List of military science fiction works and authors

This is a list of works in the military science fiction subgenre of science fiction, sorted by the creator's surname or, in case of film and television, the title.

Literature - Television, film, and video games - References - Further Reading

Literature

A

Allen, Roger MacBride

• Torch of Honor (1985)
• Rogue Powers (1986)

Anderson, Poul

• The Star Fox (1965)
• The Corridors of Time
• Technic Civilisation Books

Anvil, Christopher

• The Steel, the Mist and the Blazing Sun (1983)

Asprin, Robert Lynn

• Phule's Company series (humorous)
• The Cold Cash War

B

Baldwin, Bill

• The Helmsman Saga
• Canby's Legion (1995)

Buettner, Robert

• Jason Wander series
• Orphan's Legacy Series

Bujold, Lois McMaster

• Shards of Honor (1986)
• Barrayar (1991)
• The Warrior's Apprentice (1986)
• The Vor Game (1990)
• Ethan of Athos (1986)

Bunch, Chris

• The Sten Chronicles (with Allan Cole)
• The Last Legion series

C

Campbell, Jack

Real name: Hemry, John G.

• The Lost Fleet series (2006)
• "Dead End" (written as John G. Hemry) appearing in Breach the Hull, edited by Mike McPhail and published by Dark Quest Books
• "Grendel" a Lost Fleet story appearing in So It Begins, edited by Mike McPhail and published by Dark Quest Books
• "Dawn's Last Light" (written as John G. Hemry) appearing in By Other Means, edited by Mike McPhail and published by Dark Quest Books
• Stark's War (2000-2002) series (written as John G. Hemry), a trilogy covering a conflict between US Army soldiers and their leadership during a campaign that takes place on the Moon.

Card, Orson Scott

• Ender's Game (1985)

Cherryh, C. J.

• Faded Sun series

Chesney, George

• The Battle of Dorking (1871)

Cook, Glen

• Passage at Arms (1985)

Cragg, Dan

• StarFist series (with David Sherman)
• Jedi Trial (with David Sherman) (2004)

D

Dalmas, John

• The Lizard War series
• The Regiment series

Dickson, Gordon R.

• Dorsai! (The Genetic General 1960; exp vt Dorsai! 1976)
• The Genetic General (1960)

Dietz, William C.

• Legion series
• The Flood

Douglas, Ian

Real name: Keith, William H., Jr.

Galactic Marines Series:

Heritage Trilogy

• Semper Mars (1998) ISBN 978-0-380-78828-6
• Luna Marine (1999) ISBN 978-0-380-78829-3
• Europa Strike (2000) ISBN 978-0-380-78830-9

Legacy Trilogy

• Star Corps (2003) ISBN 978-0-380-81824-2
• Battlespace (2006) ISBN 978-0-380-81825-9
• Star Marines (2007) ISBN 978-0-380-81826-6

Inheritance Trilogy

• Star Strike (2008) ISBN 978-0-06-123858-1
• Galactic Corps (2008) ISBN 978-0-06-123862-8
• Semper Human (2009) ISBN 978-0-06-123864-2

Star Carrier Series:

• Earth Strike (2010) ISBN 978-0-06-184025-8
• Center of Gravity (2011) ISBN 978-0-06-184026-5
• Singularity (2012) ISBN 978-0-06-184027-2

Doyle, Debra

• The Mageworlds Series

Drake, David

• Hammer's Slammers series
• RCN Series

F

Forsberg, John

• Sol War Series (2012) ISBN 0615695035

Frankowski, Leo

• The War with Earth (2003) with Dave Grossman
• Kren of the Mitchegai (2004) with Dave Grossman
• The Two-Space War (2004)

G

Garfinkle, Richard

• Celestial Matters (1996)

Gerrold, David

• Starhunt (1987)

Green, Roland J.

• Peace Company series
• Starcruiser Shenandoah series
• Voyage to Eneh (2000)

Gunn, David

• Death's Head series

H

Haldeman, Joe

• The Forever War (1975)

Hamilton, Peter F.

• Fallen Dragon (2001)

Harrison, Harry

• Bill, the Galactic Hero (1965, humorous)
• West of Eden (1984)

Heinlein, Robert A.

