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Traveller Fiction

Why not start with some of the actual Traveller novels?

* Dale Kemper
The Force of Destiny, FFE/Hamster Press/Author via eBay, USA, 2003

* Jefferson P. Swycaffer
"Concordat Series One"
Not In Our Stars, Avon Books, USA, 1986
Become the Hunted, Avon Books, USA
The Universal Prey, Avon Books, USA
The Praesidium of Archive, Avon Books, USA

* Jefferson P. Swycaffer
"Concordat Series Two"
The Empire's Legacy, New Infinities Productions Inc., USA
Voyage of the Planetslayer, New Infinities Productions Inc., USA
Revolt and Rebirth, New Infinities Productions Inc., USA

* Pierce Askegren
Marc Millers Traveller Gateway to the Stars, Byron Preiss Publishing, USA, 1998

* Paul Brunette
Death Of Wisdom (Book 1 of The Traveller: The New Era), Game Designers Workshop (GDW), 1995
To Dream Of Chaos (Book 2 of The Traveller: The New Era), Game Designers Workshop (GDW), 1995


All are available through one or more of the usual channels (eBay, Amazon [zShops], DriveThruRPG, used book stores, etc.).
 
Two others off the top of my heard are

Charles Sheffield - The Spheres of Heaven

and

Charles Sheffield/Jerry Pournelle - Higher Education
 
Any Sci-Fi by the great Andre Norton, who I just found out passed away in 2005. I believe that the Solar Queen series was what a lot of Traveller's Merchants were based on. My favorite is Star Rangers.

Here's a web page for you:

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/n/andre-norton/

Isaac Asimov's Foundation series has a bit of Traveller to it - or is that the other way around.

Pssst: also, if you scroll down to the bottom of the page, there are extra links to older threads about this topic.
 
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hunter said:
Recent series by Chris Bunch

Star Risk

3 Books out so far (that I know of)
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I dropped those when I realized that the only difference between the protagonists and the bad guys was that the protagonists were the protagonists and hence destined to win.


Hans
 
I loved the Swycaffer books. They are smaller and easy reading, but the feel is Traveller and the stories are fun.

Daniel
 
"Diaspora Phoenix"
- Martin J Dougherty

Also Travellers Aide 2 "Grand Endeavour" by the same author

Also

"Tales of the New Era 1: Yesterdays Heroes"
- Martin J Dougherty

and

"A Long Way Home"
- Terry McInnes

Both set within the Traveller Universe
 
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rancke said:
I dropped those when I realized that the only difference between the protagonists and the bad guys was that the protagonists were the protagonists and hence destined to win.


Hans
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That's exactly why they're Traveller-esque.
Who do you root for? The Imperium? :)
 
The third book in the GDW TNE series that started with Death of Wisdom is available on a fan fiction site from the original author. There is a thread under the TNE section with the link.

Cheers
Richard
 
rancke said:
I dropped those when I realized that the only difference between the protagonists and the bad guys was that the protagonists were the protagonists and hence destined to win.


Hans
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Hey, you mean there's no PC b******s where the good guys are fighting with both hands tied because they mustn't shoot without warning, mustn't shoot anyone in the back, mustn't do any collateral damage, and in the latest renderings mustn't carry any weapons or use those they take from the bad guys?

Those might actually be worth reading. :)
 
Try Citizen of the Galaxy, by Robert A Heinlein. It's a "young adult" book, but wasted on the little blighters. Good material on Free Traders.

Jack Vance's "Alastor Cluster" books (Trullion: Alastor 2262, Marune: Alastor 933, and Wyst: Alastor 1716), besides his "Demon Princes" series (The Star King, The Killing Machine, The Palace of Love, The Face, and The Book of Dreams), Ports of Call and Lurulu, and Emphyrio have a lot of Travelleresque planets and incidents despite lacking Traveller's Imperial context.

There is a lot of be said for Rudyard Kipling's Kim. It is set in British India and in parts north, in the 1880s. But that doesn't mean that it can't be Traveller, right?
 
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anders lager said:
Has anyone any tips for good Sci-Fi books with that "Traveller Feel"?
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I've recently started re-reading the Vorkosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold. Fictionwise.com have them in numerous eBook formats. Started at #4, now upto #10. I find them Traveller-esq ... with mercs, nobles, no FTL communications, and a lot of fun.
 
There's supposed to be quite a good one by this new kid on the block, called Peter Trevor.

it's meant to be very good, but he's only written the first two chapters so far. Hard to find though...;-)
 
Expendable, et al by James Alan Gardner. The series is a fun read and the main character is very Scout-like.

-Fox
 
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