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wolfblade
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PostPosted: 06 Aug 2006 14:48 
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345406222/sr=8-3/qid=1154893475/ref=pd_bbs_3/104-2561953-1801549?ie=UTF8


Starfist
Anyone read this awesome series... I believe they are working on book 12 as we speak.... I've managed to turn about 10 Marines onto this series and we all love it. Speaks volumes about the Corps. (being written by a Soldier and a Marine both vets of 'Nam has its advantadges too)....

and my next favorite

Gaunt's Ghosts (Warhammer 40,000)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/184416 ... F8&s=books

I love Abnett's penchant for actually NAMING an extra and killing him in the same paragraph... I've started to keep a character tally. In Ghostmaker (Book 2) he introduces 98 characters.... and kills 42 of them... or so. (Yeah Lemoore is boring enough to where I'd do something like that to fill in the time.)
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Rob has told me of the Starfist series, but I have never read any of the books myself. He said the Gunny saga reminds him of those books. :bs




Cheers, Thor

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man, you gotta realise that thor and bos fell out of the patriot tree (like the ugly tree, but instills patriotism instead of ugly) and hit every branch on the way down.


"Gone now, dispersed by the brutal destruction of this one day, was the belief that the Darkman and his army of the dead were so superior as to be invincible. By attempting to destroy the morale of the Marines, the Darkman had restored it to full vigor. Dia De La Muerto had failed in its objectives."
The Gunny: Stand of the 300

Si vis pacem, para bellum
If you want peace, prepare for war

Gunny's color #FF2400

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wolfblade
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Thorgrimm wrote:
Rob has told me of the Starfist series, but I have never read any of the books myself. He said the Gunny saga reminds him of those books. :bs




Cheers, Thor


Yeah.... the main character is Gunny/Staff Sergeant/Gunny again Charles Bass. An asskicker that is pretty much as David Sherman put it, a mixture of all the good qualities of NCOs and SNCOs that he'd served with in Vietnam.

Then there are the unforgettables. Corporals Dean and Claypoole. Lance Corporal "Hammer" Schultz.... Pretty much makes the Colonial Space Marines in Aliens look bad.... :sp
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You have no idea how gratifying it is to find another Starfist fan!!!

I can't wait to read Firestorm. I'm picking up Pointblank on the Tuesday it comes out as well. Dean, Claypoole, or Schultz would have to be my favorite junior NCO's, with Bass being my favorite senior NCO (naturally). I really like Captain Conorado too.

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www.starfisthq.org

Runs a little slow but David and Dan are constantly talking with us fans and we try and do everything to get the word out on the streets for them. And yes there is a Claypoole Fanclub as well.....

Brigadier Sturgeon also won my hurt during number II and General Aguilnaldo in number III and later....

and don't get me started on Madam President Chang-Sturdevant.... I guess she's a dreamworld politician...
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Dang, how could I go all this time and never find that website?

Thanks so much for the link Wolfblade! :mrgreen:

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wolfblade
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No problem!!!

I'm BarcelonaBlom over there by the way...
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I signed up, keeping my screenname the same for the sake of my poor memory.

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“For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.”

"The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it."

"Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self."

www.shallowbay.com Best. Band. Ever.

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wolfblade
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LOL I know the feeling.

I've got three I know of:

BarcelonaBlom
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Usually I go with Wolfblade with the other two playing alternate.... Helps keep things organized I guess....
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And the god's to honest truth is I never even heard of the series till BOS asked if I had ripped off my ideas from that series. :ad




Cheers, Thorgrimm

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man, you gotta realise that thor and bos fell out of the patriot tree (like the ugly tree, but instills patriotism instead of ugly) and hit every branch on the way down.


"Gone now, dispersed by the brutal destruction of this one day, was the belief that the Darkman and his army of the dead were so superior as to be invincible. By attempting to destroy the morale of the Marines, the Darkman had restored it to full vigor. Dia De La Muerto had failed in its objectives."
The Gunny: Stand of the 300

Si vis pacem, para bellum
If you want peace, prepare for war

Gunny's color #FF2400

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BOS13
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Heh, I put it more politely than that, I believe I asked if the invisibilty function on the armor was inspired by Starfist, IIRC :AH

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“For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.”

"The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it."

"Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self."

www.shallowbay.com Best. Band. Ever.

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Þórgrímr
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Lol, it may have been more polite, but the intent was the same. :w :bs





Cheers, Thorgrimm

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man, you gotta realise that thor and bos fell out of the patriot tree (like the ugly tree, but instills patriotism instead of ugly) and hit every branch on the way down.


"Gone now, dispersed by the brutal destruction of this one day, was the belief that the Darkman and his army of the dead were so superior as to be invincible. By attempting to destroy the morale of the Marines, the Darkman had restored it to full vigor. Dia De La Muerto had failed in its objectives."
The Gunny: Stand of the 300

Si vis pacem, para bellum
If you want peace, prepare for war

Gunny's color #FF2400

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wolfblade
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*Puts on his Chameleons and walks around messing with people's heads who can only see his hands and face.*
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Wolf, I have a small description of my Experimental Combat Armor that BOS was referring to in the Weapons and Armor section of The Wasted World of Gunnery Sergeant Dickinson in case you wish to check it out. :AH




Cheers, Thor

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Benno the Mad Wrote:
man, you gotta realise that thor and bos fell out of the patriot tree (like the ugly tree, but instills patriotism instead of ugly) and hit every branch on the way down.


"Gone now, dispersed by the brutal destruction of this one day, was the belief that the Darkman and his army of the dead were so superior as to be invincible. By attempting to destroy the morale of the Marines, the Darkman had restored it to full vigor. Dia De La Muerto had failed in its objectives."
The Gunny: Stand of the 300

Si vis pacem, para bellum
If you want peace, prepare for war

Gunny's color #FF2400

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