# Books like Forever War

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-like-forever-war/927223
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** books-writing-myths
**Created:** [December 4, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-like-forever-war/927223 "2020-12-04T19:22:12Z")
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### Author: ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-like-forever-war/927223/28 "2020-12-05T18:32:16Z")

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> [@phs3](#):
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> I consider Forever War, Starship Troopers, Old Man’s War, and Bill the Galactic Hero (Harry Harrison) to be a set of required reading for anyone getting into hard SF.

Are you perhaps confusing “[hard SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-really-such-a-thing-as-hard-science-fiction/927170)” with “military SF”?

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