he'd read that particular
>book and was looking for others with powered armor in them... :)

Ah, my mistake. I didn't catch the beginning of the thread. My
apologies.
Message no. 13
From: Dave Weirs mekadave@****.net
Subject: [OT] Powered-Armor Novels?
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 00:13:43 -0400 (EDT)
<unlurk>

Sorry if I missed it, but did anyone mention Armor, by John
Steakley? The action is reminiscient of Starship Troopers (the book), but
a much different backstory.

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Message no. 14
From: Mark Imbriaco mark.imbriaco@*****.com
Subject: [OT] Powered-Armor Novels?
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 01:43:06 -0400 (EDT)
On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, Dave Weirs wrote:

> <unlurk>
>
> Sorry if I missed it, but did anyone mention Armor, by John
> Steakley? The action is reminiscient of Starship Troopers (the book), but
> a much different backstory.

Yep, I mentioned it in the original posting. :-) I've read it a couple
of times, and am in the mood to re-read it again, but I cannot for the
life of me find my copy of the book. I just saw it a few days ago too.
Grr. I don't even want to talk about the number of books that I have more
than one of because I couldn't find the first copy that I had purchased
and I wanted to read it again .. either that or the book had an
interesting premise, but sucked so bad that I blocked it out, which of
couse caused me to buy it again because I didn't remember how much it
sucked. I hate it when that happens.

Okay, I'm going to bed now. That's a pretty frightening ramble, but I
think I'll post it anyhow. :-)

-Mark

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Message no. 15
From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: [OT] Powered-Armor Novels?
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 11:26:09 +0200
According to Mark Imbriaco, at 1:43 on 21 Oct 00, the word on the street
was...

> Grr. I don't even want to talk about the number of books that I have more
> than one of because I couldn't find the first copy that I had purchased
> and I wanted to read it again

There's a handy device that's been invented to prevent that from
happening, called a "book case." You may want to see if they are available
in your area ;)

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Message no. 16
From: Mark Imbriaco mark.imbriaco@*****.com
Subject: [OT] Powered-Armor Novels?
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 09:13:15 -0400 (EDT)
On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, Gurth wrote:

> According to Mark Imbriaco, at 1:43 on 21 Oct 00, the word on the street
> was...
>
> > Grr. I don't even want to talk about the number of books that I have more
> > than one of because I couldn't find the first copy that I had purchased
> > and I wanted to read it again
>
> There's a handy device that's been invented to prevent that from
> happening, called a "book case." You may want to see if they are available
> in your area ;)

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I have quite a few of them, actually, the problem is
that my books tend to not make it back tot he bookcase in a timely manner
after I read them. It's a character flaw of mine, I know, but I'm working
on it. :-)


-Mark

"The big question is whether the planet will disappear in the twinkling of
an eye. It is astonishingly unlikely that there is any risk - but I could
not prove it." - John Nelson
Message no. 17
From: Strago strago@***.com
Subject: [OT] Powered-Armor Novels?
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 09:48:07 -0700
Mark Imbriaco wrote:

> On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, Gurth wrote:
>
> > According to Mark Imbriaco, at 1:43 on 21 Oct 00, the word on the street
> > was...
> >
> > > Grr. I don't even want to talk about the number of books that I have more
> > > than one of because I couldn't find the first copy that I had purchased
> > > and I wanted to read it again
> >
> > There's a handy device that's been invented to prevent that from
> > happening, called a "book case." You may want to see if they are
available
> > in your area ;)
>
> Yeah, yeah, yeah. I have quite a few of them, actually, the problem is
> that my books tend to not make it back tot he bookcase in a timely manner
> after I read them. It's a character flaw of mine, I know, but I'm working
> on it. :-)
>

I know the feeling. I have six books in the bathroom, five in the living room, a
bookcase full of them in the bedroom, and two Jaffa Blocks filled with books in
the kitchen. Finding a specific book is pretty tough...
Luckily, I haven't bought the same book twice.

>
> -Mark
>
> "The big question is whether the planet will disappear in the twinkling of
> an eye. It is astonishingly unlikely that there is any risk - but I could
> not prove it." - John Nelson

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Message no. 18
From: Chipeloi chipeloi@***.nl
Subject: [OT] Powered-Armor Novels?
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 13:32:03 +0200
In the asylum, Mark Imbriaco whispered in the corridors:

>
> > Sorry if I missed it, but did anyone mention Armor, by John
> > Steakley? The action is reminiscient of Starship Troopers (the
> > book), but a much different backstory.
>
> Yep, I mentioned it in the original posting. :-) I've read it a
> couple of times, and am in the mood to re-read it again, but I cannot
> for the life of me find my copy of the book. I just saw it a few days
> ago too. Grr.


hmmm stange that happend to me to an few days ago i'm stil
looking for the same book

i've even read it 2 weeks ago



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