# Crimson Worlds Sci Fi series by Jay Allan

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**Created:** [May 7, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimson-worlds-sci-fi-series-by-jay-allan/657724 "2013-05-07T18:00:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimson-worlds-sci-fi-series-by-jay-allan/657724/1 "2013-05-07T18:00:19Z")

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These series of books seem to often pop up in Amazon’s Kindle deals.

[http://www.amazon.com/Marines-Crimson-Worlds-ebook/dp/B00902U0C2/ref=tmm\_kin\_title\_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1367946725&sr=1-1](http://www.amazon.com/Marines-Crimson-Worlds-ebook/dp/B00902U0C2/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1367946725&sr=1-1)

Anyone read them? What do you think? A good easy read before bed or on a flight? Poorly written garbage that would annoy a 5th grader? Heavy handed politics? Politics in a ‘serious’ sci fi book don’t bother me, but I don’t want political preaching in light reading.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimson-worlds-sci-fi-series-by-jay-allan/657724/2 "2013-05-07T22:25:58Z")

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I doubt it. I smell the stink of a political tract, disguised as science fiction; I see a crude rip-off of Heinlein’s _Starship Troopers_.

You could do better.