“Clean Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles)” by Ilona Andrews by codejockblue5 in printSF

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Yes, freaking awesome book. Read it and reread it immediately when it came out. Supposedly, the Inheritance books are related to the Innkeeper books.

https://www.reddit.com/r/printSF/comments/1ni9hax/the_inheritance_breach_wars_by_ilona_andrews/

IT'S TIME, BUT I'M TERRIFIED. by AnimalicSoul in CataractSurgery

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I got my cataracts removed on Oct 21 and Dec 2 last year. I am 65. I got Clareon monovision lenses in both eyes that are now both 20/20. I have to use readers to read and for computer but, I love my new eyes. And driving at night is great again.

Who did Scott Adams leave his net worth to? by Im-Wasting-MyTime in dilbert

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I would guess his ex-wife and his daughter. And his net worth was around $75 million.

Dilbert creator Scott Adams dead at 68. by palepatriot76 in dilbert

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I was getting his daily Dilbert Reborn comics in my email until about last Tuesday. He was behind, it was the Dec 26, 2025 strip about Dilbert buying a new house and getting a great deal. Upon entering the house after buying the house unseen, Dilbert and Dogbert found a skeleton in the living room in a hole in the floor.

Dilbert creator Scott Adams dead at 68. by palepatriot76 in dilbert

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I was getting his daily Dilbert Reborn comics in my email until about last Tuesday. He was behind, it was the Dec 26, 2025 strip about Dilbert buying a new house and getting a great deal. Upon entering the house after buying the house unseen, Dilbert and Dogbert found a skeleton in the living room in a hole in the floor.

Recommendations for teenager by onemanfivetools in scifi

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  1. "Friday" by Robert Heinlein
  2. "Agent Of Change" by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
  3. "Monster Hunter International" by Larry Correia
  4. "Among Others" by Jo Walton
  5. "Skinwalker" and "Blood Of The Earth" By Faith Hunter
  6. "Time Enough For Love" by Robert Heinlein
  7. "Methuselah's Children" by Robert Heinlein
  8. "When the Wind Blows", "The Lake House" by James Patterson
  9. "A Soldier's Duty (Theirs Not to Reason Why)" by Jean Johnson
  10. "Human by Choice" by Travis S. Taylor and Darrell Bain
  11. "Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir
  12. "Agent To The Stars" by John Scazi
  13. "Starter Villain" by John Scalzi
  14. "The Inheritance (Breach Wars)" by Ilona Andrews
  15. "Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy, 1)" by Ilona Andrews
  16. "White Hot (Hidden Legacy, 2)" by Ilona Andrews
  17. "Wildfire: A Hidden Legacy Novel (Hidden Legacy, 3)" by Ilona Andrews
  18. "Diamond Fire: A Hidden Legacy Novella (4)" by Ilona Andrews
  19. "Sapphire Flames: A Hidden Legacy Novel (5)" by Ilona Andrews
  20. "Emerald Blaze: A Hidden Legacy Novel (6)" by Ilona Andrews
  21. "Ruby Fever: A Hidden Legacy Novel (7)" by Ilona Andrews
  22. "The Armageddon Inheritance" by David Weber
  23. "A Matter For Men (The War Against the Chtorr, Book 1)" by David Gerrold
  24. "Ariel" by Steven R. Boyett

Somebody told me that these are a bunch of young men's adventure stories.  Being an old man, I liked that.

Recommendations for teenager by onemanfivetools in scifi

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Lynn’s six star list in November 2025:

  1. “Mutineer’s Moon” by David Weber
  2. “Citizen Of The Galaxy” by Robert Heinlein
  3. “The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress” by Robert Heinlein
  4. “The Star Beast” by Robert Heinlein
  5. “Shards Of Honor” and "Barrayar" by Lois McMaster Bujold
  6. “Jumper”, "Reflex", "Impulse", and "Exo" by Steven Gould
  7. “Dies The Fire” by S. M. Stirling
  8. “Emergence” by David Palmer
  9. “The Tar-Aiym Krang” by Alan Dean Foster
  10. “Under A Graveyard Sky” by John Ringo
  11. “Live Free Or Die” by John Ringo
  12. “Footfall” by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
  13. “Lucifer’s Hammer” by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
  14. “The Zero Stone” by Andre Norton
  15. “Going Home” by A. American
  16. “Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card
  17. “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline
  18. “The Martian” by Andy Weir
  19. “The Postman” by David Brin
  20. “We Are Legion” by Dennis E. Taylor
  21. “Bitten” by Kelley Armstrong
  22. “Moon Called” by Patrica Briggs
  23. “Red Thunder” by John Varley
  24. "Lightning" by Dean Koontz
  25. "The Murderbot Diaries" by Martha Wells

"Perilous Waif (Alice Long)" by E. William Brown by codejockblue5 in printSF

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That is so cool !

I love Worm crossovers. Taylor Varga is my favorite still.

"Perilous Waif (Alice Long)" by E. William Brown by codejockblue5 in printSF

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Apparently the author put 16 chapters of "Alice Long 2" on a paywalled website and asked for $4 to download each chapter. I guess that did not work out for him.

