Following on from an earlier post, Celebrating Military SF, and for those of you who are looking for something different, why not try one or two of the novels mentioned below. Each offers an alternate perspective and narrative to the category it is listed under.
Of course, this is by no means a definite list but rather a cross section of books I've read over the years.
ALIEN & FUTURE CULTURES
CODE OF CONDUCT by Kristine Smith
DUNE by Frank Herbert
FOREIGNER by C. J. Cherryh
GOLDEN WITCHBREED by Mary Gentle
THE SNOW QUEEN by Joan D. Vinge
ALIEN GATEWAYS
GATEWAY by Frederik Pohl
MIDNIGHT AT THE WELL OF SOULS by Jack L. Chalker
ALIEN INVASION
THE VISITORS by Clifford D. Simak
THE PUPPET MASTERS by Robert A. Heinlein
CHAGA by Ian McDonald
CHILDHOOD'S END by Arthur C. Clarke
DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS by John Wyndham
ALT TIMELINE & ERAS
ACK-ACK MACAQUE by Gareth L. Powell
EUROPE, IN AUTUMN by Dave Hutchinson
THE LEGION PROPHECY by Mark A. Latham
COLONISATION
DESTINATION: VOID by Frank Herbert
DRAGONFLIGHT by Anne McCaffrey
EARTHSEED by Pamela Sargent
DYSTOPIAN
DARWIN'S RADIO by Greg Bear
DAUGHTER'S OF MOAB, THE by Kim Westwood
YEAR ZERO by Jeff Long
FIRST CONTACT
ANCIENT SHORES by Jack McDevitt
CONTACT by Carl Sagan
FUTURISTIC DISASTERS
THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN by Michael Crichton
BEYOND THE BARRIER by Damon Knight
BLOOD MUSIC by Greg Bear
MILITARY SF
EMBERS OF WAR by Gareth L. Powell
GLORY MAIN by Henry V. O'Neil
HUNTING PARTY by Elizabeth Moon
ON BASILISK STATION by David Weber
VALOR'S CHOICE by Tanya Huff
VIRTUES OF WAR by Bennett R. Coles
HUMANITY TRANSFORMED
BABEL-17 by Samuel R. Delany
FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON by Daniel Keyes
SOLDIER, ASK NOT by Gordon R. Dickson
THE SEEDLING STARS by James Blish
THE SPEED OF DARK by Elizabeth Moon
Hopefully, this will give you some ideas of what book to chose next.