• Space Cadet (1949)
• The Long Watch (1950)
• Starship Troopers (1958)

Hemry, John G.

Alias: Jack Campbell

• The Lost Fleet series

Huff, Tanya

Valor Confederation - Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr's aim is to keep both her superiors and her company of space marines alive as they deal with lethal missions throughout the galaxy.

• Valor's Choice (2000)
• The Better Part of Valor (2002)
• A Confederation of Valor (2006 (Omnibus edition of Valor's Choice and The Better Part of Valor)
• The Heart of Valor (2007)
• Valor's Trial (2008)
• The Truth of Valor (2010)

K

Keith, William H., Jr.

Alias: Ian Douglas

• Semper Mars: Book One of the Heritage Trilogy (1998)

Kent, Steven L.

• The Clone series

Kloos, Marko

• Frontline Series
• Palladium Wars Series

Kornbluth, Cyril M.

• "The Only Thing We Learn" (1949)

Kratman, Tom

• A Desert Called Peace (2007)
• Carnifex (2008)
• The Lotus Eaters (April 2010)
• The Amazon Legion (April 2011)

L

Lang, Hermann

• The Air Battle (1859)

Lang, Simon

• All the Gods of Eisernon (1973)
• The Elluvon Gift (1975)
• The Trumpets of Tagan (1992)
• Timeslide (1993)
• Hopeship (1994)

Laumer, Keith

• Bolo series of books

Lee, Sharon

• Liaden Universe series of books
• Crystal Soldier
• Crystal Dragon
• Balance of Trade
• Trade Secret
• Local Custom
• Scout's Progress
• Mouse and Dragon
• Conflict of Honors
• Agent of Change
• Carpe Diem
• Plan B
• Fledgling
• I Dare
• Saltation
• Ghost Ship
• Necessity's Child
• Dragon Ship

M

McDonald, Sandra

• The Outback Stars

McLaughlin, Dean

• Hawk Among the Sparrows (1968)

Moon, Elizabeth

• Vatta's War series
• Serrano / Familias series

Morgan, Richard K.

• Takeshi Kovacs series

N

Nagata, Linda

• The Red: First Light

Niven, Larry

• The Man-Kzin Wars (Known Space future History, Shared World; 3 vols 1988-90)

Norton, Andre

• Star Guard (1955)

Nylund, Eric

• Halo: The Fall of Reach
• Halo: First Strike
• Halo: Ghosts of Onyx

P

Pournelle, Jerry E.

• A Spaceship for the King (1973)
• The Mercenary (1977)

Posey, Jay

• Outriders series

R

Reynolds, Mack

• Mercenary from Tomorrow (1962 "Mercenary"; exp 1968)

Ringo, John

• Legacy of the Aldenata series
• Posleen War - Central Storyline
  • A Hymn Before Battle (2000)
  • Gust Front (2001)
  • When the Devil Dances (2002)
  • Hell's Faire (2003)
• Hedren War
  • Eye of the Storm (2009)
• Posleen War Sidestories
  • Watch on the Rhine (2005)
  • Yellow Eyes (2007)
  • The Tuloriad (2009) (with Tom Kratman)
• Cally's War Spinoff Series
  • Cally's War (2004)
  • Sister Time (2007) (with Julie Cochrane)
  • Honor of the Clan (2009) (with Julie Cochrane)
• Empire of Man Series

Also known as the "Prince Roger Series", Co-written with David Weber

• • March Upcountry
  • March to the Sea
  • March to the Stars
  • We Few (2005)
• The Council Wars Series
  • There will be Dragons
  • Emerald Sea
  • Against the Tide
  • East of the Sun, West of the Moon

Rosenberg, Joel

• Not For Glory (1988)

S

Saberhagen, Fred

• Berserker series (1963)

Scalzi, John

• Old Man's War series (2005)

Scarborough, Elizabeth Ann

• The Healer's War (1988)

Shepherd, Mike

• Kris Longknife series (2004)