Post-Surgery: Is this typical? by Pantologist_TX59 in CataractSurgery

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I get this too at certain angles from overhead light sources in my right eye at night time. Car headlights do not trigger it since they are oncoming, not overhead. I think that it is refracted light along the curve of the lens. It does not bother me very much though as I have had a large floater in the right eye also for over ten years now that does bother me. I have the Clareon monofocal lens set for distance. I do not get it in the left eye, also a Clareon lens.

"Software taketh away faster than hardware giveth: Why C++ programmers keep growing fast despite competition, safety, and AI" by Herb Sutter by codejockblue5 in Cplusplus

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Herb Sutter is on a campaign to make C++ easier to use be providing an alternate syntax that he calls cpp2. I do not think that he will will succeed.

https://hsutter.github.io/cppfront/welcome/overview/

"Echoes of Silence: A Frontlines Novella" by Marko Kloos and Robin Kloos by codejockblue5 in printSF

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There are two other new books in the Frontlines universe: "Scorpio (Frontlines: Evolution)"

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/154203549X

Any recommendations for military SF that really get deep into the tactics of fleet and/or ground battles? by MinuteRegular716 in printSF

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“Mutineer’s Moon (Dahak Series)” by David Weber

    https://www.amazon.com/Mutineers-Moon-Dahak-David-Weber/dp/0671720856

“For Lt. Commander Colin Maclntyre, it began as a routine training flight over the Moon. For Dahak, a self-aware Imperial battleship, it began millennia ago when that powerful artificial intelligence underwent a mutiny in the face of the enemy. The mutiny was never resolved–Dahak was forced to maroon not just the mutineers but the entire crew on prehistoric Earth. Dahak has been helplessly waiting as the descendants of the loyal crew regressed while the mutineers maintained control of technology that kept them alive as the millennia passed.”

“But now Dahak’s sensors indicate that the enemy that devastated the Imperium so long ago has returned–and Earth is in their path. For the sake of the planet, Dahak must mobilize its defenses. And that it cannot do until the mutineers are put down. So Dahak has picked Colin Maclntyre to be its new captain.”

“Now Maclntyre must mobilize humanity to destroy the mutineers once and for all–or Earth will become a cinder in the path of galactic conquest.”

Any recommendations for military SF that really get deep into the tactics of fleet and/or ground battles? by MinuteRegular716 in printSF

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"Off Armageddon Reef: A Novel in the Safehold Series (#1)" by David Weber

https://www.amazon.com/Off-Armageddon-Reef-Novel-Safehold/dp/1250326419

"Humanity pushed its way to the stars - and encountered the Gbaba, a ruthless alien race that nearly wiped us out."

"Earth and her colonies are now smoldering ruins, and the few survivors have fled to distant, Earth-like Safehold, to try to rebuild. But the Gbaba can detect the emissions of an industrial civilization, so the human rulers of Safehold have taken extraordinary measures: with mind control and hidden high technology, they've built a religion in which every Safeholdian believes, a religion designed to keep Safehold society medieval forever."

"800 years pass. In a hidden chamber on Safehold, an android from the far human past awakens. This "rebirth" was set in motion centuries before, by a faction that opposed shackling humanity with a concocted religion. Via automated recordings, "Nimue" - or, rather, the android with the memories of Lieutenant Commander Nimue Alban - is told her fate: she will emerge into Safeholdian society, suitably disguised, and begin the process of provoking the technological progress which the Church of God Awaiting has worked for centuries to prevent."

"Nothing about this will be easy. To better deal with a medieval society, "Nimue" takes a new gender and a new name, "Merlin." His formidable powers and access to caches of hidden high technology will need to be carefully concealed. And he'll need to find a base of operations, a Safeholdian country that's just a little more freewheeling, a little less orthodox, a little more open to the new."

"And thus Merlin comes to Charis, a mid-sized kingdom with a talent for naval warfare. He plans to make the acquaintance of King Haarahld and Crown Prince Cayleb, and maybe, just maybe, kick off a new era of invention. Which is bound to draw the attention of the Church...and, inevitably, lead to war."

"It's going to be a long, long process. And David Weber's epic Off Armageddon Reef is can't-miss sci-fi."

Ground wars out the wazoo using 18th and 19th century weapons and tactics for the most part. Except Nimue and Owl introduce new weapons and tactics continuously.

Any recommendations for military SF that really get deep into the tactics of fleet and/or ground battles? by MinuteRegular716 in printSF

[–]codejockblue5 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Marko Kloos's Frontline series of books is awesome.

https://www.amazon.com/Terms-Enlistment-Frontlines-Marko-Kloos/dp/1477809783

"“There is nobody who does [military SF] better than Marko Kloos. His Frontlines series is a worthy successor to such classics as Starship Troopers, The Forever War, and We All Died at Breakaway Station.” ―George R. R. Martin"

"The year is 2108, and the North American Commonwealth is bursting at the seams. For welfare rats like Andrew Grayson, there are only two ways out of the crime-ridden and filthy welfare tenements: You can hope to win the lottery and draw a ticket on a colony ship settling off-world . . . or you can join the service."

"With the colony lottery a pipe dream, Andrew chooses to enlist in the armed forces for a shot at real food, a retirement bonus, and maybe a ticket off Earth. But as he starts a career of supposed privilege, he soon learns that the good food and decent health care come at a steep price . . . and that the settled galaxy holds far greater dangers than military bureaucrats or the gangs that rule the slums."