Shelley, Rick

• Dirigent Mercenary Corps

Sherman, David

• The StarFist series (with Dan Cragg)
• The DemonTech series
• Jedi Trial (with Dan Cragg) (2004)
• "Surrender and Die" a DemonTech series story appearing in So It Begins, edited by Mike McPhail and published by Dark Quest Books
• "Delaying Action" appearing in By Other Means, edited by Mike McPhail and published by Dark Quest Books

Spinrad, Norman

• The Men in the Jungle (1967)
• The Big Flash (1969)

Steakley, John

• Armor (1984)

Stirling, S M

• Kzin series
• Falkenberg series
• Marching Through Georgia (1984)

T

Karen Traviss

• Star Wars: The Clone Wars
• Star Wars Republic Commando series
• Star Wars Imperial Commando: 501st

Tanaka Yoshiki

• Legend of the Galactic Heroes

Taylor, Travis S.

• Tau Ceti series
• Von Neumann's War

W

Weber, David

• Honor Harrington series
• Safehold series

Wells, H. G.

• War of the Worlds (1898)

White, Steve

• Insurrection (1990) with David Weber.
• Crusade (1992) with David Weber.
• Death Ground (1997) with David Weber.

Williams, Walter Jon

• Dread Empire's Fall series

Michael Z. Williamson

• Freehold series
• A Long Time Until Now

Television, film, and video games

Films

• Aliens (1986)
• Appleseed (2004)
• Appleseed Ex Machina (2007)
• Avatar (2009)
• Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
• Battleship (2012)
• Doom (2005)
• Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
• Ender's Game (2013)
• Godzilla (1998)
• Godzilla (2014)
• Independence Day (1996)
• Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
• Lifeforce (1985)
• Pacific Rim (2013)
• Predator film series (1987,1990,2010,2018)
• Screamers (1995)
• Soldier (1998)
• Spectral (2016)
• Stargate (1994)
• Stealth (2005)
• Starship Troopers (1997)
• The 5th Wave, based on the novel series of the same name.
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
• The Tomorrow War (2021)
• Titan A.E. (2000)
• Transformers film series (2007,2009,2011,2014,2017)
• Terminator Salvation (2009)
• Vexille (2007)
• War of the Worlds (2005)

Television and video games

• Aldnoah.Zero
• Andromeda
• Argento Soma
• Armored Trooper Votoms
• Arpeggio of Blue Steel
• Astro Plan
• Babylon 5
• Banner of the Stars
• Battlefield (2018)
• Battlestar Galactica
• BattleTech: The Animated Series
• Call of Duty series
• Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
• Chōriki Sentai Ohranger
• Code Geass
• Combat Mecha Xabungle
• Command & Conquer
• Exosquad
• Gears of War
• Galactic Drifter Vifam
• Genesis Climber Mospeada
• Ghost in the Shell
• Gunbuster
• Gundam
• Half-Life: Opposing Force
• Halo (series)
• Kidō Senkan Nadeshiko
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes
• Macross
• Mass Effect
• Metal Gear
• Mobile Suit Gundam
• Muv-Luv
• Outwars
• Robotech
• SeaQuest DSV
• Space: Above and Beyond
• Space Battleship Yamato
• Special Armored Battalion Dorvack
• Star Blazers
• StarCraft (series)
• Stargate Atlantis
• Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007), created by Brad Wright & Jonathan Glassner
• Stargate Universe
• Starship Operators
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Star Wars: Clone Wars
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars
• Strike Witches
• The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross
• The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
• The Super Dimension Century Orguss
• Terrahawks
• Titanfall
• UFO
• Warhammer 40,000

References

If the references are cited from electronic editions of e.g. encyclopedias, the title of the article is given as pages may vary.

Further reading

• Clute, J. and P. Nicholls (1995). The Encyclopedia of science fiction. New York, St. Martin's Griffin.
• D'Ammassa, D. (2004). Encyclopedia of science fiction. N.Y., Facts On File.
• H. Bruce Franklin (1988), War Stars: The Superweapon and the American Imagination, about war as a theme in US imaginative fiction.
• James, E. and F. Mendlesohn (2003). The Cambridge companion to science fiction. Cambridge ; New York, Cambridge University Press.